Error analysis in the digital elevation model of Kuwait desert derived from repeat pass synthetic aperture radar interferometry

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Rao, Kota S ^a   Al Jassar, Hala K ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

digital elevation model; error analysis; penetration depth; phases; synthetic aperture radar interferometry

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; INTERFEROMETRY; PENETRATION DEPTH (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); RADAR IMAGING; SOIL MOISTURE; SURVEYING; WATER VAPOR;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; PHASES; PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOUR; SAR INTERFEROMETRY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; TEMPORAL DECORRELATION;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 80155137229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3504170     Document Type: Article

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