Impact forecasting to support emergency management of natural hazards

B Merz, C Kuhlicke, M Kunz, M Pittore… - Reviews of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Forecasting and early warning systems are important investments to protect lives, properties,
and livelihood. While early warning systems are frequently used to predict the magnitude …

The PERSIANN family of global satellite precipitation data: A review and evaluation of products

P Nguyen, M Ombadi, S Sorooshian… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2018 - hess.copernicus.org
Over the past 2 decades, a wide range of studies have incorporated Precipitation Estimation
from Remotely Sensed Information using Artificial Neural Networks (PERSIANN) products …

The CHRS Data Portal, an easily accessible public repository for PERSIANN global satellite precipitation data

P Nguyen, EJ Shearer, H Tran, M Ombadi, N Hayatbini… - Scientific data, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract The Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing (CHRS) has created the
CHRS Data Portal to facilitate easy access to the three open data licensed satellite-based …

PERSIANN-CCS-CDR, a 3-hourly 0.04 global precipitation climate data record for heavy precipitation studies

M Sadeghi, P Nguyen, MR Naeini, K Hsu… - Scientific Data, 2021 - nature.com
Accurate long-term global precipitation estimates, especially for heavy precipitation rates, at
fine spatial and temporal resolutions is vital for a wide variety of climatological studies. Most …

From TRMM to GPM: How well can heavy rainfall be detected from space?

S Prakash, AK Mitra, DS Pai, A AghaKouchak - Advances in Water …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, we investigate the capabilities of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
(TRMM) Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) and the recently released Integrated …

Comparison of new generation low-complexity flood inundation mapping tools with a hydrodynamic model

S Afshari, AA Tavakoly, MA Rajib, X Zheng… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The objective of this study is to compare two new generation low-complexity tools,
AutoRoute and Height Above the Nearest Drainage (HAND), with a two-dimensional …

High impact weather events in the Andes

G Poveda, JC Espinoza, MD Zuluaga… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Owing to the extraordinary latitudinal extent, a strong orographic variability with very high
mountain tops, and the presence of deep valleys and steep slopes, the Andes and the …

Investigating the role of model structure and surface roughness in generating flood inundation extents using one‐and two‐dimensional hydraulic models

Z Liu, V Merwade… - Journal of Flood Risk …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Hydraulic models play an important role in determining flood inundation areas. When
considering a wide array of one‐(1D) and two‐dimensional (2D) hydraulic models, selecting …

A high resolution coupled hydrologic–hydraulic model (HiResFlood-UCI) for flash flood modeling

P Nguyen, A Thorstensen, S Sorooshian, K Hsu… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
HiResFlood-UCI was developed by coupling the NWS's hydrologic model (HL-RDHM) with
the hydraulic model (BreZo) for flash flood modeling at decameter resolutions. The coupled …

Improving near real-time precipitation estimation using a U-Net convolutional neural network and geographical information

M Sadeghi, P Nguyen, K Hsu, S Sorooshian - Environmental Modelling & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Reliable near real-time precipitation estimates are essential for monitoring and managing of
natural disasters such as floods. Quality of inputs and capability of the retrieval algorithm are …