Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 13, 2018).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Global flood hazard modeling and forecasting has many challenges but at the same time there is a lot of room for development and opportunities along the way for addressing these challenges, which recent advances in global flood hazard mapping, modeling, and forecasting evidently demonstrate. Efforts to advance the fields should focus on achieving better accuracy of global model boundary data sets such as precipitation estimates, streamflow simulation, digital elevation models, and also correct implementation of local scale features highly important for flood propagation. This would increase our current ability to simulate floodplain inundation at the global scale more accurately. Output usability of models can be improved by integrating global models efficiently with remotely sensed observations of floods. Thus, there is a need not only to understand the limitations and errors of data and methods but also to develop more sophisticated data processing algorithms, as well as robust frameworks for handling the many heterogeneous geospatial data sets and for effective information management. Despite the many challenges that exist at present and need to be overcome, the science and applications of global flood hazard estimation is currently a fast-moving field with much more significant progress to be expected in upcoming years" -- Provided by publisher's website.

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 ANALYZER1.8. 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 CURVES3.4. 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 PERSPECTIVESACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 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 GFM6.5. 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