Mapping floods due to Hurricane Sandy using NPP VIIRS and ATMS data and geotagged Flickr imagery

International Journal of Digital Earth

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 427-441

  Sun, Donglian ^a   Li, Sanmei ^a   Zheng, Wei ^a   Croitoru, Arie ^a   Stefanidis, Anthony ^a   Goldberg, Mitchell ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA JPSS Program Office   (United States)

Author keywords

ATMS; coastal flood; high resolution flood mapping; hurricane; VIIRS; water fraction

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINES; HURRICANES; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; RISK MANAGEMENT; SURFACE WATERS;

COASTAL FLOODS; FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY; FLOOD MAPPING; MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; TOPOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; VIIRS; WATER FRACTION;

FLOODS;

COASTAL ZONE; FLOODING; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HURRICANE SANDY 2012; MAPPING METHOD; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STORM SURGE; VIIRS;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930389487     PISSN: 17538947     EISSN: 17538955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2015.1040474     Document Type: Article

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