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David C. Mason is affiliated with the University of Reading in the United Kingdom and has a research focus primarily within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, Oceanography, and Environmental Engineering.

Mason's research contributions concentrate on topics such as Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Precipitation Measurement and Analysis, Underwater Acoustics Research, and Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Mason include:

  • Improving Urban Flood Mapping by Merging Synthetic Aperture Radar-Derived Flood Footprints with Flood Hazard Maps, 2021, Water
  • Collection and extraction of water level information from a digital river camera image dataset, 2020, Data in Brief
  • Spatial scale evaluation of forecast flood inundation maps, 2022, Journal of Hydrology
  • Assessing the spatial spread-skill of ensemble flood maps with remote-sensing observations, 2023, Natural hazards and earth system sciences
  • A multi-system comparison of forecast flooding extent using a scale-selective approach, 2023, Hydrology research

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Sarah L. Dance
  • Helen Hooker
  • Kay Shelton
  • John Bevington
  • Hannah Cloke

Mason's publications have appeared in journals and venues such as the Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Data in Brief, Water, and the Journal of Hydrology.

Best Publications

  • Benchmarking 2D hydraulic models for urban flooding

    N.M. Hunter;P.D. Bates;S. Neelz;G. Pender

  • A Change Detection Approach to Flood Mapping in Urban Areas Using TerraSAR-X

    L. Giustarini;R. Hostache;P. Matgen;Guy J.-P Schumann

  • Image processing of airborne scanning laser altimetry data for improved river flood modelling

    David M Cobby;David C Mason;Ian J Davenport

  • Flood Detection in Urban Areas Using TerraSAR-X

    D.C. Mason;R. Speck;B. Devereux;G.J.-P. Schumann

  • Flood boundary delineation from Synthetic Aperture Radar imagery using a statistical active contour model

    M. S. Horritt;D. C. Mason;A. J. Luckman

  • Floodplain friction parameterization in two‐dimensional river flood models using vegetation heights derived from airborne scanning laser altimetry

    David C. Mason;David M. Cobby;Matthew S. Horritt;Paul D. Bates

  • Accurate and efficient determination of the shoreline in ERS-1 SAR images

    D.C. Mason;I.J. Davenport

  • Modelling relationships between birds and vegetation structure using airborne LiDAR data: a review with case studies from agricultural and woodland environments

    Richard B. Bradbury;Ross A. Hill;David C. Mason;Shelley A. Hinsley

  • Near Real-Time Flood Detection in Urban and Rural Areas Using High-Resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar Images

    D. C. Mason;I. J. Davenport;J. C. Neal;G. J-P Schumann

  • Reach scale floodplain inundation dynamics observed using airborne synthetic aperture radar imagery: Data analysis and modelling

    Paul D. Bates;Matthew D. Wilson;Matthew S. Horritt;David C. Mason

  • Integrating remote sensing observations of flood hydrology and hydraulic modelling

    P. D. Bates;M. S. Horritt;C. N. Smith;D. Mason

  • Detection of flooded urban areas in high resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar images using double scattering

    David C. Mason;Laura Giustarini;Javier García-Pintado;Hannah L. Cloke

  • Two‐dimensional hydraulic flood modelling using a finite‐element mesh decomposed according to vegetation and topographic features derived from airborne scanning laser altimetry

    David M. Cobby;David C. Mason;Matthew S. Horritt;Paul D. Bates

  • Construction of an inter-tidal digital elevation model by the 'water-line' method

    D. C. Mason;I. J. Davenport;G. J. Robinson;R. A. Flather

  • Evaluating a new LISFLOOD‐FP formulation with data from the summer 2007 floods in Tewkesbury, UK

    Jeff Neal;Gj-P Schumann;TJ Fewtrell;M Budimir

  • Waterline mapping in flooded vegetation from airborne SAR imagery

    M.S. Horritt;D.C. Mason;D.M. Cobby;I.J. Davenport

  • A direct regional scale estimate of transgene movement from genetically modified oilseed rape to its wild progenitors

    M. J. Wilkinson;I. J. Davenport;Y. M. Charters;Alexandra M. Jones

  • The accuracy of sequential aerial photography and SAR data for observing urban flood dynamics, a case study of the UK summer 2007 floods

    Guy J.-P. Schumann;Jeffrey C. Neal;David C. Mason;Paul D. Bates

  • Calibration of uncertain flood inundation models using remotely sensed water levels.

    DC Mason;Paul D Bates;JT Dall’ Amico

  • Use of fused airborne scanning laser altimetry and digital map data for urban flood modelling

    David C. Mason;Matthew S. Horritt;Neil M. Hunter;Paul D. Bates

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul D Bates
Paul D Bates University of Bristol
Jeffrey C. Neal
Jeffrey C. Neal University of Bristol
Hannah Cloke
Hannah Cloke University of Reading
M. S. Horritt
M. S. Horritt Halcrow Group Ltd.
Nancy Nichols
Nancy Nichols University of Reading
Guy Schumann
Guy Schumann University of Bristol
Gareth Pender
Gareth Pender Heriot-Watt University
David C. Hogg
David C. Hogg University of Leeds
Jim Freer
Jim Freer University of Bristol
Nigel G. Wright
Nigel G. Wright University of Birmingham

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