High Water: Building a Global Flood Atlas. .
by ; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 19Science. Publisher: Earth Observatory, 2005ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Archives | Atlases | Flood forecasting | Floodplain management | Floods | Geologists | Remote-sensing images | Topographic maps | WetlandsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "His [Bob Brakenridge] study of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1993 with remote-sensing data was the launching off point for what has become Brakenridge's passion for the last decade: creating a satellite-based, global atlas of flood hazards and putting the information into the hands of disaster relief and planning organizations." (EARTH OBSERVATORY) This article discusses Brakenridge's development of a "flood archive" that will help predict "when a flood is going to occur or how severe it will be."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: High Water: Building a Global Flood Atlas, Aug. 31, 2005; pp. n.p..
"His [Bob Brakenridge] study of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1993 with remote-sensing data was the launching off point for what has become Brakenridge's passion for the last decade: creating a satellite-based, global atlas of flood hazards and putting the information into the hands of disaster relief and planning organizations." (EARTH OBSERVATORY) This article discusses Brakenridge's development of a "flood archive" that will help predict "when a flood is going to occur or how severe it will be."
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