A review of the status of satellite remote sensing and image processing techniques for mapping natural hazards and disasters

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-207

  Joyce, Karen E ^a   Belliss, Stella E ^b   Samsonov, Sergey V ^a   McNeill, Stephen J ^b   Glassey, Phil J ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Image processing; Natural hazards; Optical; Remote sensing; SAR; Thermal

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAPPING; MONITORING; NATURAL DISASTER; NATURAL HAZARD; OPTICAL METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DATA; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 67650545492     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133309339563     Document Type: Review

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