Rapid flood inundation mapping using social media, remote sensing and topographic data

Natural Hazards

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 103-120

  Rosser, J F ^a   Leibovici, D G ^a   Jackson, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data conflation; Data fusion; Data integration; Flood mapping

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; FLOOD; FLOODING; MAPPING; MOBILE PHONE; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIAL MEDIA; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 85010711352     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-017-2755-0     Document Type: Article

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