Flash flood risk estimation along the St. Katherine road, southern Sinai, Egypt using GIS based morphometry and satellite imagery

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 611-623

  Youssef, Ahmed M ^a,c   Pradhan, Biswajeet ^b   Hassan, Abdallah Mohamed ^c  

^a SAUDI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c SOHAG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Flash floods; Geomorphology; GIS; Landsat ETM; Morphometry; Remote sensing; Risk; SRTM

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HAZARDS; REMOTE SENSING; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; ROADS AND STREETS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRACKING RADAR; TRANSPORTATION;

EGYPT; FLASH FLOOD; LANDSAT ETM; MORPHOMETRY; SRTM;

FLOODS;

DRAINAGE; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD CONTROL; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MORPHOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; THEMATIC MAPPING; WATERSHED;

EGYPT; JANUB SINA; SINAI; WADI FEIRAN;

EID: 85028123616     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0551-1     Document Type: Article

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