Exploring the capacity of radar remote sensing to estimate wetland marshes water storage

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2189-2198

  Grings, F ^a   Salvia, M ^a   Karszenbaum, H ^a   Ferrazzoli, P ^b   Kandus, P ^c   Perna, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y FÍSICA DEL ESPACIO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Radar; Remote sensing; Water storage; Wetland marshes

Indexed keywords

RAIN; WATER;

DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; ENVISAT-1; ESTIMATION METHOD; IMAGE PROCESSING; MARSH; POLARIZATION; RADAR IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; WATER LEVEL; WATER STORAGE; WETLAND;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MARSH; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER; SOIL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; WATER FLOW; WETLAND;

ARGENTINA; PARANA DELTA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67349205114     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.06.029     Document Type: Article

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