Analysis of the relationship between flooding area and water height in the Logone floodplain

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 36, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 232-240

  Jung, Hahn Chul ^a,b   Alsdorf, Doug ^a,b   Moritz, Mark ^a   Lee, Hyongki ^a   Vassolo, Sara ^c,d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^d Lake Chad Basin Commission   (Chad)

Author keywords

Chad basin; Flood; Hydrology; Inundation; Landsat ETM+; Logone floodplain

Indexed keywords

CHAD BASIN; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVISAT; FLOOD MAPS; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOODED AREAS; HEIGHT VARIATION; HUMAN LIVES; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; INUNDATION; ISODATA; LANDSAT ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPER PLUS (ETM+) IMAGE; LANDSAT ETM+; MULTI-TEMPORAL; NATURAL SYSTEMS; ON DYNAMICS; OPEN WATER; POLYNOMIAL REGRESSION MODELS; RECESSION PERIOD; SELF ORGANIZING; SHORT WAVE INFRARED; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STRONG CORRELATION; TIME LAG;

DATA REDUCTION; FLOOD CONTROL; GEODETIC SATELLITES; HYDROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; WATER;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER);

ALTIMETRY; ENVISAT-1; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAPPING;

CHAD BASIN; LOGONE RIVER;

EID: 79955149465     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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