Mapping and monitoring geological hazards using optical, LiDAR, and synthetic aperture RADAR image data

Natural Hazards

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 137-163

  Joyce, K E ^a   Samsonov, S V ^b   Levick, S R ^c,f   Engelbrecht, J ^d   Belliss, S ^e  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

^e LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data acquisition; Geohazards; Image processing; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; FLOODING; GEOLOGICAL HAZARD; IMAGE PROCESSING; LANDSLIDE; LIDAR; MAPPING METHOD; MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEISMICITY; SUBSIDENCE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TECTONIC SETTING; TSUNAMI;

EID: 84905387194     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-014-1122-7     Document Type: Review

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