A reach-scale remote sensing technique to relate wetland inundation to river flow

River Research and Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 836-849

  Frazier, Paul ^a   Page, Ken ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Inundation mapping; Landsat TM; Murrumbidgee river; River function; Wetland inundation

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; FLOW MODELING; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; PEAK DISCHARGE; PEAK FLOW; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WETLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MURRUMBIDGEE RIVER; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 70149085617     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1183     Document Type: Article

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