Chinese Satellite-based Flood Mapping and Damage Assessment in Dongdian Flood Detention Basin,China

Against the background of rapid climate warming,frequent and severe flooding disasters significantly impact socio-economic development and human life.In 2023,due to the northward movement of Typhoon Doksuri,extreme precipitation occurred in northern China,which resulted in a massive flood event in the Haihe River basin.Seven flood detention basins(FDBs)in North China were successfully implemented to effectively alleviate the downstream flood pressure.Leveraging all available Chinese satellite data,we monitored the flooding process daily,focusing on reviewing the flooding in the Dongdian FDB.The results indicate that since the activation of Dongdian FDB on August 1,the flood reached the urban area of Tianjin in just nine days and inundated the entire detention basin.Flooding persisted in the detention basin for about a week before gradually receding.The total maximum inundated area in the whole region was 307.5 km^(2),including 240.5 km^(2)of arable land,7.0 km^(2)of greenhouse land,and 9.7 km^(2)of built-up land,with an average inundation duration of 19 days.The total cumulative inundated arable land area was 240.5 km^(2),with an average inundation time of 21 days.This study shows that multi-source Chinese satellite data can provide comprehensive information and adequate references for post-disaster assessments.

Research and application of flood detention modeling for ponds and small reservoirs based on remote sensing data

This paper proposes a method of small reservoir flood detention modeling that utilizes data from the American land resources satellite Landsat TM/ETM+. Precipitation and potential evapotranspiration are taken as the control conditions in this method on the basis of basin terrain classification. The objective of this method is to solve the question of a small-scale water conservancy project’s influence on flood forecasting precision, which can be used in the basin with multitudinous small reservoirs in the upstream region and can help estimate non-runoff data for small reservoir runoff. Taking the 20060826 flood as an example, the flood detention quantity of 19 small reservoirs is modeled. The results show that the absolute error of the total flood detention quantity is 0.2×10 4 m 3 , and the relative error is 0.12%. The flood detention quantity of small reservoirs in the entire basin is then modeled using this method, and the primary flood forecasting model is adjusted. After adjustment, the precision is significantly improved, with the relative error decreasing from 31.8% to 10.1%.

Application of a Coupled Land Surface-Hydrological Model to Flood Simulation in the Huaihe River Basin of China

A hydrological simulation in the Huaihe River Basin(HRB) was investigated using two different models: a coupled land surface hydrological model(CLHMS), and a large-scale hydrological model(LSX-HMS). The NCEP-NCAR reanalysis dataset and observed precipitation data were used as meteorological inputs. The simulation results from both models were compared in terms of flood processes forecasting during high flow periods in the summers of 2003 and 2007, and partial high flow periods in 2000. The comparison results showed that the simulated streamflow by CLHMS model agreed well with the observations with Nash-Sutcliffe coefficients larger than 0.76, in both periods of 2000 at Lutaizi and Bengbu stations in the HRB, while the skill of the LSX-HMS model was relatively poor. The simulation results for the high flow periods in 2003 and 2007 suggested that the CLHMS model can simulate both the peak time and intensity of the hydrological processes, while the LSX-HMS model provides a delayed flood peak. These results demonstrated the importance of considering the coupling between the land surface and hydrological module in achieving better predictions for hydrological processes, and CLHMS was proven to be a promising model for future applications in flood simulation and forecasting.