Remote Sensing of Water-Related Hazards

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Names: Zhang, Ke (Professor), editor. | Hong, Yang, 1973– editor. | AghaKouchak, Amir, editor.

Title: Remote sensing of water‐related hazards / Ke Zhang, Yang Hong, Amir AghaKouchak, editors.

Description: Hoboken, NJ: Wiley‐American Geophysical Union, 2022. | Series: Geophysical monograph series 271 | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021056639 (print) | LCCN 2021056640 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119159124 (cloth) | ISBN 9781119159155 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119159148 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Hydrological forecasting. | Remote sensing. Classification: LCC GB845 .R46 2022 (print) | LCC GB845 (ebook) | DDC 551.48–dc23/eng/20211214

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021056639LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021056640

Cover Design: Wiley

Cover Image: © Amir AghaKouchak (@aghakouchak)

Amir AghaKouchakDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of California, Irvine California, USA

Howard B. BluesteinSchool of Meteorology University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma, USA

Guoding ChenState Key Laboratory of Hydrology‐Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, and College of Hydrology and Water Resources Hohai University Nanjing, China

Mengye ChenHydrology and Water Security Program School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma, USA

Dennis L. CorwinUnited States Salinity Laboratory Agricultural Research Service United States Department of Agriculture Riverside, California, USA

Shang GaoHydrology and Water Security Program School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma, USA

Jonathan J. GourleyHydrometeorology and Remote Sensing Laboratory School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences University of Oklahoma and NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory and Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological StudiesUniversity of OklahomaNorman, Oklahoma, USA

Emad HasanCenter for Space Research The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas, USA and Geology Department Faculty of ScienceDamietta University New Damietta, Egypt

Yang HongHydrometeorology and Remote Sensing LaboratorySchool of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma, USA and Advanced Radar Research Center, and Center for Spatial Analysis National Weather Center Norman, Oklahoma, USA

Kazuki InoueInstitute of Industrial Science University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan

Zaw Myo KhaingState Key Laboratory of Hydrology‐Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, and Yangtze Institute for Conservation and Development, and College of Hydrology and Water Resources Hohai University Nanjing, China

Xin LiCollege of Hydrology and Water Resources Hohai University Nanjing, China

Yunping LiState Key Laboratory of Hydrology‐Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, and Yangtze Institute for Conservation and Development, and College of Hydrology and Water Resources Hohai University Nanjing, China

Zhi LiHydrology and Water Security Program School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma, USA

Zhijia LiCollege of Hydrology and Water Resources Hohai University Nanjing, China

Linxin LiuState Key Laboratory of Hydrology‐Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, and Yangtze Institute for Conservation and Development, and College of Hydrology and Water Resources Hohai University Nanjing, China

Wen LiuGraduate School of Engineering Chiba University Chiba, Japan

Meixia LvKey Laboratory of Regional Climate–Environment for Temperate East Asia Institute of Atmospheric Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, China

Feng LyuInstitute of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems School of Earth and Space Sciences Peking University Beijing, China

Meihong MaSchool of Geographic and Environmental Sciences Tianjin Normal University Tianjin, China

Zhuguo MaKey Laboratory of Regional Climate–Environment for Temperate East Asia Institute of Atmospheric Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, China and College of Earth and Planetary Sciences University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, China

Ziqiang MaInstitute of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems School of Earth and Space Sciences Peking University Beijing, China

Elia ScudieroDepartment of Environmental Sciences University of California Riverside, California, USA

Guoqiang TangCentre for Hydrology University of Saskatchewan Canmore, Alberta, Canada

Ran TaoState Key Laboratory of Hydrology‐Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering and Yangtze Institute for Conservation and Development, and College of Hydrology and Water Resources Hohai UniversityJoint Laboratory for Hydrometeorological Studies Hohai University Nanjing, China

Aondover TarhuleDepartment of Geography, Geology, and the Environment Illinois State University Normal, Illinois, USA

Humberto VergaraHydrometeorology and Remote Sensing Laboratory School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, and Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma, USA and Advanced Radar Research Center, and Center for Spatial AnalysisNational Weather Center and NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory Norman, Oklahoma, USA

Zhanming WanColaberry Inc. Creve Coeur, Missouri, USA and The Climate Corporation Dallas, Texas, USA

Sheng WangState Key Laboratory of Hydrology‐Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, and Yangtze Institute for Conservation and Development, and College of Hydrology and Water Resources Hohai University Nanjing, China

Tsechun WangInstitute of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems School of Earth and Space Sciences Peking University Beijing, China

Yi XiaState Key Laboratory of Hydrology‐Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, and College of Hydrology and Water Recourses Hohai University Nanjing, China

Wentao XiongInstitute of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems School of Earth and Space Sciences Peking University Beijing, China

Xianwu XueSystems Research GroupEnvironmental Modeling Center United States National Centers for Environmental PredictionCollege Park, Maryland, USA

Fumio YamazakiNational Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience Ibaraki, Japan

Ke ZhangState Key Laboratory of Hydrology‐Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, and Yangtze Institute for Conservation and Development, and College of Hydrology and Water Resources, and CMA‐HHU Joint Laboratory for Hydrometeorological Studies Hohai University Nanjing, China

Water‐related hazards—including floods, droughts, rainfall‐triggered landslides, soil salinization—and their impacts have increased significantly in the past decades. This increase has spurred research into improving monitoring and prediction, understanding the underlying drivers, implementing various mitigation and adaptation strategies, and identifying interconnectivity with other factors such as climate change, population growth, exposure, and socioeconomic development. The detection, monitoring, and forecasting of water hazards is critical to develop adaptation and mitigation measures and to prevent natural hazards from becoming human disasters.