Model investigation about the potential of C band SAR in herbaceous wetlands flood monitoring

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 17-18, 2008, Pages 5361-5372

  Grings, F M ^a   Ferrazzoli, P ^b   Karszenbaum, H ^a   Salvia, M ^a   Kandus, P ^c   Jacobo Berlles, J C ^c   Perna, Pablo ^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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; FLOODS; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETATION; WATER LEVELS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FORWARD SIMULATION; MULTI-POLARIZATION; PRESENCE OF WATER; RESEARCH EFFORTS; RETRIEVAL APPLICATIONS; WAVE INTERACTIONS; WETLAND VEGETATION;

WETLANDS;

EID: 73149122430     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160802036409     Document Type: Article

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