(1973) Flood Inundation Mapping in Southwestern Iowa: A Preliminary Report: Analysis of ERTS-1 imagery, February 1973. University of Iowa
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Abstract
An operational method of flood inundation mapping is needed to provide information to Iowa state and federal agencies involved in floodplain management, regulation, and planning. An aerial photographic technique was developed that could satisfy many of these informational needs through the cooperative efforts of the Iowa Geological Survey, Remote Sensing Laboratory (IGSRSL), and the U. S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division (Hoyer and Taranik, 1973). Comparison of ERTS-1 satellite imagery and low-altitude imagery of the September, 1972, East Nishnabotna River flood, reinforced the basic conclusion of the low-altitude study: imaging systems sensitive to reflected infrared energy can be used, in the Midwest, to map late summer flood inundation.
| Item Type: | Departmental Report |
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| Keywords: | Mapping, Flood, Iowa, Rivers, Floodplain, Flood Inundation Mapping |
| Subjects: | Natural resources and environment Natural resources and environment > Earth sciences Natural resources and environment > Weather > Floods |
| ID Code: | 44579 |
| Deposited By: | Margaret Barr |
| Deposited On: | 30 May 2023 14:55 |
| Last Modified: | 30 May 2023 14:55 |
| URI: | https://publications.iowa.gov/id/eprint/44579 |