Ensemble Framework For Flash Flood Forecasting (EF5)

Disaster Risk Response Stage
Forecasting
Category Flood Modeling
Input Network
CEOS
GEO
Input Network Member
NASA
Provider Organization: OU / NASA SERVIR
Point of Contact: Yang Hong
E-mail:
Source
Geographic Domain Regional
Geographic Product Locations Africa
Geographic Product Locations - Detailed
Botswana
Eswatini
Lesotho
Namibia
South Africa
Producing Daily Global Coverage? False
Globally Extensible True
Product Delivery Latency near real-time
Data Type Model uses elevation data along with satellite rainfall, and ET to drive surface runoff, routing, and inundation
Associated Capacity Development Resources None
Product Format CSVs, Gtiffs
Archived True
Tailored Service Available True
License Type None
Spatial Extent Eastern & Southern Africa
Spatial Scale Watershed scale
Caveats Requires frequent calibration for optimum performance
Frequency 3-hourly
Overpass Latency NA
Downlink Latency NA
Processing Latency NA
Impacted By Cloud Shadows None
Impacted By Terrain Shadows None
Status Operational
Input By John Murray, NASA Applied Sciences
Notes