Evidence for flash floods over deserts from loss of coherence in InSAR imagery

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 20, 2012, Pages

  Schepanski, K ^a   Wright, T J ^a   Knippertz, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; DUST; GEODETIC SATELLITES; INTERFEROMETRY; LANDFORMS; RAIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ADVANCED SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; AEOLIAN PROCESS; COMPLEX TERRAINS; CONSECUTIVE IMAGES; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRY PERIODS; DUST EMISSION; DUST PRODUCTION; ENVISAT; FLASH FLOOD; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LOW-COHERENCE; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SOIL TEXTURES; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; WET PERIOD;

FLOODS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DESERT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENVISAT-1; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FLASH FLOOD; PIXEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SOIL TEXTURE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

SAHARA;

EID: 84867632581     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017580     Document Type: Article

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