Remote sensing of floods and flood-prone areas: An overview

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1005-1013

  Klemas, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

coastal flooding; flood damage assessment; Flood remote sensing; flooding vulnerability; river flooding; storm surge

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER FLOW; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STORM SURGE; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84937124524     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-14-00160.1     Document Type: Review

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