A multi-sensor approach for increased measurements of floods and their societal impacts from space

D Munasinghe, RPM Frasson, CH David… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Merging observations from multiple satellites is necessary to ensure that extreme
hydrological events are consistently observed. Here, we evaluate the potential …

Continuous change detection of flood extents with multisource heterogeneous satellite image time series

Z Wang, X Wang, W Wu, G Li - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Flood monitoring is of crucial importance for protecting lives and properties. Change
detection (CD) methods on multisource remote sensing images have been widely used for …

Flood policy and governance: A pathway for policy coherence in Nigeria

SS Danhassan, A Abubakar, AS Zangina, MH Ahmad… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, Nigeria is witnessing increasing frequency of flood occurrence with
devastating impact translating into significant loss of lives (in Nigeria, over 300 people died …

Using Sentinel-1 and Google Earth Engine cloud computing for detecting historical flood hazards in tropical urban regions: a case of Dar es Salaam

B Demissie, S Vanhuysse, T Grippa… - … , Natural Hazards and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigates the potential of freely available Sentinel-1 imagery coupled with
Google Earth Engine (GEE) for mapping and monitoring flooding in Dar es Salaam. Sentinel …

[HTML][HTML] Emergency management through information crowdsourcing

L Grassi, M Ciranni, P Baglietto, CT Recchiuto… - Information Processing …, 2023 - Elsevier
This article proposes a new framework to model a scenario in which First Responders,
citizens, smart devices, or robots explore the environment in an emergency situation, ie, after …

Dam-mediated flooding impact on outpatient attendance and diarrhoea cases in northern Ghana: a mixed methods study

W Dotse-Gborgbortsi, D Dwomoh, M Asamoah… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Floods are the most frequently occurring natural disaster and constitute a
significant public health risk. Several operational satellite-based flood detection systems …

Using global datasets to estimate flood exposure at the city scale: an evaluation in Addis Ababa

AB Carr, MA Trigg, AT Haile, MV Bernhofen… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Cities located in lower income countries are global flood risk hotspots.
Assessment and management of these risks forms a key part of global climate adaptation …

Land use land cover (LULC) degradation intensity analysis of Guinea savannah and mosaic Forest savannah zones in Ghana

KS Dahan, RA Kasei, R Husseini - All Earth, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Ghana is increasingly affected by climate change, increased soil aridity, demographic
problems, and unfavourable environmental factors. In the context of conservation, protection …

Mapping 10 m monthly surface water dynamics in the Yangtze River basin from 2017 to 2020 using a robust ATMC algorithm

Y Liu, L Lai, Y Gao - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
Surface water bodies are irreplaceable in the global climate and ecological system.
However, quantifying the extent and change of these water bodies has been challenging …

Pakistan's 2022 floods: Spatial distribution, causes and future trends from Sentinel-1 SAR observations

F Chen, M Zhang, H Zhao, W Guan, A Yang - Remote Sensing of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Floods are a great threat to Pakistan with increasing concern. As the consequences of
increased extreme weather related to climate change, Pakistan experiences severe floods …