Estimation of surface roughness and stone cover in burnt soils using SAR images

Catena

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 264-272

  Menendez Duarte R ^a   Wozniak, E ^b   Recondo, C ^a   Cabo, C ^a   Marquinez J ^a   Fernandez S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

SAR image; Soil erosion; Soil roughness; Surface stoniness; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

BURNING; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAPPING METHOD; SOIL EROSION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WILDFIRE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 48649103258     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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