Automated global water mapping based on wide-swath orbital synthetic-aperture radar

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 651-663

  Westerhoff, R S ^a   Kleuskens, M P H ^a,e   Winsemius, H C ^a   Huizinga, H J ^b   Brakenridge, G R ^c   Bishop, C ^d  

^a DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^b HKV CONSULTANTS   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

^e Alten PTS ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED TECHNIQUES; CLASSIFICATION METHODS; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; ENVISAT ASAR; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; GLOBAL SCALE; INCIDENCE ANGLES; LOCAL CONDITIONS; MULTIPLE USE; NEAR-REAL TIME; ON-DEMAND SERVICES; OPEN DATUM; OPTICAL SATELLITE IMAGERY; PAKISTAN; SENTINEL-1; THAILAND; TRAINING DATASET; WATER MAPPING; WATER PRODUCTS; WATERBODIES;

BACKSCATTERING; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FLOODS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; NASA; PIXELS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE WATERS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

AUTOMATION; BACKSCATTER; CLASSIFICATION; DATA SET; ENVISAT-1; FLOODING; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MAPPING; PIXEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENTINEL; SURFACE WATER; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

PAKISTAN; THAILAND;

EID: 84873909844     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-651-2013     Document Type: Article

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