Remote sensing and spatial analysis of aeolian sand dunes: A review and outlook

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 111, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 319-334

  Hugenholtz, Chris H ^a,b   Levin, Noam ^c   Barchyn, Thomas E ^a   Baddock, Matthew C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dune activity; Dune pattern; Extra terrestrial dunes; Remote sensing; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUNE; EOLIAN PROCESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84858131924     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2011.11.006     Document Type: Review

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