A comparison of TerraSAR-X, RADARSAT-2 and ALOS-PALSAR interferometry for monitoring permafrost environments, case study from Herschel Island, Canada

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3491-3506

  Short, Naomi ^a   Brisco, Brian ^a   Couture, Nicole ^b   Pollard, Wayne ^c   Murnaghan, Kevin ^a   Budkewitsch, Paul ^a  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Herschel Island; Interferometry; Permafrost; SAR; Terrain stability

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; COHERENCE LOSS; CORNER REFLECTOR; DATA SETS; GROUND ICE; GROUND MOVEMENT; HERSCHEL; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; INSAR DATA; INTERFEROGRAMS; INTERFEROMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; INTERVAL DATA; LONG-TERM TREND; MONITORING TECHNIQUES; PERMAFROST ENVIRONMENT; POINT TARGETS; RADARSAT-2; SAR; SEASONAL CHANGES; SUMMER SEASON; TERRASAR-X; THAW SLUMP; WATER VOLUMES;

GEODETIC SATELLITES; INTERFEROMETRY; PERMAFROST; STABILITY; THAWING; TRACKING RADAR;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ALOS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; GROUND MOVEMENT; MELTING; PERMAFROST; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; RADARSAT; SLUMPING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TERRA (SATELLITE); TERRAIN; VOLUME;

CANADA; HERSCHEL ISLAND; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 81355148860     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.08.012     Document Type: Article

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