Micro-landform classification and flood hazard assessment of the Thu Bon alluvial plain, central Vietnam via an integrated method utilizing remotely sensed data

Applied Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1082-1093

  Ho, Loan T K ^a   Umitsu, Masatomo ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alluvial plain; Flood hazard mapping; GRASS GIS; Landform classification; LANDSAT; SRTM

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; DATA PROCESSING; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLOOD; FLOODING; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

VIET NAM;

EID: 79952728069     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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