Estimating flooding extent at high return period for ungauged braided systems using remote sensing: a case study of Cuvelai Basin, Angola

Natural Hazards

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 255-272

  Awadallah, A G ^a,b   Tabet, D ^c  

^a FAYOUM UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b DAR Al HANDASAH   (Egypt)

^c Dar Al Handasah   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Angola; Cuvelai Basin; Flood frequency analysis; Flooding extent; Floods; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939939391     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-015-1600-6     Document Type: Article

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