Use of ENVISAT ASAR Global Monitoring Mode to complement optical data in the mapping of rapid broad-scale flooding in Pakistan

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3475-3494

  O'Grady, D ^a   Leblanc, M ^a   Gillieson, D ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASELINE IMAGES; DISASTER PLANNING; ENVISAT ASAR; FLOOD WATERS; GLOBAL MONITORING MODES; HIGH TEMPORAL FREQUENCY; IMAGE DIFFERENCING; INCIDENCE ANGLES; OPTICAL DATA; OPTICAL SATELLITES; ORBIT TRACK; PAKISTAN; RADAR RESPONSE; RAPID RESPONSE; RECEIVED SIGNALS; REGION GROWING; RIVER CHANNELS; SEED PIXEL; SPECULAR REFLECTIONS; TARGET IMAGES; TARGET VALUES; VOLUME SCATTERING;

DISASTER PREVENTION; RADAR REFLECTION;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

ALGORITHM; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ENVISAT-1; FLOODING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING METHOD; MONITORING SYSTEM; OPTICAL METHOD; RADAR; RIVER CHANNEL; SATELLITE DATA; THRESHOLD;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 81455143042     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-3475-2011     Document Type: Article

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