Global scale simulation of flood plain inundation with low resolution space-borne data

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 352, Issue , 2012, Pages 464-467

  Schumann, Guy J P ^a   Neal, Jeffrey C ^a   Bates, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flooding; Low resolution; SRTM; Uncertainties; Water levels; Wide swath SAR

Indexed keywords

FLOOD MANAGEMENT; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; LOW RESOLUTION; SATELLITE DATA; SPACEBORNE RADAR; SRTM; UNCERTAINTIES; WIDE SWATH;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; FLOOD CONTROL; OIL WELL FLOODING; RADAR IMAGING; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TRACKING RADAR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS;

FLOODS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; HYDRODYNAMICS; RADAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER LEVEL;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84883329143     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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