Monitoring flood propagation in the Niger River Inner Delta in Mali: Prospects with the low resolution NOAA/AVHRR data

IAHS-AISH Proceedings and Reports

Volumn 358, Issue , 2013, Pages 101-109

  Mariko, Adama ^a   Mahe, Gil ^b   Orange, Didier ^c  

^a Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs Abderhamane Baba Touré ENI ABT   (Mali)

^b MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

AVHRR; Flood monitoring; Flooded vegetation; Inner Delta; Mali; Open water; River Niger

Indexed keywords

PIXELS; RIVERS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

AVHRR; FLOOD MONITORING; INNER DELTA; MALI; NIGER; OPEN WATER;

FLOODS;

EID: 84901321948     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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