Radar mapping of broad-scale inundation: Challenges and opportunities in Australia

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-38

  O'Grady, Damien ^a   Leblanc, Marc ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Envisat; Flood monitoring; Soil moisture; Synthetic aperture radar

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; FLOODS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; MAPPING; MOISTURE CONTROL; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPACE FLIGHT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

ADVANCED SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; ENVISAT; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; FLOOD MONITORING; GLOBAL MONITORING MODES; HIGH TEMPORAL FREQUENCY; RADAR REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION CONDITION;

SPACE-BASED RADAR;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLASSIFICATION; ENVISAT-1; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOODPLAIN; MAPPING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SAVANNA; SOIL MOISTURE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

AUSTRALIA;

POACEAE;

EID: 84889092985     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-013-0712-3     Document Type: Article

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