Karst depression detection using ASTER, ALOS/PRISM and SRTM-derived digital elevation models in the Bambuí group, Brazil

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 330-351

  de Carvalho Júnior, Osmar Abílio ^a   Guimarães, Renato Fontes ^a   Montgomery, David R ^b   Gillespie, Alan R ^b   Gomes, Roberto Arnaldo Trancoso ^a   Martins, Éder de Souza ^c   Silva, Nilton Correia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; DEM analysis; GIS; Karst; Limestone; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; DEM ANALYSIS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HERBACEOUS VEGETATION; HIGH-RESOLUTION REMOTE SENSING IMAGES; KARST; MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS; VISUAL INTERPRETATION; HIGH RESOLUTION REMOTE SENSING IMAGES;

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIMESTONE; REMOTE SENSING; SURVEYING; TRACKING RADAR; FEATURE EXTRACTION; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS;

LANDFORMS; SURVEYING;

EID: 84893417113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs6010330     Document Type: Article

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