Research Article

Flood Analysis and Mapping Using Sentinel-1 Data: A Case Study from Tarsus Plain, Turkey

Volume: 2 Number: 3 June 30, 2021
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Flood Analysis and Mapping Using Sentinel-1 Data: A Case Study from Tarsus Plain, Turkey

Abstract

Floods are natural disasters that corrupt vegetation, cause loss of lives, and harm economies. There are many cases floods originate, sometimes natural, sometimes man-made. The use of agricultural fields unconsciously, land cover modifications, incorrect city planning can be listed as unnatural reasons. Modeling and mapping the floods, real-time monitoring with satellite are cost-efficient ways of decreasing the causes of floods and helping the authorities to give the exact decisions during or after the event. Synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite imagery helps in monitoring disasters like flooding. The all-weather operating capability provides cloud-free day and night imagery, even in the worst weather conditions. In this paper, Sentinel-1 satellite imagery provided by European Space Agency (ESA) is used to investigate the flood event that happened in January 2020 in the Tarsus agricultural field (West Cukurova Region) of Mersin, Turkey. Sentinel-1 imagery for the nearest dates is collected, pre-processed, and thresholded with Otsu’s method and a flood map is obtained. Sentinel-2 satellite imagery for the same study area is used to verify the Sentinel-1 output composite. Spectral indices are applied on Sentinel-2 composite and classification is done with Random Forests, CART, Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Naive Bayes algorithms. Random Forest and SVM algorithms provided the best classification result. Finally, Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 products are overlaid as change management.

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Supporting Institution

Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi BAP Birimi

Project Number

FHD-2020-3448

Thanks

This study is supported by Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit under grant number: FHD-2020-3448

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Chemical Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 30, 2021

Submission Date

April 26, 2021

Acceptance Date

June 16, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 2 Number: 3

APA
Erenoğlu, R. C., & Arslan, E. (2021). Flood Analysis and Mapping Using Sentinel-1 Data: A Case Study from Tarsus Plain, Turkey. Lapseki Meslek Yüksekokulu Uygulamalı Araştırmalar Dergisi, 2(3), 35-49. https://izlik.org/JA85KG44HA
AMA
1.Erenoğlu RC, Arslan E. Flood Analysis and Mapping Using Sentinel-1 Data: A Case Study from Tarsus Plain, Turkey. LJAR. 2021;2(3):35-49. https://izlik.org/JA85KG44HA
Chicago
Erenoğlu, R. Cüneyt, and Enis Arslan. 2021. “Flood Analysis and Mapping Using Sentinel-1 Data: A Case Study from Tarsus Plain, Turkey”. Lapseki Meslek Yüksekokulu Uygulamalı Araştırmalar Dergisi 2 (3): 35-49. https://izlik.org/JA85KG44HA.
EndNote
Erenoğlu RC, Arslan E (June 1, 2021) Flood Analysis and Mapping Using Sentinel-1 Data: A Case Study from Tarsus Plain, Turkey. Lapseki Meslek Yüksekokulu Uygulamalı Araştırmalar Dergisi 2 3 35–49.
IEEE
[1]R. C. Erenoğlu and E. Arslan, “Flood Analysis and Mapping Using Sentinel-1 Data: A Case Study from Tarsus Plain, Turkey”, LJAR, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 35–49, June 2021, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA85KG44HA
ISNAD
Erenoğlu, R. Cüneyt - Arslan, Enis. “Flood Analysis and Mapping Using Sentinel-1 Data: A Case Study from Tarsus Plain, Turkey”. Lapseki Meslek Yüksekokulu Uygulamalı Araştırmalar Dergisi 2/3 (June 1, 2021): 35-49. https://izlik.org/JA85KG44HA.
JAMA
1.Erenoğlu RC, Arslan E. Flood Analysis and Mapping Using Sentinel-1 Data: A Case Study from Tarsus Plain, Turkey. LJAR. 2021;2:35–49.
MLA
Erenoğlu, R. Cüneyt, and Enis Arslan. “Flood Analysis and Mapping Using Sentinel-1 Data: A Case Study from Tarsus Plain, Turkey”. Lapseki Meslek Yüksekokulu Uygulamalı Araştırmalar Dergisi, vol. 2, no. 3, June 2021, pp. 35-49, https://izlik.org/JA85KG44HA.
Vancouver
1.R. Cüneyt Erenoğlu, Enis Arslan. Flood Analysis and Mapping Using Sentinel-1 Data: A Case Study from Tarsus Plain, Turkey. LJAR [Internet]. 2021 Jun. 1;2(3):35-49. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA85KG44HA

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