Automatic near real-time flood detection using Suomi-NPP/VIIRS data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 204, Issue , 2018, Pages 672-689

  Li, Sanmei ^a   Sun, Donglian ^a   Goldberg, Mitchell D ^b   Sjoberg, Bill ^b   Santek, David ^c   Hoffman, Jay P ^c   DeWeese, Mike ^d   Restrepo, Pedro ^d   Lindsey, Scott ^d   Holloway, Eric ^d  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA JPSS Program Office   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

JPSS; Near real time flood detection; SNPP VIIRS; VNG flood V1.0

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY SERVICES; INFORMATION SERVICES; ORBITS; RADIOMETERS; RIVERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

FLOOD DETECTIONS; FLOOD MAPS; JOINT POLAR SATELLITE SYSTEM; NEAR REAL-TIME FLOOD DETECTION; NEAR-REAL TIME; POLAR SATELLITE SYSTEMS; POLAR-ORBITING; SNPP/VIIRS; VISIBLE INFRARED IMAGING RADIOMETER SUITES; VNG FLOOD V1.0;

FLOODS;

AUTOMATION; DECISION MAKING; DETECTION METHOD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLOODING; LANDSAT; MODIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REAL TIME; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOFTWARE; VIIRS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85030475494     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2017.09.032     Document Type: Article

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