Using TerraSAR-X data for improved urban flood model validation

Urban flood inundation models require considerable data for their parameterisation, calibration and validation. The paper describes ongoing work on a project to assess how well TerraSAR-X can detect flooded regions in urban areas, and how well these can constrain the parameters of an urban flood model. The study uses a TerraSAR-X image of a 1-in-150 year flood near Tewkesbury, UK , in 2007, for which contemporaneous aerial photography exists for validation.

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