Title :
Investigations of possibilities of using SAR data for monitoring of Volga estuary and Kalmykija shore of Caspian Sea
Author :
Armand, N.A. ; Shmalenyuk, A.S. ; Knizhnikov, Yu F. ; Kravtsova, V.I. ; Baldina, E.N.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Radio Eng. & Electron., Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia
Abstract :
The possibility of using of radar data for the analysis of a regional area are considered. SIR-C SAR data, taken during joint Russian-American experiment in April, October 1994 are analyzed. Data are received from JPL NASA. The authors consider region of the Astrakhan reserve and Kalmykija shore of the Caspian Sea for which long-term monitoring data exists. Possibilities of application SAR data for an estimation of a state, types of vegetation, estimation of a condition of flooded zones are analyzed. Comparison with data of optical scanners and data of field inspections are carried out
Keywords :
geophysical techniques; oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing by radar; rivers; synthetic aperture radar; Astrakhan reserve; Caspian Sea; Kalmykija; Kalmykija shore; Kalmytskaya; Kazakhstan; Russia; SAR; SIR-C; Volga estuary; coast; flooded zone; geophysical measurement technique; land surface; ocean; radar remote sensing; rural area; terrain mapping; vegetation mapping; Biosphere; Data analysis; Ecosystems; Floods; NASA; Radar; Remote monitoring; Sea level; State estimation; Vegetation mapping;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 1997. IGARSS '97. Remote Sensing - A Scientific Vision for Sustainable Development., 1997 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3836-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1997.615881
