Remote sensing of hydrological extremes

• Other Authors: Lakshmi, Venkataraman, 1966- (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland : Springer, [2017]
• Series: Springer remote sensing/photogrammetry,
• Subjects: Hydrologic cycle > Remote sensing.; Hydrological surveys.; Geography.; Hydrology.; Climatic changes.; Natural disasters.; Environmental monitoring.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319437446; 9783319437439
• ISSN: 2198-0721
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 251 pages 74 illustrations, 71 illustrations in color)

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.