A new dataset of river flood hazard maps for Europe and the Mediterranean Basin
High-resolution (100 m) river flood hazard maps covering 329,000 km of European and Mediterranean rivers for six return periods, using LISFLOOD-FP 2D hydrodynamic modeling.
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At a glance
- Region
- Europe
- Coverage
- Europe & Mediterranean
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Research
- Last updated
- 2022
What's inside
- Flood Data
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Hazard maps
Map flood-prone areas and who and what is exposed.
Because it has: Flood Data
- 02
Model validation
Check flood models against observed events.
- 03
Response planning
Support evacuation, relief and insurance decisions.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Flood extent from SAR
Segment flooded areas in radar imagery, even through cloud.
- 02
Depth estimates
Learn flood depth from terrain, rainfall and past events.
- 03
Early warning
Turn forecast ensembles into simple, local alerts.
Machine access and documentation
Data paper
A new dataset of river flood hazard maps for Europe and the Mediterranean Basin
Earth System Science Data 2022
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