Hydrological risk map for the danube delta-a case study of floods within the fluvial delta

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 98-104

  Mierla, Marian ^a,b   Romanescu, Gheorghe ^a   Nichersu, Iulian ^b   Grigoras, Ion ^b  

^a ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^b Danube Delta National Institute for Research and Development   (Romania)

Author keywords

Danube Delta; flood risk map; hydrogrades; light detection and ranging (LiDAR); Polders

Indexed keywords

MAPS; OPTICAL RADAR; WATER LEVELS;

DANUBE DELTA; FLOOD RISKS; HYDROGRADES; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; POLDERS;

FLOODS;

CARTOGRAPHY; DELTA; FLOOD; LIDAR; MAP; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA;

DANUBE DELTA BIOSPHERE RESERVE;

EID: 85027945943     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2014.2347352     Document Type: Article

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