Microwave remote sensing of flood inundation

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 83-84, Issue , 2015, Pages 84-95

  Schumann, Guy J P ^a,b   Moller, Delwyn K ^b  

^a Los Angeles   (United States)

^b 248 E Foothill Blvd   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastline; Flood inundation; Floodplain; Radiometry; SAR; Wetland

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; FINANCIAL MARKETS; FLOOD CONTROL; ORBITS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WETLANDS;

COASTLINE; ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRA; FLOOD PLAINS; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; MODELING AND FORECASTING; SAR; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SCALE;

FLOODS;

COAST; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WETLAND;

EID: 84939211792     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2015.05.002     Document Type: Review

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