Satellite remote sensing in seismology. A review

Remote Sensing

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 124-150

  Tronin, Andrew A ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Remote sensing; Seismology

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; AIRPHOTO; ALIGNMENT ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING; CLOUD ANALYSIS; COSEISMIC DEFORMATION; CURRENT PROJECTS; DEFORMATION DETECTION; DEMETER; EARTH'S SURFACE; EARTHQUAKE RESEARCH; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHODS; GEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION; GEOPHYSICAL METHODS; GPS TECHNOLOGIES; GROUND MOVEMENT; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; NEW APPLICATIONS; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGES; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL ESTIMATION; THERMAL ANOMALIES;

ALIGNMENT; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; GEOPHYSICS; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH; SPACE OPTICS; TIME SERIES;

SATELLITES;

EID: 77954844397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs2010124     Document Type: Review

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