Analyzing the inundation pattern of the Poyang Lake floodplain by passive microwave data

The soil wetness condition is a useful indicator of inundation hazard in floodplains, such as the Poyang Lake floodplain. Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) passive microwave data were used to monitor water-saturated soil and open water areas of the Poyang Lake floodplain from 2001 to 2008, capturing the inundation patterns of this area in...

Improving 2D change detection by using available 3D data

Change detection with very high resolution imagery is difficult, because 3D objects as buildings appear differently in 2D imagery due to varying viewing angles and sun positions. This research proposes a method to improve change detection by using simple 3D models of buildings. Buildings have been modelled as flat roof or gable roof buildings....

CAESAR, a CCD airborne experimental scanner for applications in remote sensing radiometric and geometric calibration

Within the framework of the National Remote Sensing Programme, an airborne push-broom scanner was developed in The Netherlands by the National Aerospace Laboratory NLR and the Institute for Applied Physics TNO-TH (TPD). With the development of this scanner, named CAESAR, two objectives were fulfilled: technical knowledge about CCD detectors and...