Atlas of Remote Sensing of the Wenchuan Earthquake : Cas- Project Team of Remote Sensing for Wenchuan Earthquake / / Huadong Guo

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910477246503321
• Autore: Guo Huadong
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Place of publication not identified] : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2019
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xx, 244 pages)
• Disciplina: 551.22
• Soggetti: Earthquakes
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Remote Sensing Data. -- Geological Disasters. -- Barrier Lakes. -- Collapsed Buildings and Houses. -- Damaged Roads. -- Destroyed Farmlands and Forests. -- Demolished Infrastructure. -- Continuing Civilization.
• Sommario/riassunto: On May 12, 2008, Wenchuan County in Sichuan suffered an earthquake of 8.0 on the Richter Scale. Applying the remote sensing technology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences launched into action, making use of its facilities, remote sensing planes, and satellites to amass optical and radar data. This title presents a pictorial summation of this project.