Title :
COSMO-SkyMed AO projects - Use of high resolution SAR data for water resource management in semi arid regions
Author :
Martino, Gerardo Di ; Iodice, Antonio ; Natale, Antonio ; Riccio, Daniele ; Ruello, Giuseppe ; Zinno, Ivana ; Koussoube, Youssouf ; Papa, Maria Nicolina ; Ciervo, Fabio
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
Abstract :
In this paper we present the results of a project approved in the frame of the 2007 Cosmo-Skymed AO, devoted to use high resolution data for hydrology applications in semi-arid context. A case study was developed in Burkina Faso, a West Africa country, characterized by the alternation of intense rainy and dry seasons. In this paper we present the rationale of the project along with two of the obtained products concerning the estimation of eroded areas and the surface water recharge.
Keywords :
environmental management; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; water resources; AD 2007; Burkina Faso; COSMO SkyMed AO projects; West Africa country; high resolution SAR data; semi arid region; surface water recharge; water resource management; Agriculture; Estimation; Production; Remote sensing; Soil; Synthetic aperture radar; Water resources; Synthetic aperture radar; agriculture; semi-arid regions;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1160-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6351329
