A comparison of ers-1 satellite radar and aerial photography for river flood mapping

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-64

  Biggin, D S ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; ERS 1; Flood mapping; Flooding; Satellite radar; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; RIVERS; SATELLITES;

ACCURACY; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPARISON; ERS-1; FLOOD; FLOOD MAPPING; NATURAL HAZARD; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER FLOOD; SAR; SATELLITE IMAGING; SEVERE WEATHER; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CLOUDS; FLOODS; MAPPING; MAPS; RADAR IMAGING; RISKS; SATELLITES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

FLOODING; RIVER FLOOD MAPPING; SATELLITE RADAR;

RIVERS;

RIVER WATER; STORM WATER;

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; TELECOMMUNICATION; WEATHER;

EID: 0029659557     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.1996.tb00009.x     Document Type: Article

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