Flood Assessment using Multi-temporal Modis Satellite Images

Flood Hazard Assessment Using Panchromatic Satellite Imagery

Panchromatic (PAN) satellite imagery has been used successfully in different applications such as topographic mapping and terrain modelling. Nevertheless, PAN imagery is still one of the less used digital sources for land-change studies except few processes where the high-resolution of the PAN images is used to improve the visualization quality of the multi-spectral images. This research aimed ...

Analyzing Urban Sprawl Spatial Fragmentation Using Multi-temporal Satellite Images

The landscape pattern of Daqing City, China has undergone a significant change during the last two decades as a result of rapid urbanization. A quantitative analysis describing the spatial fragmentation caused by urban sprawl from satellite images was presented on three dates: 1979, 1990, and 2000. Five landscape indices with supplementary ecological meanings were chosen to facilitate our exami...

Mapping abandoned agriculture with multi-temporal MODIS satellite data

a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Antiguo Aeropuerto, Carr. Chichimequillas s/n. Terreno Ejidal Bolaños, C.P. 76140, Querétaro, Mexico b Geography Department, Humboldt-University Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany c Earth System Analysis, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), P.O. Box 60 12 03, Telegraphenberg A62, D-14412 Potsdam...

Multi Resolution Fuzzy Segmentation of Satellite Images

Modeling Water Quality Using Terra/modis 500m Satellite Images

A study was conducted in Hong Kong with the aim of deriving algorithms for the retrieval of turbidity, chlorophyII a and suspended solids concentrations from Terra/MODIS 500m level 1B reflectance data. Rigorous atmospheric correction using Radiative Transfer Model coupled with the inputs of AERONET data and MODIS atmospheric products was carried out for deriving the water leaving reflectances. ...