Early Action Protocol for Flash Floods
| Disaster Risk Response Stage |
Forecasting
Response |
|---|---|
| Category | Hybrid Tools |
| Input Network |
CEOS
GEO |
| Input Network Member |
NASA
|
| Provider Organization: | Columbia University, Red Cross |
| Point of Contact: | Andrew Kruczkiewicz |
| E-mail: |  |
| Source | |
| Geographic Domain |
Local Regional |
| Geographic Product Locations | Unknown |
| Geographic Product Locations - Detailed | |
| Producing Daily Global Coverage? | False |
| Globally Extensible | True |
| Product Delivery Latency | N/A |
| Data Type | Optical |
| Associated Capacity Development Resources | None |
| Product Format | N/A |
| Archived | False |
| Tailored Service Available | True |
| License Type | None |
| Spatial Extent | 60N-60S |
| Spatial Scale | 5km / 1 km |
| Caveats | tailored for flash flood, however in some cases also potentially valuable for other flood types. Capable to be further tailored based on stakeholder interactions and needs. |
| Frequency | 3 hour |
| Overpass Latency | N/A |
| Downlink Latency | N/A |
| Processing Latency | N/A |
| Impacted By Cloud Shadows | None |
| Impacted By Terrain Shadows | None |
| Status | Operational |
| Input By | John Murray, NASA Applied Sciences |
| Notes | The Early Action Protocol (EAP) for Flash Floods in Ecuador is a set of standard operating procedures for prioritizing when and where anticipatory action can be taken based on shifts in risk for flash floods. An important element of the EAP is the trigger model development - which we are finalizing under this project, using a NASA-funded enhancing of the University of Oklahoma's EF5 global flood model. Available at: floods.global |