Decadal monitoring of the Niger Inner Delta flood dynamics using MODIS optical data

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 523, Issue , 2015, Pages 368-383

  Ogilvie, Andrew ^a,e,f   Belaud, Gilles ^b   Delenne, Carole ^c   Bailly, Jean Stéphane ^d   Bader, Jean Claude ^a   Oleksiak, Aurélie ^a   Ferry, Luc ^a   Martin, Didier ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UMR G EAU   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d UMR TETIS   (France)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Flood dynamics; MODIS; Niger inner delta; Remote sensing; Water balance; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LAKES; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLANDS;

AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT; DIRECT PRECIPITATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MODIS; NIGER; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; WATER BALANCE;

FLOODS;

DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LANDSAT; MODIS; OPTICAL METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; WATER BUDGET;

NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA;

EID: 84922782605     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.01.036     Document Type: Article

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