| Abstract: | A comparative study has been made of the usefulness of Landsat and airborne radar images. The study area is situated in the Middle Magdalena Valley of Colombia. It consists of a folded sedimentary sequence of Upper Cretaceous to Lower Tertiary rocks, partially covered by extensive volcanic lahar and alluvial fan material.To obtain the full benefit of the spectral information from Landsat and the textual and pattern information from radar, a combined image was produced using the hue and saturation information from Landsat data and the intensity values from radar data.A clear differentiation between old lahar deposits and the recent one caused by the Nevada del Ruiz eruption of 1985 was possible on SAR images. The synergistic radar imagery, particularly used in stereo, is very useful for prediction of future lahar routes and volcanic risk evaluation. |
