Space-based Measurement, Mapping, and Modeling of Surface Water

For Research, Humanitarian, and Water Resources Applications

 

Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System
INSTAAR, University of Colorado, Campus Box 450, Boulder, CO 80309 USA

Flood Observatory Mission Statement

The DFO Flood Observatory was established in 1993 at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH USA and moved to the University of Colorado, INSTAAR in 2010

DFO Flood Observatory Director Albert Kettner and Founder and Associate Director Robert Brakenridge

 

Current Mapping: September, 2024 Typhoon Yagi Flooding in Vietnam

Current Mapping: June, 2024 Flooding in Sylhet, NE Bangladesh

Current Mapping: June, 2024 Flooding in Upper Midwest, USA

 

Congratulations to the World Food Programme (WFP) for receiving the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to combat hunger, for their contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and working to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict. DFO Flood Observatory is looking forward to flood response/flood hazard collaboration for many more years. See press release.

Video showing 2021 flooding in Rohingya refuge camps, Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh, WFP Bangladesh Country Office

DFO Flood Observatory Web Map Server

 

 

DFO Flood Hazard Maps

(Clickable white squares: hazard maps completed)

Whole Earth image from JHT's Planetary Pixel Emporium

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River and Reservoir Watch

DFO's River and Reservoir Watch provides experimental, fully-automated satellite-based river discharge and reservoir area measurements.

Twice-daily updates at 2:30 and 14:30 Local Denver Time

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Flood and Drought Affected Watersheds

Twice-daily updates at 2:30 and 14:30 Local Denver Time

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Current NASA Worldview MODIS-Terra Display