{"id":191,"date":"2025-10-02T08:34:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T08:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.clear-eo.eu\/?page_id=191"},"modified":"2025-11-18T09:43:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T09:43:25","slug":"app1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clear-eo.eu\/?page_id=191","title":{"rendered":"Flooding in urban areas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The application is an on-demand urban flooding alert workflow using combined information from<\/em> global and regional weather forecasts and near real time observations including satellites<\/em> through detection and triggering. Using a tailored urban drainage aware precipitation<\/em> forecasts, a probability based flood warning can be issued .<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extreme weather in urban environment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This application develops an innovative, on-demand urban flash flood warning system that combines Earth Observation data from novel satellites on clouds information with high-resolution ensemble weather forecasts. By detecting lightning and convective events in real time, the system triggers a tailored post-processing workflow to generate probabilistic, drainage-aware flood warnings and impact scenarios. High-resolution 3D terrain models derived from LiDAR data support the accurate mapping of flood extent and depth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Demonstrated in Denmark (see map of larger Copenhagen, Denmark below) and Italy, it supports timely, location-specific decision-making to better protect cities from extreme rainfall events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Objectives<\/strong> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

     \u2022  Develop a real-time urban flash flood warning system using EO and weather forecast data<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u2022  Integrate lightning and convective event detection to trigger flood alerts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u2022  Generate probabilistic, drainage-aware flood impact scenarios <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u2022  Support urban resilience planning with high-resolution terrain modeling<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u2022  Demonstrate the system in diverse European urban environments<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • CLEAR-EO partners involved<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      \u2022 Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) \u2013 contributes expertise in weather forecasting, postprocessing, and hydrological modeling to support real-time flood alert generation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u2022  Ithaca S.r.l. \u2013 provides advanced capabilities in satellite data processing, 3D modeling, and experience with Copernicus Emergency Mapping Services flood products<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u2022  Politecnico di Torino \u2013 specializes in high-resolution 3D LiDAR data processing, particularly in complex urban environments, enabling accurate flood impact simulations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Stakeholders <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        \u2022 Local authorities and municipalities, as well as urban infrastructure planners and managers, interested in flood risk management and preparedness tools<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        \u2022 Meteorological servicesfor forecast provision and alert dissemination<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        \u2022 Citizens and communities, as end-users of flood alerts and emergency response<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        \u2022 European research and innovation bodies, institutions and initiatives focused on climate resilience and EO applications that are interested in evaluating and potentially incorporating CLEAR-EO results into their tools, platforms, or downstream services<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • Data sets <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          \u2022 Meteosat Third Generation lightning and water vapor data \u2013 real-time convective event tracking for cloud and atmosphere monitoring;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          \u2022 ECMWF operational ensemble (IFSENS) and DMI operational ensemble (DINI) forecasts \u2013tailored for heavy rainfall probabilities and alert level in in urban areas;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          \u2022 LiDAR point cloud data \u2013 3D terrain models for mapping of flood extent and depth;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          \u2022 Sewer system data \u2013 Danish planning authority dataset for drainage aware flooding warnings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          The application is an on-demand urban flooding alert workflow using combined information from global and regional weather forecasts and near real time observations including satellites through detection and triggering. Using a tailored urban drainage aware precipitation forecasts, a probability based flood warning can be issued . Extreme weather in urban environment This application develops an innovative, on-demand […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":195,"parent":202,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-191","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"espresso_ai_page_context":{"short_desc":"","purpose":"general","set_by_espresso":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clear-eo.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clear-eo.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clear-eo.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clear-eo.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clear-eo.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=191"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/clear-eo.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":489,"href":"https:\/\/clear-eo.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/191\/revisions\/489"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clear-eo.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clear-eo.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clear-eo.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}