Estimating Wenchuan Earthquake induced landslides based on remote sensing

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3495-3508

  Zhang, Wenjiang ^a,b   Lin, Jiayuan ^c   Peng, Jian ^d   Lu, Qifeng ^e  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDSLIDES; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION;

ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; LOCAL CHARACTERISTICS; LONGMENSHAN FAULT ZONE; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

EARTHQUAKES;

ESTIMATION METHOD; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSLIDE; MODIS; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; THRESHOLD; VEGETATION COVER;

CHINA; LONGMENSHAN FAULT ZONE; SICHUAN;

EID: 77954837412     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161003727630     Document Type: Article

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