Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
7. Çerçeve Programı Projesi, 2011 - 2014
"Floods are the most widespread and frequent natural disaster
responsible for significant loss of lives and property each year. The
European Environmental Agency estimated that floods in Europe between
1998 and 2002 caused about 700 deaths, the displacement of about half a
million people and at least 25 billion Euros in insured economic losses.
As such, one of the four priority areas in FP7 has been identified as
triggering factors and forecasting and mitigation strategies for natural
hazards.
Flood early warning systems are the most effective way to
mitigate flood induced hazards. The reliability of such systems depends
on the availability of timely and good-quality rainfall estimates.
Although many of the regions in Europe are equipped with dense rain
gauge networks, the station density varies greatly from country to
country, which can affect the quality of the model simulations. Hence
exploiting alternative ways, such as satellite-based products, for
estimating rainfall having continuous spatial coverage and short latency
will be potentially beneficial for mitigating flood risks.
The
overall goal of this project is to “advance the utility of
satellite-based rainfall estimates for hydrologic modeling, specifically
for flood monitoring”. The expected outcomes of this research are: 1) a
large database of dynamic and static datasets for the Western-Black Sea
basin, Turkey, 2) A methodology for adjusting satellite-based rainfall
estimates, 3) intercomparison study revealing the degree of agreement
between rain gauge and satellite-based rainfall products over the study
area before/after the adjustment, 3) A hydrologic model that is
implemented for the study basin using rainfall estimates from rain
gauges and existing/adjusted satellite rainfall products, 4) An improved
methodology for calibration and evaluation of hydrological models, 5)
An analysis providing insights into the value of existing/adjusted
satellite-based rainfall estimates for streamflow simulations."