Use of satellite remote sensing data in the mapping of global landslide susceptibility

Natural Hazards

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 245-256

  Hong, Yang ^a,b   Adler, Robert ^b   Huffman, George ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Landslide susceptibility; Satellite remote sensing

Indexed keywords

GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 34948902500     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-006-9104-z     Document Type: Article

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