Study of hypersaline deposits and analysis of their signature in airborne and spaceborne SAR data: Example of death valley, California

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2581-2598

  Lasne, Yannick ^a   Paillou, Philippe ^b   Freeman, Anthony ^a   Farr, Tom ^a   McDonald, Kyle ^a   Ruffié, Gilles ^c   Malézieux, Jean Marie ^d   Chapman, Bruce ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie et de Physique de Bordeaux   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX MONTAIGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Airborne SAR (AIRSAR); Copolarized phase difference; Death Valley; Evaporites; Integral equation model (IEM); Polarimetry; Radar backscattering; Salinity; Soil moisture; Spaceborne Imaging Radar Experimental SAR (SIR C X SAR); Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SAR (AIRSAR); COPOLARIZED PHASE DIFFERENCE; DEATH VALLEY; EVAPORITES; INTEGRAL EQUATION MODEL (IEM); POLARIMETRY; RADAR BACKSCATTERING; SALINITY; SPACEBORNE IMAGING RADAR/EXPERIMENTAL SAR (SIR-C/X-SAR);

BACKSCATTERING; CERAMIC CAPACITORS; DEPOSITS; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; ELLIPSOMETRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MONITORING; PERMITTIVITY; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; POLARIMETERS; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADAR IMAGING; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BACKSCATTER; DATA SET; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; EVAPORITE; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; MARS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLARIZATION; SALINITY; SATELLITE MISSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VALLEY;

CALIFORNIA; DEATH VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67949095844     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2009.2014862     Document Type: Article

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