Remote sensing of rainfall for debris-flow hazard assessment

International Conference on Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation: Mechanics, Prediction, and Assessment, Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1257-1268

  Wieczorek, G F ^a   Coe, J A ^b   Godt, J W ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Debris flow; Doppler radar; Infrared imagery; Rainfall intensity; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; DOPPLER RADAR; HAZARDS; INFRARED IMAGING; LANDSLIDES; REMOTE SENSING;

INFRARED IMAGERY; RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION; RAINFALL INTENSITY;

RAIN;

EID: 24644523082     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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