Title :
Glacial deposit analysis of ERS-1 SAR data in northern Alpine frontland of Munich, Germany
Author :
Wang, Chao ; Nithack, Jürgen
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Radio Frequency Technol., German Aerosp. Res. Establ., Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Abstract :
ERS-1 SAR data of the northern Alpine frontland of Munich are assessed for glacial deposit mapping. The texture features of various areal geomorphic units are analyzed using grey level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM). Both image textures and standard statistics have important significance for geomorphic discrimination. A combination of those can improve results. Glacial deposits are interpreted on the image. The results indicate that much information on glacial deposits can be extracted from ERS-1 SAR data
Keywords :
geomorphology; geophysical techniques; geophysics computing; image recognition; image texture; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; ERS-1; Germany; Munich; SAR; areal geomorphic units; foreland; geology; geomorphic discrimination; geophysical measurement technique; glacial deposit; glacial geomorphology; grey level co-occurrence matrix; image classification; image processing; image texture feature; land surface terrain mapping; microwave imaging SHF; northern Alpine frontland; radar remote sensing; standard statistics; surficial deposit drift; Chaos; Content addressable storage; Data mining; Image analysis; Image texture; Image texture analysis; Radio frequency; Remote sensing; Soil; Spaceborne radar;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1993. IGARSS '93. Better Understanding of Earth Environment., International
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1240-6
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1993.322740
