Adding a new dimension to global urban observations: Inventory of human settlements pattern and urban morphology using VHR SAR data of the TanDEM-X mission

3rd International Workshop on Earth Observation and Remote Sensing Applications, EORSA 2014 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 176-179

  Esch, T ^a   Marconcini, M ^a   Felbier, A ^a   Heldens, W ^a   Roth, A ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

building volume; global urbanization; settlement pattern; TerraSAR X TanDEM X; urban morphology

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; OBSERVATORIES; RADAR IMAGING; REMOTE SENSING; SURVEYING; URBAN GROWTH;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLOBAL URBANIZATION; SETTLEMENT DEVELOPMENT; SETTLEMENT PATTERNS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; TERRASAR-X; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 84912061237     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EORSA.2014.6927873     Document Type: Conference Paper

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