Active and passive microwave systems in the assessment of flooded area fraction and mean water level in the Paraná River floodplain

2012 12th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment, MicroRad 2012 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Salvia, M ^a   Grings, F ^a   Barraza, V ^a   Perna, P ^a   Karszenbaum, H ^a   Feirazzoli, P ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active and passive microwave systems; flooded fraction; Paran River Delta; water level

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MICROWAVE; C-BANDS; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOODED AREAS; FLOODED FRACTION; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MEAN WATER LEVELS; MODEL SIMULATION; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; RIVER DELTAS; RIVER WATER; VEGETATED RIVERS; WIDE SWATH MODES; X BANDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROWAVES; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS;

WATER LEVELS;

EID: 84860702715     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MicroRad.2012.6185239     Document Type: Conference Paper

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