Improving remote sensing flood assessment using volunteered geographical data

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 669-677

  Schnebele, E ^a   Cervone, G ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLOODING; GEOSTATISTICS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSAT; MAPPING; PIXEL; PROBABILITY; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84879244679     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-669-2013     Document Type: Article

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