Editors:
- Provides the latest science to support emergency management during hydrological extremes
- Covers very recent satellite missions including GPM and SMAP
- Contains chapters and case studies from a global variety of research teams
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry (SPRINGERREMO)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Floods
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Front Matter
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Droughts
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
With rapid advances in computer modelling and observing systems, floods and droughts are studied with greater precision today than ever before. Land surface models, especially over the entire Continental United States, can map the hydrological cycle at kilometre and sub-kilometre scales. In the case of smaller areas there is even higher spatial resolution and the only limiting factor is the resolution of input data. In-situ sensors are automated and the data is directly relayed to the world wide web for many hydrological variables such as precipitation, soil moisture, surface temperature and heat fluxes. In addition, satellite remote sensing has advanced to providing twice a day repeat observationsat kilometre to ten-kilometre spatial scales.
We are at a critical juncture in the study of hydrological extremes, and the GPM and SMAP missions as well as the MODIS and GRACE sensors give us more tools and data than were ever available before. A global variety of chapter authors provides wide-ranging perspectives and case studies that will make this book an indispensable resource for researchers, engineers, and even emergency management and insurance professionals who study and/or manage hydrological extremes.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
Venkat Lakshmi
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Remote Sensing of Hydrological Extremes
Editors: Venkat Lakshmi
Series Title: Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43744-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-43743-9Published: 16 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82900-5Published: 04 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-43744-6Published: 03 November 2016
Series ISSN: 2198-0721
Series E-ISSN: 2198-073X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 251
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 71 illustrations in colour
Topics: Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry, Monitoring/Environmental Analysis, Natural Hazards, Hydrology/Water Resources, Climate Change Management and Policy