Case Study of the Use of Remotely Sensed Data for Modeling Flood Inundation on the River Severn, U.K.

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 533-540

  Wright, N G ^a   Villanueva, I ^a   Bates, P D ^b   Mason, D C ^c   Wilson, M D ^d   Pender, G ^e   Neelz, S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Harry Pitt Building   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case reports; Flood plains; Model studies; Remote sensing; Rivers; United Kingdom; Water levels

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); FLOOD CONTROL; HYDRAULIC MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL TESTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS; WATER RESOURCES; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FLOODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONE DIMENSIONAL;

CASE REPORTS; CASE-STUDIES; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOODPLAIN INUNDATION; MODEL CONSTRUCTION; MODEL VALIDATION; MODELLING STUDIES; REMOTE-SENSING; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

FLOODS; RIVERS;

FLOOD INUNDATION; FLOOD PLAINS; REMOTELY SENSED DATA;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FLOODS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; WATER LEVELS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; DATA SET; FLOODPLAIN; HYDRAULICS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; REMOTE SENSING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; WATER LEVEL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SEVERN RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 42449156816     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2008)134:5(533)     Document Type: Article

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