Advanced interpretation of land subsidence by validating multi-interferometric SAR data: The case study of the Anthemountas basin (Northern Greece)

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2425-2440

  Raspini, F ^a   Loupasakis, C ^b   Rozos, D ^b   Moretti, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; COASTAL ZONE; ERS-1; ERS-2; GROUND MOTION; MAPPING; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SUBSIDENCE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ANTHEMOUNTAS BASIN; CENTRAL MACEDONIA; GREECE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

EID: 84897065596     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-2425-2013     Document Type: Article

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