Assessing Tsunami vulnerability in Alexandria, Egypt by using optical VHR satellite data

Proceedings, 33rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, ISRSE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 539-542

  Eckert, S ^a   Zeug, G ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digital surface model; Remote sensing; Tsunami; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURE; DIGITAL SURFACE MODELS; ELEMENTS AT RISKS; ENGINEERED STRUCTURES; EVACUATION PLANNING; QUALITATIVE CLASSIFICATION; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION; VULNERABILITY;

LOSSES; REMOTE SENSING;

TSUNAMIS;

EID: 84879937506     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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