Towards large-area morphologic characterization of urban environments using the TanDEM-X mission and Sentinel-2

2017 Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event, JURSE 2017

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages

  Gei, Christian ^a   Wurm, Michael ^a   Taubenböck, Hannes ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D analysis; Built up height; Morphologic characterization; Sentinel 2; Share of built up area; TanDEM X mission; Urban environments

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

3-D-ANALYSIS; BUILT-UP AREAS; BUILT-UP HEIGHT; MORPHOLOGIC CHARACTERIZATION; SENTINEL-2; TANDEM-X; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 85020210852     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/JURSE.2017.7924543     Document Type: Conference Paper

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