Flood detection/monitoring using adjustable histogram equalization technique

ScientificWorldJournal. 2014 Jan 2:2014:809636. doi: 10.1155/2014/809636. eCollection 2014.

Abstract

Flood monitoring technique using adjustable histogram equalization is proposed. The technique overcomes the limitations (overenhancement, artifacts, and unnatural look) of existing technique by adjusting the contrast of images. The proposed technique takes pre- and postimages and applies different processing steps for generating flood map without user interaction. The resultant flood maps can be used for flood monitoring and detection. Simulation results show that the proposed technique provides better output quality compared to the state of the art existing technique.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Environmental Monitoring / methods*
  • Floods* / statistics & numerical data
  • Geographic Mapping*
  • Humans
  • Image Enhancement / methods*