| Title | Characterizing and monitoring rockslides from SAR techniques |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Singhroy, V; Molch, K |
| Source | Advances in Space Research vol. 33, issue 3, 2004 p. 290-295, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00470-8 |
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| Year | 2004 |
| Alt Series | Earth Sciences Sector, Contribution Series 2005086 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Subjects | remote sensing; landslides; textures; landslide deposits; Frank Slide; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Synthetic Aperture Radar |
| Illustrations | photographs; flow charts; tables; satellite images; histograms; charts |
| Program | Natural Hazards and Emergency Response |
| Released | 2004 01 01 |
| Abstract | Worldwide, thousands of landslides occur annually moving millions of tons of material. Based on estimates from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies there are on average
1550 landslide-related deaths per year. Developing new remote sensing techniques to identify, characterise and monitor motion of landslides will assist in the current national landslide inventory and hazard mapping in mountainous areas. Recent
research has shown that interferometric SAR techniques can be used to monitor landslide motion under limited conditions. In this study we used interferometrically derived images, to monitor post-slide motion and a RADARSAT fine mode image to
characterise the debris size and distribution of a 30 × 106 m3 rock avalanche, in the Canadian Rockies. These techniques will assist in the understanding of landslide processes, post-failure mechanism and mobility. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 220653 |
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