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Active Archive of Large Floods, 1985-Present

• Global and Regional Analyses

Master Index of Inundation Maps

Surface Water Data Record

River Watch

Other Flood Detection Tools

Sample Images and Maps

Staff

Publications

Current Flooding (see also Powerpoint slideshow, June 10,2009-present)

Click here for table of recent events, or here for access to the complete tabular archive. Also see photo gallery.

The map below also provides entry into the Surface Water Data Record (click on map sheets of interest for past and present flooding)

Monthly Views of Flood-Affected Areas, 1985-2008

Excel .xml version of tabular data for all events, 1985-present

Excel .xls version of tabular data for all events, 1985-present

GIS data, (Mapinfo files) for all events, 1985-present

See also watershed-based displays (under development).

Tree that saved 150 lives (from recent celebration in India).

DFO Methodology For Semi-automated Flood Mapping.

Gulf of Maine MODIS-based Chlorophyll for research concerning red tide and coastal watersheds

 

The Flood Observatory uses orbital remote sensing to detect, measure, and map river discharge and river flooding. It includes:

• River Watch, a satellite-based flood detection and measurement system (example).

• Surface Water Data Record, displays and records observed changes in surface water.

• Active Archive of Major Floods, 1985 to present (inventory of known flood events).

• Rapid Response Inundation Maps, produced and published while floods are underway. Recent examples include:

• Flooding in Queensland and Northern Territory, Australia, January 7, 2009
• Flooding south of Veracruz, Mexico, October 1, 2008
• Flooding in the Uttar Pradesh Region of India 1, September 28,2008
• Flooding in the Uttar Pradesh Region of India 2, September 28, 2008
• Flooding in the Kailali District of Nepal, September 28, 2008
• Flooding Along the Rio Grande and the Conchos Rivers in Texas and Mexico, September 22,2008
• Flooding along the Rio Grande, September 22, 2008
• Flooding along the Rio Grande, September 22, 2008
• Flooding on the Mahanadi River in Orissa, India, September 20

  DFO facilitates maximum practical use of the satellite-based information for disaster relief, risk assessment, and water resources research and management. Your inputs and support are invited.

Flood Observatory Director: Prof. G. Robert Brakenridge, Depts Geography and EarthSciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH USA,03755

Email: Robert.Brakenridge(at) Dartmouth.edu

This work is made possible by data obtained by NASA, JAXA, ESA, and other space agencies, and by funding support from the Earth Surface and Interior Focus Area and the Applied Sciences Program, Science Mission Directorate, NASA, from the Africa-SERVIR project, from the Pacific Disaster Center, and from the European Commission (GDACS project, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy).