An Automated Tool for Mapping Flood Inundation from Multi-mission Microwave SAR Images.

What is it about?

Here a standalone tool is developed to delineate flood extent from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images without any human intervention. The novelty of the Tool/algorithm presented in this study lies in its capability of delineating floods from multiple SAR senor images. Also, the friendly Graphical User-Interface (GUI) of the developed tool helps in doing its job effortlessly and rapidly on a timely basis whenever required.

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Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash

Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash

Why is it important?

Availability of timely information on the spatial extent of the flood-affected area helps the disaster managers to assess the execution of relief and rescue activities. In addition, maps showing the spatial extent of floods are also used in hydraulic models, spatial planning, and for deriving flood hazard maps. Hence, an effective method needs to be developed to generate a flood map in the best possible time.

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