Inundations in the Inner Niger Delta: Monitoring and Analysis Using MODIS and Global Precipitation Datasets
A method of wetland mapping and flood survey based on satellite optical imagery from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Terra instrument was used over the Inner Niger Delta (IND) from 2000–2013. It has allowed us to describe the phenomenon of inundations in the delta and to de...
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| author | Muriel Bergé-Nguyen Jean-François Crétaux |
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| description | A method of wetland mapping and flood survey based on satellite optical imagery from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Terra instrument was used over the Inner Niger Delta (IND) from 2000–2013. It has allowed us to describe the phenomenon of inundations in the delta and to decompose the flooded areas in the IND into open water and mixture of water and dry land, and that aquatic vegetation is separated from bare soil and “dry” vegetation. An Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis of the MODIS data and precipitation rates from a global gridded data set is carried out. Connections between flood sequence and precipitation patterns from the upstream part of the Niger and Bani river watersheds up to the IND are studied. We have shown that inter-annual variability of flood dominates over the IND and we have estimated that the surface extent of open water varies by a factor of four between dry and wet years. We finally observed an increase in vegetation over the 14 years of study and a slight decrease of open water. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0e8783167e344c04878f7ab8436dc41f2022-12-21T23:50:07ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922015-02-01722127215110.3390/rs70202127rs70202127Inundations in the Inner Niger Delta: Monitoring and Analysis Using MODIS and Global Precipitation DatasetsMuriel Bergé-Nguyen0Jean-François Crétaux1CNES/Legos, 14 Av Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, FranceCNES/Legos, 14 Av Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, FranceA method of wetland mapping and flood survey based on satellite optical imagery from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Terra instrument was used over the Inner Niger Delta (IND) from 2000–2013. It has allowed us to describe the phenomenon of inundations in the delta and to decompose the flooded areas in the IND into open water and mixture of water and dry land, and that aquatic vegetation is separated from bare soil and “dry” vegetation. An Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis of the MODIS data and precipitation rates from a global gridded data set is carried out. Connections between flood sequence and precipitation patterns from the upstream part of the Niger and Bani river watersheds up to the IND are studied. We have shown that inter-annual variability of flood dominates over the IND and we have estimated that the surface extent of open water varies by a factor of four between dry and wet years. We finally observed an increase in vegetation over the 14 years of study and a slight decrease of open water.http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/7/2/2127Inner Niger DeltaMODISTRMMinundation |
| spellingShingle | Muriel Bergé-Nguyen Jean-François Crétaux Inundations in the Inner Niger Delta: Monitoring and Analysis Using MODIS and Global Precipitation Datasets Remote Sensing Inner Niger Delta MODIS TRMM inundation |
| title | Inundations in the Inner Niger Delta: Monitoring and Analysis Using MODIS and Global Precipitation Datasets |
| title_full | Inundations in the Inner Niger Delta: Monitoring and Analysis Using MODIS and Global Precipitation Datasets |
| title_fullStr | Inundations in the Inner Niger Delta: Monitoring and Analysis Using MODIS and Global Precipitation Datasets |
| title_full_unstemmed | Inundations in the Inner Niger Delta: Monitoring and Analysis Using MODIS and Global Precipitation Datasets |
| title_short | Inundations in the Inner Niger Delta: Monitoring and Analysis Using MODIS and Global Precipitation Datasets |
| title_sort | inundations in the inner niger delta monitoring and analysis using modis and global precipitation datasets |
| topic | Inner Niger Delta MODIS TRMM inundation |
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