FloodScan
| Disaster Risk Response Stage |
Response
Risk |
|---|---|
| Category | Flood Extent Mapping |
| Input Network |
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| Input Network Member |
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| Provider Organization: | Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER) |
| Point of Contact: | John Galantowicz |
| E-mail: |  |
| Source | |
| Geographic Domain |
Regional |
| Geographic Product Locations |
Africa Americas |
| Geographic Product Locations - Detailed | |
| Producing Daily Global Coverage? | False |
| Globally Extensible | True |
| Product Delivery Latency | Near real-time; next day delivery of daily product by about 1200 UTC. |
| Data Type | Passive microwave satellite (AMSR2, GMI, AMSR-E, TMI) |
| Associated Capacity Development Resources | None |
| Product Format | Interactive web interface, GeoTiff, PNG, netCDF |
| Archived | True |
| Tailored Service Available | True |
| License Type | P |
| Spatial Extent | Africa, South America, and North America south of 55N latitude |
| Spatial Scale | 3-arcsecond (~90-meter) and 300-arcsecond |
| Caveats | Generally maps only large floods (>19 km^2); sees through clouds but not rain or dense vegetation; not all areas updated every day depending on satellite coverage; detailed assessment available at https://floodscan.aer.com |
| Frequency | Daily |
| Overpass Latency | N/A |
| Downlink Latency | N/A |
| Processing Latency | N/A |
| Impacted By Cloud Shadows | False |
| Impacted By Terrain Shadows | False |
| Status | Operational |
| Input By | John Galantowicz |
| Notes | Daily historical products available from 1998 to present. Web interface displays near real-time and historical flood extent products; depth product produced upon request. Asia-Australia region to be added. |