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In the current study we present the longest synthetic aperture radar-based time series of flood and inundation information derived for the Mekong Delta that has been analyzed for this region so far. We employed overall 60 Envisat ASAR Wide Swath Mode data sets at a spatial resolution of 150 meters acquired during the years 2007\u20132011 to facilitate a thorough understanding of the flood regime in the Mekong Delta. The Mekong Delta in southern Vietnam comprises 13 provinces and is home to 18 million inhabitants. Extreme dry seasons from late December to May and wet seasons from June to December characterize people\u2019s rural life. In this study, we show which areas of the delta are frequently affected by floods and which regions remain dry all year round. Furthermore, we present which areas are flooded at which frequency and elucidate the patterns of flood progression over the course of the rainy season. In this context, we also examine the impact of dykes on floodwater emergence and assess the relationship between retrieved flood occurrence patterns and land use. In addition, the advantages and shortcomings of ENVISAT ASAR-WSM based flood mapping are discussed. The results contribute to a comprehensive understanding of Mekong Delta flood dynamics in an environment where the flow regime is influenced by the Mekong River, overland water-flow, anthropogenic floodwater control, as well as the tides.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs5020687","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,2,5]],"date-time":"2013-02-05T11:11:11Z","timestamp":1360062671000},"page":"687-715","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":216,"title":["Flood Mapping and Flood Dynamics of the Mekong Delta: ENVISAT-ASAR-WSM Based Time Series Analyses"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"5","author":[{"given":"Claudia","family":"Kuenzer","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"German Remote Sensing Data Center, DFD, German Earth Observation Center (EOC), German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, D-82234 Wessling, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Huadong","family":"Guo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Earth Observation & Digital Earth (CEODE), Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100094, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Juliane","family":"Huth","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"German Remote Sensing Data Center, DFD, German Earth Observation Center (EOC), German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, D-82234 Wessling, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Patrick","family":"Leinenkugel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"German Remote Sensing Data Center, DFD, German Earth Observation Center (EOC), German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, D-82234 Wessling, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xinwu","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Earth Observation & Digital Earth (CEODE), Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100094, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Stefan","family":"Dech","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"German Remote Sensing Data Center, DFD, German Earth Observation Center (EOC), German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, D-82234 Wessling, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,2,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"148","article-title":"Flood and coastal zone monitoring in Bangladesh with Radarsat ScanSAR: Technical experience and institutional challenges","volume":"21","author":"Werle","year":"2001","journal-title":"John Hopkins APL Tech. 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