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Global Flood Hazard

Subject Category Winner, PROSE Awards 2019, Earth Science

Selected from more than 500 entries, demonstrating exceptional scholarship and making a significant contribution to the field of study.

Flooding is a costly natural disaster in terms of damage to land, property and infrastructure. This volume describes the latest tools and technologies for modeling, mapping, and predicting large-scale flood risk. It also presents readers with a range of remote sensing data sets successfully used for predicting and mapping floods at different scales. These resources can enable policymakers, public planners, and developers to plan for, and respond to, flooding with greater accuracy and effectiveness.

  • Describes the latest large-scale modeling approaches, including hydrological models, 2-D flood inundation models, and global flood forecasting models
  • Showcases new tools and technologies such as Aqueduct, a ne

    Table of Contents

    Contributors vii

    Preface xi

    1 The Need for Mapping, Modeling, and Predicting Flood Hazard and Risk at the Global Scale
    Philip J. Ward, Erin Coughlan de Perez, Francesco Dottori, Brenden Jongman, Tianyi Luo, Sahar Safaie, and Steffi Uhlemann‐Elmer 1

    Part I: Flood Hazard Mapping and Modeling from Remote Sensing

    2 Rainfall Information for Global Flood Modeling
    Daniel B. Wright
    19

    3 Flood Risk Mapping From Orbital Remote Sensing
    G. Robert Brakenridge
    43

    4 Flood Mapping Using Synthetic Aperture Radar Sensors From Local to Global Scales
    Antara Dasgupta, Stefania Grimaldi, RAAJ Ramsankaran, Valentijn R. N. Pauwels, Jeffrey P. Walker, Marco Chini, Renaud Hostache, and Patrick Matgen
    55

    5 Flood Hazard Mapping in Data‐Scarce Areas: An Application Example of Regional Versus Physically Based Approaches for Design Flood Estimation
    Kun Yan, Giuliano Di Baldassarre, and Florian Pappenberger
    79

    6 Global Flood Monitoring Using Satellite Precipitation and Hydrological Modeling
    Huan Wu, Guojun Gu, Yan Yan, Zhen Gao, and Robert F. Adler
    87

    7 Flood Hazard Mapping for the Humanitarian Sector: An Opinion Piece on Needs and Views
    Kashif Rashid
    115

    Part II: Flood Hazard Modeling and Forecasting

    8 Modeling and Mapping of Global Flood Hazard Layers
    Andrew Smith, Christopher Sampson, Jefferey Neal, Paul D. Bates, Mark Trigg, Jim Freer, Rob Porter, Melanie Kappes, Alanna Simpson, Brenden Jongman, and Kris Johnson
    133

    9 Estimating Change in Flooding for the 21st Century Under a Conservative RCP Forcing: A Global Hydrological Modeling Assessment
    Albert J. Kettner, Sagy Cohen, Irina Overeem, Balazs M. Fekete, G. Robert Brakenridge, and James P. M. Syvitski
    157

    10 From Precipitation to Damage: A Coupled Model Chain for Spatially Coherent, Large‐Scale Flood Risk Assessment
    Bruno Merz, Heiko Apel, Dung Nguyen, Daniela Falter, Björn Guse, Yeshewatesfa Hundecha, Heidi Kreibich, Kai Schröter, and Sergiy Vorogushyn 169

    11 Global Flood Risk Modeling and Projections of Climate Change Impacts
    Dai Yamazaki, Satoshi Watanabe, and Yukiko Hirabayashi 185

    12 Global Flood Forecasting for Averting Disasters Worldwide
    F. A. Hirpa, Florian Pappenberger, L. Arnal, C. A. Baugh, H. L. Cloke, E. Dutra, R. E. Emerton, B. Revilla‐Romero, Peter Salamon, P. J. Smith, E. Stephens, F. Wetterhall, E. Zsoter, and J. Thielen‐del Pozo
    205

    13 Data Assimilation and River Hydrodynamic Modeling Over Large Scales
    Konstantinos M. Andreadis
    229

    14 Global Flood Hazard Mapping, Modeling, and Forecasting: Challenges and Perspectives
    Guy Schumann, Paul D. Bates, Heiko Apel, and Giuseppe T. Aronica
    239

    Index 245

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: 05/10/2018
      ISBN13: 9781119217862, 978-1119217862
      ISBN10: 1119217865

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Global Flood Hazard

      Subject Category Winner, PROSE Awards 2019, Earth Science

      Selected from more than 500 entries, demonstrating exceptional scholarship and making a significant contribution to the field of study.

