DEM generation using ASAR (ENVISAT) for addressing the lack of freshwater ecosystems management, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4131-4147

  d'Ozouville, Noémi ^a   Deffontaines, Benoît ^b   Benveniste, Jérôme ^c   Wegmüller, Urs ^d   Violette, Sophie ^a   de Marsily, Ghislain ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^c ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

^d GAMMA REMOTE SENSING   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DEM generation; ENVISAT ASAR; Freshwater; Galapagos archipelago; Hydrology; Interferometry; Management; Radargrammetry; SRTM

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; DRAINAGE; ECOSYSTEMS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; HYDROLOGY; INTERFEROMETRY; LANDFORMS; MANAGEMENT; POPULATION STATISTICS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPACE-BASED RADAR; SURVEYING; TRACKING RADAR; WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

DEM GENERATION; ENVISAT ASAR; FRESHWATER; GALAPAGOS ARCHIPELAGOS; RADARGRAMMETRY; SRTM;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENVISAT-1; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGY; INTERFEROMETRY; ISLAND; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; WATER BUDGET; WATERSHED;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SANTA CRUZ [GALAPAGOS ISLANDS]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 53149091020     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2008.02.017     Document Type: Article

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