Effectiveness of high-resolution SAR for water resource management in low-income semi-arid countries

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 70-88

  Amitrano, Donato ^a   Di Martino, Gerardo ^a   Iodice, Antonio ^a   Riccio, Daniele ^a   Ruello, Giuseppe ^a   Ciervo, Fabio ^b   Papa, Maria Nicolina ^b   Koussoubé, Youssouf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOILS; SURVEYING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WATER MANAGEMENT;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; LOW INCOME COUNTRIES; SAR AMPLITUDE IMAGES; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SPACEBORNE SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

RADAR IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUSTAINABILITY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

BURKINA FASO; YATENGA;

EID: 84890919188     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2013.862605     Document Type: Article

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