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Contributors

Preface

Chapter 1 The Need for Mapping, Modeling, and Predicting Flood Hazard and Risk at the Global Scale

1.1. INTRODUCTION

1.2. BRIEF OVERVIEW OF RECENT ADVANCES IN GLOBAL FLOOD HAZARD AND RISK MODELING

1.3. GLOBAL FLOOD RISK INFORMATION IN HIGH‐LEVEL DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT ADVOCACY

1.4. APPLICATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS

1.5. APPLICATIONS FOR THE REINSURANCE INDUSTRY

1.6. APPLICATIONS FOR GLOBAL FLOOD FORECASTING AND EARLY WARNING

1.7. COMMUNICATING GLOBAL FLOOD RISK: THE AQUEDUCT GLOBAL FLOOD ANALYZER

1.8. THE WAY FORWARD

REFERENCES

Part I: Flood Hazard Mapping and Modeling from Remote Sensing

Chapter 2 Rainfall Information for Global Flood Modeling

2.1. INTRODUCTION

2.2. ROLE OF RAINFALL IN LARGE‐SCALE FLOOD MODELING

2.3. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

2.4. PRECIPITATION INFORMATION SOURCES

2.5. FUTURE DIRECTIONS

2.6. CONCLUSIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 3 Flood Risk Mapping From Orbital Remote Sensing

3.1. INTRODUCTION

3.2. MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY FOR MEASURING RIVER DISCHARGE

3.3. PRODUCTION OF SIGNAL/DISCHARGE RATING CURVES

3.4. ASSESSING RIVER WATCH ACCURACY

3.5. SATELLITE GAUGING SITE SELECTION

3.6. FLOOD MAPPING FROM OPTICAL SATELLITES

3.7. REMOTE SENSING‐BASED FLOOD HAZARD QUANTIFICATION

3.8. CONCLUSION

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Chapter 4 Flood Mapping Using Synthetic Aperture Radar Sensors From Local to Global Scales

4.1. INTRODUCTION

4.2. PRINCIPLES OF SAR: IMPLICATIONS FOR FLOOD MAPPING

4.3. COMMON SAR‐BASED FLOOD MAPPING METHODS

4.4. IMAGE INTERPRETATION: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS

4.5. REPRESENTATION OF UNCERTAINTIES

4.6. CASE STUDIES

4.7. SUMMARY AND PERSPECTIVES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 5 Flood Hazard Mapping in Data-Scarce Areas: An Application Example of Regional Versus Physically Based Approaches for Design Flood Estimation

5.1. INTRODUCTION

5.2. STUDY SITE

5.3. METHODOLOGY

5.4. RESULTS

5.5. DISCUSSION

5.6. CONCLUSIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 6 Global Flood Monitoring Using Satellite Precipitation and Hydrological Modeling

6.1. INTRODUCTION

6.2. GLOBAL FLOOD MONITORING SYSTEM (GFMS)

6.3. EVALUATION OF THE DRIVE MODEL AND THE GFMS

6.4. A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF REAL‐TIME FLOOD DETECTION AND INUNDATION MAPPING BY THE GFM

6.5. ONGOING AND FUTURE WORK

6.6. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

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Chapter 7 Flood Hazard Mapping for the Humanitarian Sector: An Opinion Piece on Needs and Views

7.1. INTRODUCTION

7.2. BACKGROUND INTERFERENCE ISSUES

7.3. THE PROCESS

7.4. CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Part II: Flood Hazard Modeling and Forecasting

Chapter 8 Modeling and Mapping of Global Flood Hazard Layers

8.1. INTRODUCTION

8.2. FLOOD MODELING DEVELOPMENTS AT THE GLOBAL SCALE

8.3. CURRENT GLOBAL MODELS

8.4. APPLICATIONS

8.5. OUTLOOK

8.6. CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES

Chapter 9 Estimating Change in Flooding for the 21st Century Under a Conservative RCP Forcing: A Global Hydrological Modeling Assessment

9.1. INTRODUCTION

9.2. METHOD

9.3. RESULTS

9.4. DISCUSSION

9.5. CONCLUSIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 10 From Precipitation to Damage: A Coupled Model Chain for Spatially Coherent, Large-Scale Flood Risk Assessment

10.1. INTRODUCTION

10.2. MODEL CHAIN

10.3. APPLICATION OF RFM TO THE ELBE RIVER BASIN AND MULDE CATCHMENT

10.4. POSSIBILITIES FOR EXTENDING RFM TO THE CONTINENTAL SCALE

10.5. CONCLUSIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 11 Global Flood Risk Modeling and Projections of Climate Change Impacts

11.1. INTRODUCTION

11.2. GLOBAL RIVER HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL FOR FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT

11.3. GLOBAL FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE

11.4. SUMMARY AND DISCUSSIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 12 Global Flood Forecasting for Averting Disasters Worldwide

12.1. INTRODUCTION

12.2. ORIGINS OF GLOBAL FLOOD FORECASTING

12.3. CURRENT STATUS OF LARGE‐SCALE FLOOD FORECASTING

12.4. RESEARCH ON IMPROVING QUALITY AND USABILITY OF HYDROLOGICAL FORECASTS

12.5. USING GLOBAL FLOOD FORECASTS FOR HUMANITARIAN PREPAREDNESS AND EARLY ACTION

12.6. FUTURE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF GLOBAL FLOOD FORECASTING

12.7. CONCLUSIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 13 Data Assimilation and River Hydrodynamic Modeling Over Large Scales

13.1. INTRODUCTION

13.2. DATA ASSIMILATION

13.3. EXAMPLES OF ESTIMATING FLOOD VARIABLES

13.4. CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 14 Global Flood Hazard Mapping, Modeling, and Forecasting: Challenges and Perspectives

14.1. CURRENT STATUS

14.2. CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES

14.3. SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK

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Index

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