Title :
Detection of flood-inundated area and relation between the area and micro-geomorphology using SAR and GIS
Author :
Yamada, Yasuharu
Author_Institution :
Japan Int. Res. Center for Agric. Sci., Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
A flood-inundated area can be detected using JERS-1/SAR data in the central plain of Thailand. The area is related with micro-geomorphology. It has the possibility that agricultural damage by flood can be estimated using both SAR data and geomorphological maps
Keywords :
agriculture; disasters; geographic information systems; geomorphology; hydrological techniques; hydrology; radar detection; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; GIS; SAR; Thailand; agricultural damage; agricultural field; flood-inundated area; micro-geomorphology; Asia; Cities and towns; Data mining; Floods; Geographic Information Systems; Image sensors; Levee; Production; Rivers; Satellites;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7031-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2001.978329
