Using Twitter for tasking remote-sensing data collection and damage assessment: 2013 Boulder flood case study

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 100-124

  Cervone, Guido ^a   Sava, Elena ^a   Huang, Qunying ^b   Schnebele, Emily ^a   Harrison, Jeff ^c   Waters, Nigel ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c The Carbon Project   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE DETECTION; DISASTERS; FLOODS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

COMMERCIAL SATELLITES; DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; REMOTE SENSING DATA; REMOTE SENSING IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING IMAGES; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURES;

REMOTE SENSING;

DATA PROCESSING; FLOOD DAMAGE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HURRICANE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SEVERE WEATHER; SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL MEDIA; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

BOULDER COUNTY; COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84953314366     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2015.1117684     Document Type: Article

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