Potential of ESA's Sentinel-2 for geological applications

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 148, Issue , 2014, Pages 124-133

  Van der Meer, F D ^a   van der Werff, H M A ^a   van Ruitenbeek, F J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alteration; ASTER; Band ratios; Geology; Mineralogy; Sentinel 2; Simulation

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; IRON; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SILICATES; SOILS; SPECTROSCOPY;

ALTERATION; ASTER; BAND RATIOS; SENTINEL-2; SIMULATION;

SENSORS; GEOLOGY;

ASTER; DATA SET; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; IRON; LANDSAT; NDVI; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIXEL; SENSOR; SENTINEL; SOIL SCIENCE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPOT; TIME SERIES; MINERALOGY; SENTINEL-2;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; RODALQUILAR; SPAIN; CABO DE GATA;

EID: 84898627427     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.03.022     Document Type: Article

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