Pre-flood inundation mapping for flood early warning

Journal of Flood Risk Management

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 318-327

  Billa, L ^a   Mansor, S ^a   Mahmud, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Flood warning; Hydrological GIS modelling; Langat River Basin; Malaysia; Mapping; Pre flood inundation; Rainfall run off simulation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AVHRR; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DATA SET; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; FLOOD CONTROL; GIS; MAPPING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; REFLECTANCE; RIVER BASIN; SATELLITE DATA; WEATHER FORECASTING;

LANGAT BASIN; MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 81155125110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1753318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-318X.2011.01115.x     Document Type: Article

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