Use of High Resolution Satellite Images for the Calibration of Hydro-geological Models in Semi-Arid Regions: A Case Study

Author

Martino, Gerardo Di ; Iodice, Antonio ; Riccio, D. ; Ruello, Giuseppe ; Zinno, Ivana ; Ciervo, Fabio ; Papa, Maria Nicolina ; Koussoube, Youssouf

Author_Institution

DIBET, Univ. of Napoli "Federico II", Naples, Italy

fYear

2011

fDate

Oct. 30 2011-Nov. 1 2011

Firstpage

171

Lastpage

175

Abstract

In this paper we present the preliminary results of a project devoted to use hydrologic and remote sensing models and data for water resource management in semi-arid regions. The project is developed in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso, where a set of high resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images was acquired. The rationale of the project along with the preliminary results obtained by the processing of high resolution Cosmo-SkyMed data are presented and discussed.

Keywords

calibration; geophysical image processing; hydrological techniques; image resolution; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; water resources; Burkina Faso; Sahel region; calibration method; high resolution Cosmo-SkyMed data; high resolution satellite image; high resolution synthetic aperture radar image; hydro-geological model; remote sensing model; semiarid region; water resource management; Biological system modeling; Data models; Fractals; Mathematical model; Remote sensing; Soil; Water resources; Semi-arid regions; Synthetic Aperture Radar; water management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-634-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-4595-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GHTC.2011.80

Filename

6103630