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Optical and Physical Methods for Mapping Flooding with Satellite ImageryFlood and surface water mapping is becoming increasingly necessary, as extreme flooding events worldwide can damage crop yields and contribute to billions of dollars economic damages as well as social effects including fatalities and destroyed communities (Xaio et al. 2004; Kwak et al. 2015; Mueller et al. 2016).Utilizing earth observing satellite data to map standing water from space is indispensable to flood mapping for disaster response, mitigation, prevention, and warning (McFeeters 1996; Brakenridge and Anderson 2006). Since the early 1970s(Landsat, USGS 2013), researchers have been able to remotely sense surface processes such as extreme flood events to help offset some of these problems. Researchers have demonstrated countless methods and modifications of those methods to help increase knowledge of areas at risk and areas that are flooded using remote sensing data from optical and radar systems, as well as free publically available and costly commercial datasets.
Document ID
20170005832
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Book Chapter
Authors
Fayne, Jessica Fayne
(South Carolina Univ. Columbia, SC, United States)
Bolten, John
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Lakshmi, Venkat
(South Carolina Univ. Columbia, SC, United States)
Ahamed, Aakash
(Universities Space Research Association Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
June 28, 2017
Publication Date
November 4, 2016
Publication Information
Publication: Remote Sensing of Hydrological Extremes
Publisher: Springer
ISSN: 2198-0721
ISBN: 978-3-319-43743-9
e-ISBN: 978-3-319-43744-6
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN43598
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
satellite imagery
mapping
flood

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