Measuring and Mapping Flood Processes

Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 35-64

  Schumann, Guy J P ^a   Bates, Paul D ^b   Neal, Jeffrey C ^b   Andreadis, Konstantinos M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital Elevation Model; Floodplain; Floods; Hydrodynamic modeling; Remote sensing; Spatial scales

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; DIGITAL STORAGE; FLOODS; GAGES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAPPING; SPACE OPTICS;

ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGES; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EMERGING ECONOMIES; FLOOD PLAINS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; POPULATION PRESSURE; SATELLITE PLATFORMS; SPATIAL SCALE;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84940735313     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394846-5.00002-3     Document Type: Chapter

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