Combining space-based and in-situ measurements to track flooding in Thailand

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3935-3938

  Chien, Steve ^a   Doubleday, Joshua ^a   McLaren, David ^a   Tran, Daniel ^a   Tanpipat, Veerachai ^b   Chitradon, Royal ^c   Boonya Aroonnet, Surajate ^c   Thanapakpawin, Porranee ^c   Khunboa, Chatchai ^d   Leelapatra, Watis ^d   Plermkamon, Vichian ^d   Raghavendra, Cauligi ^e   Mandl, Daniel ^f  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department   (Thailand)

^c Hydro Agro Informatics Institute   (Thailand)

^d KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Flooding; hydrological modeling; in situ sensing; space based remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTROL; AUTOMATED ANALYSIS; DATA PRODUCTS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; IN-SITU SENSING; MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT; RIVER BASINS; RIVER GAUGING; SATELLITE INFORMATION; SPACE MEASUREMENTS; SPACE-BASED; SPACE-BORNE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUBBASINS; THAILAND;

GEOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

SPACE OPTICS;

EID: 80955141943     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6050092     Document Type: Conference Paper

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