5th Digital Earth Summit 2014
Program Modification
10th November 2014
in Session: AGR (room 1002), 11th November
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9:30 - 9:50
AGR-2
“TanDEM-X Based InSAR Techniques to Monitor Oilpalm Plantation Area”
Ram AVTAR, United Nations University
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9:30 - 9:50
ENV3-1 “PALSAR and ASTER Data for Geological Mapping in TropicalEnvironments”
Amin Beiranvand Pour, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
in Session: ENV2 (room 902), 11th November
Original
11:40 - 12:00
ENV2-3 “Spatio-temporal Pattern of Terrestrial Ecosystem in Ghana Using RemoteSensing Data”
Ram AVTAR, United Nations University
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ENV3-2 “Landsat TM and SRTM Satellite Data for Geological Mapping in TropicalEnvironments: Case Study from Peninsular Malaysia”
Amin Beiranvand Pour, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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Donald SULLIVAN, Vladimir KRAPIVIN, and Anatoly SHUTKO
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Additional Abstracts
ENV3-1: PALSAR and ASTER Data for Geological Mapping in Tropical Environments
Amin Beiranvand Pour, Mazlan Hashim
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
This research investigates the integration and fusion of the Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture
Radar (PALSAR) and the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER)
satellite data for geological mapping applications in tropical environments. The eastern part of the Central
Belt of peninsular Malaysia has been investigated to identify structural features and mineral mapping using
PALSAR and ASTER data. Adaptive local sigma and directional filters were applied to PALSAR data for
detecting geological structure elements in the study area. Vegetation, mineralogic and lithologic indices for
ASTER bands were tested in tropical climate. Lineaments (fault and fractures) and curvilinear (anticline orsyncline) were detected using PALSAR fused image of directional filters (N-S, NE-SW, andNW-SE).Vegetation index image map show vegetation cover by fusing ASTER VNIR bands. Highconcentration of clay minerals zone was detected using fused image map derived from ASTER SWIR
bands. Fusion of ASTER TIR bands produced image map of the lithological units. Results indicate that data
integration and data fused from PALSAR and ASTER sources enhanced information extraction forgeological mapping in tropical environments.

ENV3-2: Landsat TM and SRTM Satellite Data for Geological Mapping in Tropical Environments:
Case Study from Peninsular Malaysia
Amin Beiranvand Pour, Mazlan Hashim
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) data were used to produce
geological maps in tropical environments. Lineament, lithology and landform maps were produced for allstates in peninsular Malaysia in this study. Kedah, Perak and Terengganu states have been selected ascase studies to demonstrate the results of the data and techniques used. Directional filtering techniquewere applied to Landsat TM bands 4, 5 and 3 for lineament mapping. The lithology map was produced
using Landsat TM bands combination consist of bands 4, 3 and 2. Digital elevation model and landform
map were produced using SRTM data in 3 Dimension (3D) and 2 Dimension (2D) perspective views,respectively. The produced geological maps and the remote sensing data and methods applied in thisstudy are mostly appropriate for hazard risk mapping applications and mineral exploration projects in thepeninsular Malaysia and tropical environments.