Crowdsourced data for flood hydrology: Feedback from recent citizen science projects in Argentina, France and New Zealand

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 541, Issue , 2016, Pages 766-777

  Le Coz, Jérôme ^a,c   Patalano, Antoine ^b   Collins, Daniel ^c   Guillén, Nicolás Federico ^b   García, Carlos Marcelo ^b   Smart, Graeme M ^c   Bind, Jochen ^c   Chiaverini, Antoine ^a,c   Le Boursicaud, Raphaël ^a   Dramais, Guillaume ^a   Braud, Isabelle ^a  

^a CENTRE DE LYON VILLEURBANNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Crowdsourced data; Flood hydrology; Flood mapping; LSPIV

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DATA HANDLING; HAZARDS;

CITIZEN SCIENCE; CROWDSOURCED DATA; FLOOD HYDROLOGY; FLOOD MAPPING; LSPIV;

FLOODS;

CATCHMENT; DIGITAL IMAGE; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; IMAGING METHOD; MAPPING METHOD; NATURAL HAZARD; OVERCROWDING; SOCIAL MEDIA; STAKEHOLDER; URBAN AREA;

ARGENTINA; FRANCE; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84993868253     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.07.036     Document Type: Article

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