Interferometric SAR for characterization of ravines as a function of their density, depth, and surface cover

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 472-481

  Chatterjee, R S ^a   Saha, S K ^a   Suresh Kumar, ^a   Sharika Mathew, ^a   Lakhera, R C ^a   Dadhwal, V K ^a  

^a NATIONAL REMOTE SENSING AGENCY   (India)

Author keywords

Chambal; Characterization; India; InSAR; Ravines

Indexed keywords

AFFECTED AREA; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BACK-SCATTERED; BARREN LAND; CHAMBAL; DEPTH CLASSIFICATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EROSION POTENTIALS; ERS SAR; GROUND TRUTH; HIGH DENSITY; HIGH SENSITIVITY; INDIA; INSAR; INSAR DATA; INTERFEROMETRIC SAR; LOCAL STATISTICS; LONG WAVELENGTH; OPTICAL RANGE; OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING DATA; PIXEL SIZE; PRECISION MEASUREMENT; RAVINES; RECLAMATION POTENTIAL; SAR SIGNALS; SIDE-LOOKING; SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION; SPECTRAL SIGNATURE; SURFACE COVER; TEMPORAL DECORRELATION; TERRAIN HEIGHT; TEXTURAL INFORMATION; TIME INTERVAL; VISUAL INTERPRETATION; WIDE ZONE;

GEODETIC SATELLITES; LANDFORMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL CONSERVATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; VEGETATION; WATER CONSERVATION;

PIXELS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BACKSCATTER; DENSITY; DEPTH; ELEVATION; EROSION; INCISED VALLEY; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PIXEL; RECLAIMED LAND; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL CONSERVATION; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE LAYER; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TERRAIN; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND;

ASIA; CHAMBAL RIVER; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 69849102329     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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