Remote Sensing for Hydrology

A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 June 2024 | Viewed by 912

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Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100000, China
Interests: SAR application; wetland; water level; remote sensing for hydrology

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Dear Colleagues,

Remote sensing provides key data for monitoring the hydrological environment of wetlands, monitoring floods, and drawing water resource maps, while geographic information systems provide the best tools for water resource, drought, and flood risk management. This Special Issue will showcase the best practices, cutting-edge technologies, and applications of remote sensing, geographic information systems, and hydrological models in wetland hydrological environments, water resource mapping, water and flood inundation mapping, and risk management. The latest technologies include temporal detection of wetland inundation range, temporal detection of wetland water level, monitoring of suspended sediment transport and hydrological recharge in deltas, geospatial technology, and comprehensive hydrological and hydraulic modeling, which can be used for drawing flood risk maps, flood forecasting and the identification of flood evacuation routes, rainfall runoff and urban flood simulation, as well as satellite radar and optical image classification of urban water bodies and flood inundation. The application of these technologies is expected to greatly alleviate the pressure on water resources and enable people to better mitigate and adapt to the catastrophic effects of drought and floods.

Dr. Chou Xie
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • remote sensing
  • hydrological environment
  • flood inundation mapping
  • water resource map
  • flood risk management

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Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Hydrometric Analysis for Assessing and Mitigating Building Vulnerability to Flash Flood Risks
by Mohamed Wahba, Mustafa El-Rawy and Nassir Al-Arifi
Water 2024, 16(3), 434; https://doi.org/10.3390/w16030434 - 29 Jan 2024
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Climate change represents an overwhelming challenge that demands urgent intervention for effective resolution. Among the devastating consequences of climate change, flash floods stand out as one of the most catastrophic repercussions. This research focuses on two primary objectives. Firstly, it aims to evaluate [...] Read more.
Climate change represents an overwhelming challenge that demands urgent intervention for effective resolution. Among the devastating consequences of climate change, flash floods stand out as one of the most catastrophic repercussions. This research focuses on two primary objectives. Firstly, it aims to evaluate the existing state of flash flood intensity (FFI) in a specific area of Hamamatsu city, Japan, which frequently experiences flash flood incidents. Secondly, it seeks to develop a mitigation plan to alleviate the adverse impacts of flooding on buildings within the area. To accomplish these objectives, four parameters related to FFI (namely, runoff depth, runoff velocity, runoff duration, and affected portion) were selected and estimated through the implementation of hydrological and hydrodynamic models. Additionally, a hydrological model was employed, utilizing a storm event with a return period of 100 years as input. During this simulated storm event, FFI values were calculated and categorized into four distinct levels. The results revealed that more than one-tenth of the examined buildings encountered the highest scale of FFI (category 4), while categories 3 and 4 combined accounted for nearly three-quarters of all buildings in the study area. Moreover, two mitigation strategies were adopted to prevent flooding within the buildings’ vicinity. Finally, this study provides a valuable framework and guidance for decision-makers and insurance companies, enabling them to assess the flood hazard status of buildings and make informed decisions accordingly. Full article
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