Automatic near real-time selection of flood water levels from high resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar images for assimilation into hydraulic models: A case study

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 124, Issue , 2012, Pages 705-716

  Mason, D C ^a   Schumann, G J P ^b   Neal, J C ^b   Garcia Pintado, J ^a   Bates, P D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Flood detection; Hydraulic modelling; Synthetic aperture radar; Water level

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; ASSIMILATION; CLUSTERING APPROACH; DISTRIBUTED WATER; DOUBLE REFLECTIONS; EMERGENT VEGETATION; EXTERNAL FORCING; FLOOD PLAINS; FORECASTING MODELS; HIGH RESOLUTION SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR IMAGES; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODEL STATE; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATIONS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR) IMAGES; TERRASAR-X; TOPDOWN; URBAN AND RURAL AREAS; URBAN AREAS; WATER SURFACE;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); HYDRAULIC MODELS; RURAL AREAS; WATER LEVELS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; AUTOCORRELATION; AUTOMATION; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RADAR; REAL TIME; RESOLUTION; RURAL AREA; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TERRASAR-X; TOPOGRAPHY; URBAN AREA; WATER LEVEL;

EID: 84864049543     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.06.017     Document Type: Article

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