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Description

This webinar led by NASA's Applied Remote Sensing Training program (ARSET) provides demonstrations and hands-on experience in using NASA remote sensing observations and flood mapping tools useful for flood management. Participants learn to access rainfall, streamflow, and surface-inundation extent data for regional flood cases. 

In addition, participants learn to access digital elevation and terrain data, as well as socioeconomic data to facilitate flood risk assessment and post-flood relief planning using a geographic information system (GIS) framework.

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Prerequisites

Objectives

Attendees will know how to use NASA remote sensing data for flood management, from planning pre-flood monitoring to post-flood relief activities.

Target Audience

This webinar is aimed at public and private entities — both national and international — involved in disaster and water resource management, decision support activities, and humanitarian and relief activities. 

Course Format

  • Four 1-hour parts

Sessions

Part 1: Demonstration of Flood Mapping Web Tools Based on NASA Remote Sensing Observations of Rainfall

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

An overview of the Global Flood Monitoring System (GFMS), the Extreme Rainfall Detection System (ERDS), and NASA SERVIR.

Materials

Materiales en Español

Part 2: Demonstration of Flood Mapping Web Tools Based on NASA Remote Sensing Observations of Land Cover

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

An overview of near real-time (NRT) Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) inundation and the Dartmouth Flood Observatory.

Materials

Materiales en Español

Tarea

Part 3: Overview and Access to Ancillary NASA Data for Flood Management

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

An overview of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data information (Guest Speaker: Sang-Ho Yun), accessing Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) terrain data, and accessing the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) data.

Materials

Materiales en Español

Part 4: Flooding Case Studies Using NASA Web Tools and GIS

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Case studies include: May 2015 Texas Flood, February 2015 Bolivia Flood, January 2015 Malawi Flood, and the November-December 2015 India Flood.

Materials

Homework

Materiales en Español

Tarea

Citation

(2016). ARSET - Using NASA Remote Sensing for Flood Monitoring and Management. NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET). https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/trainings/using-nasa-remote-sensing-flood-monitoring-management. 

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Details

Last Updated

March 2, 2026

Published

March 16, 2016

Data Center/Project

Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET)