• DocumentCode
    410590
  • Title

    ENVISAT multipolarised ASAR data for flood mapping

  • Author

    Desnos, Y.L.

  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    21-25 July 2003
  • Firstpage
    1136
  • Abstract
    During the August 2002 Elbe river flood, different satellite data were acquired, and especially ASAR data from ENVISAT. The advanced synthetic aperture radar instrument was activated in different image modes. Thus, the comparison with quasi-simultaneous ERS-2 data enables to evaluate the contribution of polarisation configurations on flood surface detection. This study highlights the increased capabilities of ASAR for flood mapping, especially benefit of a common use of like- and cross-polarisations.
  • Keywords
    floods; hydrological techniques; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; ENVISAT multipolarised ASAR data; ERS-2 data; Elbe river flood; advanced synthetic aperture radar; cross-polarisation; flood mapping; flood surface detection; image modes; like-polarisation; polarisation configurations; satellite data acquisition; Floods; Histograms; Land surface; Performance analysis; Performance evaluation; Polarization; Remote sensing; Rough surfaces; Satellites; Surface roughness;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7929-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1294036
  • Filename
    1294036