Effectiveness of SRTM and ALOS-PALSAR data for identifying morphostructural lineaments in northeastern Brazil

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1058-1077

  de Oliveira Andrades Filho, Clódis ^a   de Fáltima Rossetti, Dilce ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; FORESTRY; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE-BASED RADAR; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SURVEYING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TRACKING RADAR;

ADVANCED LAND OBSERVING SATELLITES; ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; MORPHOMETRIC VARIABLES; NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL; PHASED ARRAY TYPE L-BAND SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ALOS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FAULT ZONE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LINEAMENT; MORPHOMETRY; MORPHOSTRUCTURE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84857953731     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.549852     Document Type: Article

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