Evaluation of a satellite-based global flood monitoring system

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 3763-3782

  Yilmaz, Koray K ^a,b   Adler, Robert F ^a,b   Tian, Yudong ^b   Hong, Yang ^c   Pierce, Harold F ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; FLOODS; SATELLITES; STATISTICS;

CURVE NUMBERS; FLOOD MONITORING; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS; SATELLITE PRECIPITATION; SIMULATION PERFORMANCE;

MONITORING;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; FLOOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MONITORING SYSTEM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955136398     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.483489     Document Type: Article

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