Varying scale and capability of envisat ASAR-WSM, TerraSAR-X scansar and TerraSAR-X Stripmap data to assess urban flood situations: A case study of the mekong delta in Can Tho province

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 5122-5142

  Kuenzer, Claudia ^a   Guo, Huadong ^b   Schlegel, Inga ^c   Tuan, Vo Quoc ^d   Li, Xinwu ^b   Dech, Stefan ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Envisat asar; Flood; Flood dynamics; Flood mapping; Observation scale; Radar data; Sar; Scansar; Stripmap; TerraSAR X; Urban flooding; Vietnam; WSM

Indexed keywords

ENVISAT ASAR; FLOOD MAPPING; OBSERVATION SCALE; RADAR DATA; SAR; SCANSAR; STRIPMAP; TERRASAR-X; URBAN FLOODING; VIET NAM; WSM;

MAPPING; RADIATION EFFECTS; SATELLITES; SENSORS;

FLOODS;

EID: 84887517151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5105122     Document Type: Article

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