Assisting Flood Disaster Response with Earth Observation Data and Products: A Critical Assessment

Floods are among the top-ranking natural disasters in terms of annual cost in insured and uninsured losses. Since high-impact events often cover spatial scales that are beyond traditional regional monitoring operations, remote sensing, in particular from satellites, presents an attractive approach....

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Main Authors: Guy J-P. Schumann, G. Robert Brakenridge, Albert J. Kettner, Rashid Kashif, Emily Niebuhr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-08-01
Series:Remote Sensing
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/10/8/1230