Floodnet: a telenetwork for acquisition, processing and dissemination of earth observation data for monitoring and emergency management of floods
✍ Scribed by KEN BLYTH
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 238 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6087
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✦ Synopsis
The aim of FLOODNET is to provide a communications and data distribution facility speci®cally designed to meet the demanding temporal requirements of ¯ood monitoring within the European Union (EU). Currently, remotely sensed data are not fully utilized for ¯ood applications because potential users are not familiar with the procedure for acquiring the data and do not have a de®ned route for obtaining help in processing and interpreting the data. FLOODNET will identify the potential user groups within the EU and will, by demonstration, education and the use of telematics, increase the awareness of users to the capabilities of earth observation (EO) and the means by which they can acquire EO data. FLOODNET will act as a ®lter between users and satellite operation planners to help assign priorities for data acquisition against previously agreed criteria. The network will encourage a user community and will facilitate cross-sector information transfer, particularly between ¯ood experts' and administrative decision makers. The requirement for two levels of ¯ood mapping is identi®ed: (1) a rapid, broad-brush' approach to assess the general ¯ood situation and identify areas at greatest risk and in need of immediate assistance; (2) a detailed mapping approach, less critical in time, suitable for input to hydrological models or for ¯ood risk evaluation. A likely networking technology is outlined, the basic functionality of a FLOODNET demonstrator is described and some of the economic bene®ts of the network are identi®ed.