Global Flood Hazard : Applications in Modeling, Mapping, and Forecasting.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- 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 -- REFERENCES -- 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 -- REFERENCEs -- 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 -- REFERENCES -- Index -- EULA.

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