Global scale simulation of flood plain inundation with low resolution space-borne data

Guy J. -P. Schumann*, Jeffrey C. Neal, Paul D. Bates

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

With flood risk increasing worldwide, inexpensive and globally-applicable flood management support is becoming very important. This short paper illustrates how low cost and globally available space-borne radar data might offer such support on large scales. From a test case of the summer 2007 floods in England, validation with aerial photography suggests that uncertainties in water levels from wide swath radar imagery, as well as the structure from a hydrodynamic model based on satellite data, can be estimated adequately enough for operating within an assimilation framework.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationREMOTE SENSING AND HYDROLOGY
EditorsCMU Neale, MH Cosh
Place of PublicationWALLINGFORD
PublisherInternational Association of Hydrological Sciences Publications
Pages464-467
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)978-1-907161-27-8
Publication statusPublished - 2012
EventRemote Sensing and Hydrology Symposium - Jackson Hole, Wyoming, United States
Duration: 27 Sept 201030 Sept 2010

Publication series

NameIAHS Publication
PublisherINT ASSOC HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume352
ISSN (Print)0144-7815

Conference

ConferenceRemote Sensing and Hydrology Symposium
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityJackson Hole, Wyoming
Period27/09/1030/09/10

Keywords

  • flooding
  • low resolution
  • water levels
  • SRTM
  • uncertainties
  • wide swath SAR

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