Multi-Sensor Flood Monitoring System
Description
Multi-Sensor Flood Monitoring System by the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
Disaster Risk Response Stage
Response
Category
Flood Extent Mapping
Temporal Use
None
Input Network
None
Input Network Member
None
Provider Organization
DLR
Point of Contact
Sandro Martinis
E-mail
Source
None
Geographic Domain
Global
Regional
Regional
Geographic Product Locations
Global
Geographic Product Locations - Detailed
Producing Daily Global Coverage?
No
Globally Extensible
Yes
Product Delivery Latency
A few hours after data acquisition
Data Type
SAR (TerraSAR-X, Sentinel-1), Optical (Sentinel-2, Landsat)
Associated Capacity Development Resources
None
Product Format
GeoTiff, Shapefile
Archived
Unknown
Tailored Service Available
Unknown
License Type
Unknown
Spatial Extent
Globally applicable
Spatial Scale
TerraAR-X (1-40m), Sentinel-1 (20m), Sentinel-2 (10m), Landsat (30m)
Caveats
Typical SAR technology limitations for flood mapping (urban areas, dense vegetation,...) and optical technology limitations (Clouds)
Frequency
Few days
Overpass Latency
1-3 days
Downlink Latency
5-12 hours
Processing Latency
< 2 hours
Impacted By Cloud Shadows
Unknown
Impacted By Terrain Shadows
Unknown
Status
Operational
Input By
Sandro Martinis, DLR
Notes
None
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