Global Drought and Flood

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Recent advances in the modeling and remote sensing of droughts and floods Droughts and floods are causing increasing damage worldwide, often with devastating short- and long-term impacts on human society. Forecasting when they will occur, monitoring them as they develop, and learning from the past to improve disaster management is vital.
Global Drought and Flood: Observation, Modeling, and Prediction Volume highlights include:
Remote sensing approaches for mapping droughts and floods Physical and statistical models for monitoring and forecasting hydrologic hazards Features of various drought and flood systems and products Use by governments, humanitarian, and development stakeholders in recent disaster cases Improving the collaboration between hazard information provision and end users The American Geophysical Union promotes discovery in Earth and space science for the benefit of humanity. Its publications disseminate scientific knowledge and provide resources for researchers, students, and professionals.

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Library of Congress Cataloging‐in‐Publication Data applied for

Hardback ISBN 9781119427308

Cover Design: Wiley

Cover Image: © Francesco Scatena/Shutterstock

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

Robert F. AdlerNASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland, USA

Amir AghaKouchakDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Department of Earth System Science University of California Irvine Irvine, California, USA

Ali AhmadalipourCenter for Complex Hydrosystems Research Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA

Lorenzo AlfieriDisaster Risk Management Unit European Commission Joint Research Centre Ispra, Italy; and CIMA Research Foundation Savona, Italy

Martha AndersonAgricultural Research Service United States Department of Agriculture Beltsville, Maryland, USA

Mark BernhofenSchool of Civil Engineering University of Leeds Leeds, United Kingdom

Robert G. BrakenridgeInstitute of Arctic and Alpine Research University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado, USA

Mélody BraunRed Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre The Hague, The Netherlands

Weitian ChenGuangdong Province Key Laboratory for Climate Change and Natural Disaster Studies, and School of Atmospheric Sciences Sun Yat‐sen University Guangdong, China

Sagy CohenDepartment of Geography The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA

Simon J. DadsonSchool of Geography and the Environment Oxford University Oxford, United Kingdom

Francesco DottoriDisaster Risk Management Unit European Commission Joint Research Centre Ispra, Italy

Colin S. DoyleCloud to Street New York, New York, USA; and Department of Geography and the Environment The University of Texas Austin, Texas, USA

Li FangNOAA NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research College Park, Maryland, USA; and UMD‐CISESS Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies College Park, Maryland, USA

Min FengNational Tibetan Plateau Data Center Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, China; and University of Chinese Academy Sciences Beijing, China

Zachary FlamigCenter for Data Intensive Science University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois, USA

John GalantowiczAtmospheric and Environmental Research Inc. Lexington, Massachusetts, USA

Huilin GaoZachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Texas A&M University College Station, Texas, USA

Mitchell D. GoldbergNational Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration College Park, Maryland, USA

Helen GreatrexInternational Research Institute for Climate and Society The Earth Institute, Columbia University, Palisades, New York, USA

Tom de GroeveDisaster Risk Management Unit European Commission Joint Research Centre Ispra, Italy

Christopher HainNASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, Alabama, USA

Zengchao HaoCollege of Water Sciences Beijing Normal University Beijing, China

Haixia HeNational Disaster Reduction Center of China Ministry of Emergency Management of the People’s Republic of China Beijing, China

Feyera A. HirpaSchool of Geography and the Environment Oxford University Oxford, United Kingdom

Jannis HochDepartment of Physical Geography Utrecht University Utrecht, The Netherlands; and Deltares Delft, The Netherlands

Laura Hoffman‐HernandezInternational Research Institute for Climate and Society The Earth Institute, Columbia University Palisades, New York, USA

Matt HorrittSchool of Civil Engineering University of Leeds Leeds, United Kingdom

Zequn HuangGuangdong Province Key Laboratory for Climate Change and Natural Disaster Studies, and School of Atmospheric Sciences Sun Yat‐sen University Guangdong, China

Saiful A.K.M. IslamInstitute of Water and Flood Management Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Dhaka, Bangladesh

Satya KalluriRaytheon Upper Marlboro, Maryland, USA

Albert KettnerInstitute of Arctic and Alpine Research University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado, USA

John KimballLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, California, USA; and University of Washington Seattle, Washington, USA

Andrew KruczkiewiczInternational Research Institute for Climate and Society The Earth Institute, Columbia University Palisades, New York, USA; and Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre The Hague, The Netherlands

William KustasAgricultural Research Service United States Department of Agriculture Beltsville, Maryland, USA

Dennis P. LettenmaierUniversity of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, USA

Chaoqun LiGuangdong Province Key Laboratory for Climate Change and Natural Disaster Studies, and School of Atmospheric Sciences Sun Yat‐sen University Guangdong, China

Hongyi LiDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Houston Houston, Texas, USA

Sanmei LiDepartment of Geography and Geo‐Information Science George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia, USA

Yao LiZachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Texas A&M University College Station, Texas, USA

Dan LindseyNational Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

Jicheng LiuNOAA NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research College Park, Maryland, USA; and UMD‐CISESS Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies College Park, Maryland, USA

Brian LlamanzaresInternational Research Institute for Climate and Society The Earth Institute, Columbia University Palisades, New York, USA

Valerio LoriniDisaster Risk Management Unit European Commission Joint Research Centre Ispra, Italy

Lifeng LuoDepartment of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan, USA

Feng MaSchool of Hydrology and Water Resources Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology Nanjing, China; and Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan, USA

David MarechalGuy Carpenter & Company GmbH Munich, Germany

Patrick MatgenLuxembourg Institute of Science and Technology Esch‐sur‐Alzette, Luxembourg

Shanna McClainEarth Sciences Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington, DC, USA

Hamid MoradkhaniCenter for Complex Hydrosystems Research Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA

Mahdi NavariNASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland, USA

Jeffrey C. NealSchool of Geographical Sciences University of Bristol Bristol, United Kingdom

Miriam NielsenInternational Research Institute for Climate and Society The Earth Institute, Columbia University Palisades, New York, USA

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