Estimating flow resistance of wetlands using SAR images and interaction models

Remote Sensing

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 992-1008

  Salvia, Mercedes ^a   Franco, Mariano ^b   Grings, Francisco ^a   Perna, Pablo ^a   Martino, Roman ^b   Karszenbaum, Haydee ^a   Ferrazzoli, Paolo ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y FÍSICA DEL ESPACIO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Marsh hydraulic conductivity; Microwave interaction model; Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR); Wetland management

Indexed keywords

ANCILLARY DATA; ARGENTINA; BACKSCATTERING COEFFICIENTS; FIRE EVENT; FLOW RESISTANCE; HERBACEOUS VEGETATION; INTERACTION MODEL; MARSH HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MARSH VEGETATION; MICROWAVE INTERACTION MODEL; REGIONAL SCALE; REMOTE SENSING DATA; RIVER DELTAS; SAR IMAGES; TEST CASE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

BACKSCATTERING; DRAG; DRAG COEFFICIENT; IMAGING SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 80051719291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs1040992     Document Type: Article

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