Phase and amplitude analyses of SAR data for landslide detection and monitoring in non-urban areas located in the North-Eastern Italian pre-Alps

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Tessari, G ^a   Floris, M ^a   Pasquali, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b SARMAP SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amplitude; COSMO SkyMed; DInSAR; Landslide; Phase

Indexed keywords

LANDSLIDES; VEGETATION;

AMPLITUDE; AMPLITUDE ANALYSIS; COSMO SKYMED; D-INSAR; D-INSAR TECHNIQUES; LANDSLIDE DETECTION; PHASE; PROCESSING PARAMETERS;

SPACE-BASED RADAR;

AMPLITUDE; COSMO-SKYMED; DATA ACQUISITION; DETECTION METHOD; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; INSTABILITY; LANDSLIDE; MONITORING; MONITORING SYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ALPS; ITALY;

EID: 85010030256     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-017-6403-5     Document Type: Article

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