NASA ARSET: Detecting and Monitoring Floods with SAR, Part 3/3

SAR for Detecting and Monitoring Floods, Sea Ice, and Subsidence from Groundwater Extraction

Part 3: Detecting and Monitoring Floods with SAR

Trainers: Erika Podest (JPL)

Guest Speakers: Franz Meyer (Alaska Satellite Facility/University of Alaska, Fairbanks)

Floods are becoming more prevalent and intense. Monitoring these events, their extent, evolution, and impacts can be difficult with optical remote sensing data because cloud cover tends to be prevalent during floods. SAR can penetrate through the clouds and detect inundation regardless of day/night conditions. Information on the dynamic nature of these events can help inform disaster response and recovery efforts. This session will provide a summary of the theory of SAR for detecting floods followed by a demo using Jupyter Notebook and ASF tools to show how to generate flood maps with time series Sentinel-1 data to monitor the increase/decrease of flood waters.

You can access all training materials from this webinar series on the training webpage: https://go.nasa.gov/3PwmgAs

This training was created by NASA's Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET). ARSET is a part of NASA's Applied Science's Capacity Building Program. Learn more about ARSET: https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/what...