Global Flood Detection System - Version 2

An experimental system to detect and map in near-real time major river floods based on daily passive microwave satellite observations. The purpose is to identify and measure floods with potential humanitarian consequences after they occur.

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Flood status report for Brahmaputra, automatically created on 5/31/2023 9:02 PM.

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Flood status report for Brahmaputra

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Status: Green. Current satellite observations show 0 out of 23 areas (0%) having critically high flood magnitude.

The Brahmaputra monitoring region consists of 23 areas that are analyzed daily, including the following rivers: Brahmaputra.

This report does not provide early warning or forecasting information, but describes the current flood status of rivers based on the past 24h of satellite observations.

The status is determined by the number of areas with high flood magnitude (see below), as determined by the Global Flood Detection System based on passive microwave satellite observations of surface water. The status is set to "Red" if more than 10 areas or more than 30% of areas have high flood magnitude. The status is set to "Orange" if more than 5 or more than 10% of areas have high flood magnitude. Otherwise, the status is set to "Green".

Current Status of monitoring areas

Legend: green = no flood, orange = magnitude > 2 (small potential flood), red = magnitude > 4 (potential flood with high return period)


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Current surface water and potential flooded areas


Legend: Current surface water detected by satellite (source: JRC): blue signal scale = presence of water, yellow/red magnitude scale = unusual presence of water, indicating potential floods.
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Current Rainfall


Legend: Current rainfall detected by satellite (Source: NASA): areas of extreme rainfall (>50mm/day).
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Critical Areas

No areas are currently in critical state.


Status of all sites

The table below shows the flood magnitude in the past 16 days for all sites in this monitoring region.

Notes: X = No Data (or data being calculated). The data values of today can change if new data is acquired by the satellite.
Table legend: blue shades indicate flood magnitude (mouse over the box to see the value); magnitudes greater than 2 have an orange outline, magnitudes greater than 4 have a red outline.

IdDownloadArea DescriptionPixels (x100km2)
5/16/20235/31/2023
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12106 html   html Site 11687 ( River Brahmaputra) 7
12104 html   html Site 11685 ( River Brahmaputra) 7
12103 html   html Site 11684 ( River Brahmaputra) 7
12100 html   html Site 11681 ( River Brahmaputra) 5
12098 html   html Site 11679 ( River Brahmaputra) 7
12097 html   html Site 11678 ( River Brahmaputra) 8
12094 html   html Site 11675 ( River Brahmaputra) 7
12086 html   html Site 11667 ( River Brahmaputra) 9
12040 html   html Site 11619 ( River Brahmaputra) 7
12031 html   html Site 11610 ( River Brahmaputra) 6
12024 html   html Site 11603 ( River Brahmaputra) 7
12014 html   html Site 11593 ( River Brahmaputra) 8
12004 html   html Site 11583 ( River Brahmaputra) 8
12001 html   html Site 11580 ( River Brahmaputra) 7
12000 html   html Site 11579 ( River Brahmaputra) 8
11997 html   html Site 11576 ( River Brahmaputra) 7
11991 html   html Site 11570 ( River Brahmaputra) 9
11981 html   html Site 11560 ( River Brahmaputra) 7
11979 html   html Site 11558 ( River Brahmaputra) 8
11976 html   html Site 11555 ( River Brahmaputra) 7
11975 html   html Site 11554 ( River Brahmaputra) 7
11966 html   html Site 11545 ( River Brahmaputra) 8
11956 html   html Site 11533 ( River Brahmaputra) 8

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