Sowing time of soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) often coincides with the early onset of rainy season. Germinating seeds encounter a transient to prolonged period of water-logging that causes anoxia (absence of oxygen) and hypoxia (insufficient oxygen) resulting in poor germination. This reduces crop stability and yield. One of the factors responsible for flood tolerance is activity of alcohol d...

Automatic satellite image registration for multi-sensor images is becoming increasingly important to aid in flood damage assessment. We consider two images, the one before flood (optical image) and the other during flood (SAR image) in the registration process. The objective is to maximize the similarity metric (of these two images) using information theoretic measures such as Mutual Informatio...

This paper explores peoples' indigenous survival strategies and assesses variations in people's ability to cope with floods in two flood-prone villages in Bangladesh. It reveals that people continuously battle against flood vulnerability in accordance with their level of exposure and abilities, with varied strategies employed at different geophysical locations. The paper reports that people in ...

Various regions in Europe have suffered from severe flooding over the last decennium. Earth observation techniques can contribute toward more accurate flood hazard modelling and they can be used to assess damage to residential properties, infrastructure and agricultural crops. For this study, detailed land cover maps were created by using IKONOS-2 high spatial resolution satellite imagery. The ...

An analysis of global statistics shows a substantial increase in flood damage over the past few decades. Moreover, it is expected that flood risk will continue to rise due to the combined effect of increasing numbers of people and economic assets in risk-prone areas and the effects of climate change. In order to mitigate the impact of natural hazards on European economies and societies, improve...

surat is a highly developed, thickly populated cosmopolitan character city with full of various activities going on day and night. any natural calamity which causes loss of lives to property and infrastructure along with effects on industrial processes going on has serious impact on economy of the state. therefore, it becomes highly necessary that flood events are studied and analyzed properly ...