Observing Global Surface Water Flood Dynamics

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 839-852

  Bates, Paul D ^a   Neal, Jefferey C ^a   Alsdorf, Douglas ^b   Schumann, Guy J P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Floodplains; Floods; Remote sensing; Rivers; Surface water; Surface water ocean topography (SWOT) mission; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BIOHAZARDS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; SURFACE WATERS; WETLANDS;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECOLOGICAL PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; FLOOD-PLAINS; KEY DETERMINANTS; OCEAN TOPOGRAPHY; SATELLITE MISSION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

FLOODS;

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; GEODETIC DATUM; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER SYSTEM; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE MISSION; SURFACE WATER; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

EID: 84897380918     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-013-9269-4     Document Type: Review

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