A GIS Flood Tool for Mapping Extent of Inundation

Published by:

FARM-D

Document

Download

Publication date

29/02/2012

Language:

English

Type of Publication:

Other

Focus Region:

North America

Focus Topic:

Capacity Development

Climate / Weather / Environment

Type of Risk:

Natural disasters

Type of Risk Managment Option:

Risk assessment

Commodity:

Other

Author

James Verdin

Organization

United State Geological Survey (USGS)

This presentation was made at the “Using Satellites for Better Water and Environment Management?” training event in February 2012 which was jointly hosted by The World Bank and the US Government Agencies working in the remote sensing arena.

Keywords: Flood, Geospatial Data, Presentation, Satellite Imagery, Weather Risk Mapping