Application of the inundation area-lake level rating curves constructed from the SRTM DEM to retrieving lake levels from satellite measured inundation areas

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 168-176

  Pan, Feifei ^a,b   Liao, Jingjuan ^a   Li, Xinwu ^a   Guo, Huadong ^a  

^a CENTER FOR EARTH OBSERVATION AND DIGITAL EARTH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital elevation model (DEM); Inundation area; Inundation area lake level rating (IALLR); Lake level; Landsat; Shuttle radar topography mission (SRTM)

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; INUNDATION AREA; INUNDATION AREA-LAKE LEVEL RATING (IALLR); LAKE LEVELS; LANDSAT; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; FLOODS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; RATING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SURVEYING; TRACKING RADAR; WATER LEVELS;

LAKES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; LAKE WATER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; WATER LEVEL;

LAKE CHAMPLAIN; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

EID: 84870663581     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2012.09.024     Document Type: Article

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