From Satellite to Street Level: Enhancing Flash Flood Intelligence with Drone Data
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly referred to as drones, are increasingly used in urban flooding for rapid assessment, high-resolution mapping, modelling calibration, and infrastructure inspection. For projects like CLEAR-EO where satellite, in-situ, and application layers must interoperate, drones fill a critical “hyper-local gap” between Copernicus-scale products and street-level impact.
Done-based data are being integrated across the full disaster management cycle, supporting prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery. Their ability to deliver high-resolution, rapid, and flexible data collection makes them a valuable complement to satellite and in-situ observations.
In this webinar, we present an overview of the urban flooding application developed within CLEAR-EO, highlighting how drone-based data can be integrated as part of the in-situ component alongside satellite observations.
The session begins with a welcome by Bente Lilja Bye (BLB), followed by an overview of the urban flooding pilot by ITHACA/DMI. Elena Durando (ITHACA) introduces drone-based observations and their role in rapid high-resolution flood mapping. Simon Oldani (NVE) shares operational insights in “From Drones to Decisions,” illustrating how UAV data supports real-time flood management. Finally, Piotr Zaborowski (OGC) addresses interoperability and standards for integrating in-situ (inkluding drone) data into federated Earth observation systems.
The webinar concludes with an open discussion.
The webinar is on Thursday 26th February 2026, 15:00 CET
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