QGIS and Applications in Water and Risks

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Chapter 1. Monitoring Coastal Bathymetry Using Multispectral Satellite Images at High Spatial Resolution . . . . . . . 1 
Bertrand LUBAC

Remote Sensing of Wetlands Applications and Advances

Contents Preface...............................................................................................................................................ix Editors...............................................................................................................................................xi Contributors................................................................................................................................... xiii Acronyms.......................................................................................................................................xvii

Section I  Introduction to the Use of Remote Sensing for Wetland Mapping 

Chapter 1 Wetlands: An Overview ...............................................................................................3 
Ralph W. Tiner 

Chapter 2 Classification of Wetland Types for Mapping and Large-Scale Inventories.............. 19 Ralph W. Tiner 

Chapter 3 Introduction to Wetland Mapping and Its Challenges ............................................... 43 Ralph W. Tiner 


Chapter 4 Early Applications of Remote Sensing for Mapping Wetlands.................................. 67 Ralph W. Tiner 

Remote Sensing of Hydrological Extremes

Preface

Water is the most important natural resource we possess on the planet. Too much water—floods—can cause tremendous damage by washing away roads and buildings, eroding land, and destroying crops and livestock. Floods often result in the loss of human lives, and can have huge impacts on national economies when occurring at large scales. At the other end of this spectrum are droughts. Droughts

result in reduced crop yield when irrigation sources are unavailable and rainfall is the only source of water for crops.