InSAR data for geohazard assessment in UNESCO World Heritage sites: state-of-the-art and perspectives in the Copernicus era

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 63, Issue , 2017, Pages 24-32

  Tapete, Deodato ^a   Cigna, Francesca ^a  

^a ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cultural heritage; Data mining; Geological hazard; Persistent scatterers; Satellite InSAR; UNESCO

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE; DATA MINING; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; UNESCO; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

EUROPE; ISRAEL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TURKEY;

EID: 85032471921     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2017.07.007     Document Type: Article

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