@article{fdi:25319, title = {{A}n approach of quantitative description of sand-hills shapes in the {W}est {A}frican {S}ahel from remote sensing imagery}, author = {{M}ering, {C}atherine and {J}acqueminet, {C}hristine}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}he aim of this work is to estimate morphological parameters of dune systems in {W}est {A}frican {S}ahel from remote sensing images that will be utilized in paleolandform studies. {T}he sample is taken from a {MSS} {L}andsat view of the northern part of the {F}aguibine lake in {M}ali. {I}n order to extract the very structure, sequences of morphological transformations are applied to this image and an estimation of its anisotropy is obtained by a {R}ose of directions method. ({R}{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)}, keywords = {{TELEDETECTION} {SPATIALE} ; {ANALYSE} {D}'{IMAGE} ; {PALEOGEOMORPHOLOGIE} ; {SATELLITE} {LANDSAT} ; {SCANNEUR} {MULTIBANDE} ; {MORPHOLOGIE} {MATHEMATIQUE} ; {DUNE} ; {ANISOTROPIE} ; {MALI} ; {SAHEL} ; {FAGUIBINE} {LAC} {ZONE}}, booktitle = {{P}roceedings of the seventh {I}nternational {C}ongress for {S}tereology}, journal = {{A}cta {S}tereologica}, volume = {6}, numero = {suppl. 3}, pages = {951--956}, ISSN = {0351-580{X}}, year = {1987}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:25319}, }