models for satellite C- and L-band SAR data were developed to detect building damage areas due to
earthquakes by clarifying the relationship between the change in the backscattering coefficient from pre- and post-event SAR images (Matsuoka & Yamazaki, 2004; Matsuoka & Nojima, 2009) and then applying the models to tsunami-induced damage areas (Koshimura & Matsuoka, 2010).