Flood hazard assessment of 2014 floods in Sonawari sub-district of Bandipore district (Jammu & Kashmir): An application of geoinformatics

Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment

Volumn 4, Issue , 2016, Pages 188-203

  Kumar, Rajesh ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Flood hazard index; Kashmir valley; Landsat 8 OLI TIRS; MNDWI; RMSE; SRTM (30 m)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992168534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23529385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rsase.2016.10.002     Document Type: Article

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