Detection of flooded urban areas in high resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar images using double scattering

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 150-159

  Mason, D C ^a   Giustarini, L ^b   Garcia Pintado, J ^a   Cloke, H L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Double scattering; Flood detection; Synthetic Aperture Radar; Urban area

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOODING; LIDAR; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84897434654     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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