Remote Sensing of Hydrological Extremes

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Lakshmi, Venkat (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Σειρά: Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry,
• Θέματα: Geography.; Hydrology.; Climate change.; Natural disasters.; Remote sensing.; Environmental monitoring.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis.; Natural Hazards.; Hydrology/Water Resources.; Climate Change Management and Policy.

This volume provides in-depth coverage of the latest in remote sensing of hydrological extremes: both floods and droughts. The book is divided into two distinct sections – floods and droughts – and offers a variety of techniques for monitoring each. With rapid advances in computer modelling and obse...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part 1 Floods
• Chapter 1 Satellite-based estimation Of water discharge and runoff In the Magdalena River, Northern Andes Of Colombia
• Chapter 2 Remote sensing of drivers of spring snowmelt flooding in the North Central US
• Chapter 3 The NASA Global Flood Mapping System
• Chapter 4 Congo flood plain hydraulics with PALSAR InSAR and Envisat Altimetry data
• Chapter 5 Optical and physical methods for mapping flooding with satellite imagery
• Chapter 6 Near real time flood monitoring and impact assessment systems
• Part 2 Droughts
• Chapter 7 Remote sensing of drought: Vegetation, soil moisture and data assimilation
• Chapter 8 Drought monitoring and assessment using remote sensing
• Chapter 9 A framework for assessing soil moisture deficit, and crop water stress at multiple space and time scales under climate change scenarios using model platform, satellite remote sensing and decision support system
• Chapter 10 Monitoring drought in Brazil using remote sensing
• Chapter 11 Multi-sensor remote sensing of drought from space. .