The accuracy of sequential aerial photography and SAR data for observing urban flood dynamics, a case study of the UK summer 2007 floods

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2536-2546

  Schumann, Guy J P ^a   Neal, Jeffrey C ^a   Mason, David C ^b   Bates, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flood dynamics; Flood inundation model; Remote sensing; Uncertainty; Urban area

Indexed keywords

AERIAL IMAGERY; CURRENT DYNAMICS; DATA SETS; EARTH'S SURFACE; FLOOD MODELLING; FLOOD MODELS; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOOD WAVES; HIGH-RESOLUTION SAR; HYDRAULIC CHARACTERISTIC; IMAGE DATA; PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE; REMOTE SENSING PLATFORMS; REMOTELY SENSED IMAGERY; SAR DATA; SAR IMAGERY; SINGLE IMAGES; SPACE-BORNE; SPACEBORNE RADAR; TERRASAR-X; TEST CASE; UNCERTAINTY; URBAN AREAS; URBAN FLOODING; URBAN FLOODS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DYNAMICS; FLOOD CONTROL; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DATA SET; FLOOD WAVE; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUMMER; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TERRA (SATELLITE); TOPOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN CLIMATE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79960705251     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.04.039     Document Type: Article

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