Rapid Flood Mapping Using Multi-temporal SAR Images: An Example from Bangladesh
Kabir Uddin, Mir A. Matin, Rajesh Bahadur Thapa
Abstract
Abstract In the HKH region, large areas in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan get inundated by floodwater during every rainy season. Among them, Bangladesh has been experiencing record-high floods where four types prevail: flash flood, local rainfall flood, monsoon river flood, and storm-surge flood; and these occur almost every year due to Bangladesh’s unique geographical setting as the most downstream country in the HKH region.
Topics & Concepts
Flood mythFlash floodGeographyMonsoonChinaWet seasonStormStorm surgeWater resource managementHydrology (agriculture)Environmental scienceCartographyMeteorologyGeologyGeotechnical engineeringArchaeologyFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementPrecipitation Measurement and AnalysisHydrology and Drought Analysis