Observing floods from space: Experience gained from COSMO-SkyMed observations

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 84, Issue , 2013, Pages 122-133

  Pierdicca, N ^a   Pulvirenti, L ^a   Chini, M ^b   Guerriero, L ^c   Candela, L ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

Author keywords

COSMO SkyMed; Flood mapping; Hydrology; Image processing; Microwave remote sensing; Synthetic aperture radar

Indexed keywords

COSMO SKYMED; COSMO-SKYMED MISSION; FLOOD EVENT; FLOOD MAPPING; FLOOD MAPS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION; ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY; MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; NEAR-REAL TIME; PILOT PROJECTS; RADAR IMAGE; SAR IMAGES; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION;

HYDROLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

FLOODS;

EID: 84870671649     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.10.034     Document Type: Article

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