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A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Earth Observation for Emergency Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 September 2023) | Viewed by 2064

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Dr. Alfred J. Kalyanapu

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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, Box 5015, TN 38505, USA
Interests: hydrology; flood modeling; RS/GIS applications; machine learning

Dr. Venkata Reddy Keesara

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Civil Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology Warangal, Warangal 506004, India
Interests: watershed hydrology; flood modeling and forecasting; RS and GIS applications; soft computing techniques; machine learning algorithms

Dr. Md Nowfel Mahmud Bhuyian

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West Tennessee River Basin Authority, 3628 East End Drive, Humboldt, TN 38343, USA
Interests: hydrology; flood modeling GIS/RS applications; flood impact assessment

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Dear Colleagues,

Floods continue to be a major cause of natural disasters worldwide. Among these floods, flash floods develop very quickly and can cause significant damage. For example, in the conterminous United States alone, between 1996 and 2017, flashfloods occurred around 69 times every week on average, causing nuisance flooding, property damage and fatalities. Most of these flash floods occurred during summer time, with an average duration of 3.5 hours, and were less frequent in winter. Similar problems related to flash floods have also been observed in different parts of the world due to an increase in extreme climate events. Recent studies on these flash floods and their associated hydro-geomorphic hazards have highlighted the application of remote sensing techniques and GIS applications for early warning systems. With these continued advances and the availability of new computing architectures, integration with machine learning and artificial intelligence will likely result in newer high-fidelity predictive models.

This Special Issue aims to summarize the state-of-the-art techniques for the detection, prediction and modeling of flash floods and rainfall-induced hydro-geomorphic hazards such as landslides, and to identify the future strategies to improve hazard mitigation and management capabilities.

Articles may address, but are not limited to, the following topics:

Machine learning applications for flash floods and rainfall-induced hazards;
Flash floods and climate change;
Flood susceptibility determination through RS/GIS;
Flood risk assessment;
Flash flood and food security;
Flood forecasting;
Soft computing applications in flood modeling and forecasts.

Dr. Alfred J. Kalyanapu
Dr. Venkata Reddy Keesara
Dr. Md Nowfel Mahmud Bhuyian
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flood forecasting
remote sensing applications
GIS
machine learning techniques
rainfall-induced floods
flood risk management
Google Earth Engine

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Insight into the Characteristics and Triggers of Loess Landslides during the 2013 Heavy Rainfall Event in the Tianshui Area, China

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Remote Sens. 2023, 15(17), 4304; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15174304 - 31 Aug 2023

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The 2013 heavy rainfall event (from June to July) in the Tianshui area triggered the most serious rainfall-induced group-occurring landslides since 1984, causing extensive casualties and economic losses. To better understand the characteristics and triggers of these loess landslides, we conducted a detailed analysis of the landslides and relevant influencing factors. Based on the detailed rainfall-induced landslide database obtained using visual interpretation of remote sensing images before and after rainfall, the correlation between the landslide occurrence and different influencing factors such as terrain, geomorphology, geology, and rainfall condition was analyzed. This rainfall event triggered approximately 54,000 landslides with a total area of 67.9 km², mainly consisting of shallow loess landslides with elongated type, shallow rockslides, collapses, and mudflows. The landslides exhibited a clustered distribution, with the majority concentrated in two specific areas (i.e., Niangniangba and Shetang). The abundance index of landslides was closely associated with the hillslope gradient, total rainfall, and drainage (river) density. The landslide area density (LAD) was positively correlated with these influential factors, characterized by either an exponential or a linear relationship. The Middle Devonian Shujiaba formation (D₂S) was identified to be highly susceptible to landslides, and the landslide events therein accounted for 35% of the total landslide occurrences within 22% of the study area. In addition, the E-SE aspect was more prone to landslides, while the W-NW aspect exhibited a low abundance of landslides. Full article

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Reliability of GPM IMERG Satellite Precipitation Data for Modelling Flash Flood Events in Selected Watersheds in the UAE

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Remote Sens. 2023, 15(16), 3991; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15163991 - 11 Aug 2023

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Arid regions are prone to unprecedented extreme rainfall events that often result in severe flash floods. Using near-real-time precipitation data in hydrological modelling can aid in flood preparedness. This study analyzed rainfall data obtained from Integrated Multi-satellite Retrievals for Global Precipitation Measurement (IMERG V. 06) since 2001 to highlight recent trends of extreme rainfall indices for three selected watersheds in the UAE. Additionally, to validate the trends, the present study incorporated CHIRPS (Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station data) into the analysis. Furthermore, for the first time, this study assessed the performance of the three products of IMERG in modelling flash flood events in the selected watersheds of UAE. A physical-based, fully distributed model was used to simulate the heaviest storm event. Also, a sensitivity analysis of the model’s output to variations in the input parameters was conducted using the one-factor-at-a-time method. The result of the trend analysis indicated that IMERG and CHIRPS show similar trends in both datasets, indicating agreement and reliability in their observations. However, there are a few instances where IMERG and CHIRPS show slight discrepancies in the nature of the trend. In general, the trend analysis results indicated an increasing trend of total precipitation (mm) and consecutive wet days, which suggests a rise in the risk of flash floods. The simulation of the flash flood event showed that the IMERG final product outperformed the other two products, closely matching the model output of the gauge rainfall data with mean absolute error (MAE) of 1.5, 2.37, and 0.5 for Wadi Ham, Wadi Taween, and Wadi Maidaq, respectively. The model’s performance was positively correlated with the size of the watershed. The sensitivity analysis results demonstrated that the model’s output was most sensitive to infiltration parameters. The study’s outcomes provide a good opportunity to improve near-real-time impact evaluation of flash flood events in the watersheds of the UAE. Full article

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Multiscale Observation Product (MOP) for Temporal Flood Inundation Mapping of the 2015 Dallas Texas Flood

Elena Sava

Guido Cervone

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Alfred Kalyanapu

Remote Sens. 2023, 15(6), 1615; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15061615 - 16 Mar 2023

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This paper presents a new data fusion multiscale observation product (MOP) for flood emergencies. The MOP was created by integrating multiple sources of contributed open-source data with traditional spaceborne remote sensing imagery in order to provide a sequence of high spatial and temporal resolution flood inundation maps. The study focuses on the 2015 Memorial Day floods that caused up to USD 61 million dollars of damage. The Hydraulic Engineering Center River Analysis System (HEC-RAS) model was used to simulate water surfaces for the northern part of the Trinity River in Dallas, using reservoir surcharge releases and topographic data provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. A measure of fit assessment is performed on the MOP flood maps with the HEC-RAS simulated flood inundation output to quantify spatial differences. Estimating possible flood inundation using individual datasets that vary spatially and temporally allow to gain an understanding of how much each observational dataset contributes to the overall water estimation. Results show that water surfaces estimated by MOP are comparable with the simulated output for the duration of the flood event. Additionally, contributed data, such as Civil Air Patrol, although they may be geographically sparse, become an important data source when fused with other observation data. Full article

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