Flood Hazard and Flood Risk Assessment Using a Time Series of Satellite Images: A Case Study in Namibia

Risk Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1521-1537

  Skakun, Sergii ^a,b   Kussul, Nataliia ^a,c   Shelestov, Andrii ^a,b,c   Kussul, Olga ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LIFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES OF UKRAINE   (Ukraine)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF UKRAINE   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Direct damage; Flood hazard mapping; Flood risk assessment; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; MAPPING; MAPS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DIRECT DAMAGE; FLOOD HAZARD MAPS; FLOOD HAZARDS; FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENTS; KOLMOGOROV-SMIRNOV TEST; PROBABILISTIC DISTRIBUTION; RELATIVE FREQUENCIES; STRONG DEPENDENCES;

FLOODS;

FLOOD; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD DAMAGE; HAZARD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MAPPING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER DEPTH;

NAMIBIA;

ALGORITHM; DISASTER; FLOODING; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMAN; NAMIBIA; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; DISASTERS; FLOODS; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMANS; NAMIBIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84921894711     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/risa.12156     Document Type: Article

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