Rainfall variability and spatio temporal dynamics of flood inundation during the 2008 Kosi flood in Bihar State, India

Asian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-19

  Singh, Suraj Kumar ^a   Pandey, A C ^a   Nathawat, M S ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Flood; Kosi river; Optical satellite data; RADARSAT image; TRMM

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DATA SET; EMBANKMENT; FLOODING; LAND USE; MONSOON; RADARSAT; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

BIHAR; INDIA;

EID: 78649295688     PISSN: 18191886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajes.2011.9.19     Document Type: Article

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