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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-1463-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-1463-2020
Brief communication
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27 May 2020
Brief communication |  | 27 May 2020

Brief communication: Hurricane Dorian: automated near-real-time mapping of the “unprecedented” flooding in the Bahamas using synthetic aperture radar

Diego Cerrai, Qing Yang, Xinyi Shen, Marika Koukoula, and Emmanouil N. Anagnostou

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