Global monitoring of wetlands - the value of ENVISAT ASAR Global mode

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2226-2233

  Bartsch, A ^a   Wagner, W ^a   Scipal, K ^a,b   Pathe, C ^a   Sabel, D ^a   Wolski, P ^c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c Harry Oppenheimer Okavango Research Center   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Inundation; Peatland; Satellite radar; Soil moisture; Time series; Wetland

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; PERMAFROST; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WETLANDS;

ACTIVE SATELLITES; DYNAMIC SERIES; ENVISAT ASAR; GLOBAL MONITORING; INUNDATION; PEAT LAND; SATELLITE RADAR; SURFACE SOIL; TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS; TIMES SERIES;

SOIL MOISTURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVISAT-1; LAND COVER; MONITORING SYSTEM; PEATLAND; PERMAFROST; RADAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL MOISTURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODING; HYDROLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LAND USE; LATITUDE; PEATLAND; PERMAFROST; PRECIPITATION; RESEARCH; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE SOIL; WETLAND;

EID: 67349228844     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.06.023     Document Type: Article

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