• DocumentCode
    889351
  • Title

    Introduction for the Special Issue on Remote Sensing for Major Disaster Prevention, Monitoring, and Assessment

  • Author

    Chen, Kuo-Shen ; Crawford, Melba M. ; Gamba, Paolo ; Smith, J. S.

  • Volume
    45
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1515
  • Lastpage
    1518
  • Abstract
    The 19 articles in this special issue focus on remote sensing for major disaster prevention, monitoring, and assessment. Topics include earthquakes and landslides, tsunami, hurricanes and typhoons, floods and fires, as well as papers with a broader focus, highlighting innovative tools and procedures to exploit Earth observation data.
  • Keywords
    Earthquakes; Hazards; Hurricanes; Oceans; Optical sensors; Remote monitoring; Remote sensing; Satellites; Sea measurements; Tsunami;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0196-2892
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TGRS.2007.899144
  • Filename
    4215046