      Flooding is a costly natural disaster in terms of damage to land, property and infrastructure. This volume describes the latest tools and technologies for modeling, mapping, and predicting large-scale flood risk. It also presents readers with a range of remote sensing data sets successfully used for predicting and mapping floods at different scales. These resources can enable policymakers, public planners, and developers to plan for, and respond to, flooding with greater accuracy and effectiveness.

      • Describes the latest large-scale modeling approaches, including hydrological models, 2-D flood inundation models, and global flood forecasting models
      • Showcases new tools and technologies such as Aqueduct, a ne

        Table of Contents

        Contributors vii

        Preface xi

        1 The Need for Mapping, Modeling, and Predicting Flood Hazard and Risk at the Global Scale
        Philip J. Ward, Erin Coughlan de Perez, Francesco Dottori, Brenden Jongman, Tianyi Luo, Sahar Safaie, and Steffi Uhlemann‐Elmer 1

        Part I: Flood Hazard Mapping and Modeling from Remote Sensing

        2 Rainfall Information for Global Flood Modeling
        Daniel B. Wright
        19

        3 Flood Risk Mapping From Orbital Remote Sensing
        G. Robert Brakenridge
        43

        4 Flood Mapping Using Synthetic Aperture Radar Sensors From Local to Global Scales
        Antara Dasgupta, Stefania Grimaldi, RAAJ Ramsankaran, Valentijn R. N. Pauwels, Jeffrey P. Walker, Marco Chini, Renaud Hostache, and Patrick Matgen
        55

        5 Flood Hazard Mapping in Data‐Scarce Areas: An Application Example of Regional Versus Physically Based Approaches for Design Flood Estimation
        Kun Yan, Giuliano Di Baldassarre, and Florian Pappenberger
        79

        6 Global Flood Monitoring Using Satellite Precipitation and Hydrological Modeling
        Huan Wu, Guojun Gu, Yan Yan, Zhen Gao, and Robert F. Adler
        87

        7 Flood Hazard Mapping for the Humanitarian Sector: An Opinion Piece on Needs and Views
        Kashif Rashid
        115

        Part II: Flood Hazard Modeling and Forecasting

        8 Modeling and Mapping of Global Flood Hazard Layers
        Andrew Smith, Christopher Sampson, Jefferey Neal, Paul D. Bates, Mark Trigg, Jim Freer, Rob Porter, Melanie Kappes, Alanna Simpson, Brenden Jongman, and Kris Johnson
        133

        9 Estimating Change in Flooding for the 21st Century Under a Conservative RCP Forcing: A Global Hydrological Modeling Assessment
        Albert J. Kettner, Sagy Cohen, Irina Overeem, Balazs M. Fekete, G. Robert Brakenridge, and James P. M. Syvitski
        157

        10 From Precipitation to Damage: A Coupled Model Chain for Spatially Coherent, Large‐Scale Flood Risk Assessment
        Bruno Merz, Heiko Apel, Dung Nguyen, Daniela Falter, Björn Guse, Yeshewatesfa Hundecha, Heidi Kreibich, Kai Schröter, and Sergiy Vorogushyn 169

        11 Global Flood Risk Modeling and Projections of Climate Change Impacts
        Dai Yamazaki, Satoshi Watanabe, and Yukiko Hirabayashi 185

        12 Global Flood Forecasting for Averting Disasters Worldwide
        F. A. Hirpa, Florian Pappenberger, L. Arnal, C. A. Baugh, H. L. Cloke, E. Dutra, R. E. Emerton, B. Revilla‐Romero, Peter Salamon, P. J. Smith, E. Stephens, F. Wetterhall, E. Zsoter, and J. Thielen‐del Pozo
        205

        13 Data Assimilation and River Hydrodynamic Modeling Over Large Scales
        Konstantinos M. Andreadis
        229

        14 Global Flood Hazard Mapping, Modeling, and Forecasting: Challenges and Perspectives
        Guy Schumann, Paul D. Bates, Heiko Apel, and Giuseppe T. Aronica
        239

        Index 245

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