Investigation on Land Cover Change after Tsunami: Based on DMC Images
基于DMC卫星影像对海啸灾情土地覆盖类型变化的分析

Tsunami giant waves, on December 26, 2004, crashed into Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and many southern Asia countries, which caused loss of life, widespread human suffering and huge economic losses. The management of this devastation urged people to reconsider their public security system. An agreement has been reached that timely images of disaster-stricken areas are of great value in emergency administration. In such context, Disaster Monitoring Constellation(DMC) has become a desirable means of information collection: its daily imaging revisit capability made it possible to obtain local images, when the calamity occurs. In this paper, a brief disaster assessment was made, based on the comparison between land covers in Aceh province, before and after the tsunami. The results of this study indicate that the DMC images have great potential in related applications.