Flood inundation prediction

PD Bates - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2022‏ - annualreviews.org
Every year flood events lead to thousands of casualties and significant economic damage.
Map** the areas at risk of flooding is critical to reducing these losses, yet until the last few …

Amazon hydrology from space: scientific advances and future challenges

AC Fassoni‐Andrade, AS Fleischmann… - Reviews of …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
As the largest river basin on Earth, the Amazon is of major importance to the world's climate
and water resources. Over the past decades, advances in satellite‐based remote sensing …

The ecology of interfaces: riparian zones

RJ Naiman, H Decamps - Annual review of Ecology and …, 1997‏ - annualreviews.org
Riparian zones possess an unusually diverse array of species and environmental
processes. The ecological diversity is related to variable flood regimes, geographically …

Satellite remote sensing of wetlands

SL Ozesmi, ME Bauer - Wetlands ecology and management, 2002‏ - Springer
To conserve and manage wetland resources, it is important to inventoryand monitor
wetlands and their adjacent uplands. Satellite remote sensing hasseveral advantages for …

Measuring surface water from space

DE Alsdorf, E Rodríguez… - Reviews of …, 2007‏ - Wiley Online Library
Surface fresh water is essential for life, yet we have surprisingly poor knowledge of the
spatial and temporal dynamics of surface freshwater discharge and changes in storage …

An extension of the flood pulse concept

K Tockner, F Malard, JV Ward - Hydrological processes, 2000‏ - Wiley Online Library
The flood pulse concept of Junk, Bayley and Sparks is a major contribution to our
understanding of river–floodplain interactions and has become an important paradigm in …

[ספר][B] Spatial pattern analysis in plant ecology

MRT Dale, MRT Dale - 2000‏ - books.google.com
The predictability of the physical arrangement of plants, at whatever scale it is viewed, is
referred to as a spatial pattern. Spatial pattern is a crucial aspect of vegetation that has …

Dual-season map** of wetland inundation and vegetation for the central Amazon basin

LL Hess, JM Melack, EMLM Novo, CCF Barbosa… - Remote sensing of …, 2003‏ - Elsevier
Wetland extent was mapped for the central Amazon region, using mosaicked L-band
synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery acquired by the Japanese Earth Resources Satellite …

Remote sensing of the distribution and extent of wetlands in the Amazon basin

JM Melack, LL Hess - Amazonian floodplain forests: ecophysiology …, 2011‏ - Springer
Basin-wide mosaics of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data, validated with airborne
videography, were used to map the extent and distribution of Amazonian wetlands. Cover …

Remote sensing of wetlands: applications and advances

RW Tiner, MW Lang, VV Klemas - 2015‏ - books.google.com
This book provides a thorough introduction to the use of remotely sensed data for wetland
classification and map**, as well as information on the latest technological advancements …