{ "culture": "en-US", "name": "Proof_of_Concept__April_SWX", "guid": "6E3C4647-701F-4B45-BB21-7BFF28F43831", "catalogPath": "", "snippet": "Proof of Concept for Added Value Flood Mapping Tool (Experimental) - TEST.\n\nThis is experimental and requires further development and research prior to any use with the Disasters Program.", "description": "
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Post-Event: April 7, 2025<\/font><\/div>

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Infrastructure data was extracted in early May 2025.<\/font><\/div>

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None planned<\/font><\/div>

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Summary<\/b><\/font><\/div>

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Floodwater is derived from Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument onboard NASA and NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite.<\/font><\/div>

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VIIRS floodwater product was produced by NASA SatCORPS Ground Station Observation Network (GSON) low latency system. More information can be found <\/font>here<\/a>.<\/font><\/div>

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The image (Flood Polygons <\/i>layer) shows where floodwater was detected from the VIIRS observation as a fraction percentage. The Flood Polygons layer was used to identify administrative areas, structures, and critical infrastructure that may be a risk of flooding after an event. This test case used the VIIRS Flood product for the Severe Weather in April 2025.<\/font><\/div>

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The map shows the floodwater fraction percentage (1-100%) that contains water. Floodwater fraction values (color map 101-200) are isolated and converted to polygons (Flood Polygons<\/i> layer).<\/font><\/div>

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Processed layer - Areas of Interest: <\/i>Each polygon in the administrative boundary is intersected with the vectorized flood fraction product. The symbolized output indicates the percentage of area as a fraction of total administrative boundary area that intersects with a pixel in the flood fraction product at certain thresholds (if applicable), described in the legend.<\/font><\/div>

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Processed layer - Critical Infrastructure: <\/i>A 375m buffer (equal to the flood model resolution) was created around each point and intersected with the vectorized flood fraction product. The symbolized output indicates if the buffer corresponded with a flooded pixel, serving as a potential signal for exposed infrastructure. Unexposed infrastructure in the AOI is retained.<\/font><\/div>

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Processed layer - USA Structures:<\/i> Each structure was intersected with the vectorized flood fraction product. The symbolized output indicates if the buffer corresponded with a flooded pixel, serving as a potential signal for exposed infrastructure. Unexposed infrastructure in the AOI is retained.<\/font><\/div>

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Processed layer - Roads:<\/i> A 375m buffer (equal to the flood model resolution) was created around each line in the roads database. Each segment of road that intersected a flooded pixel was grouped and dissolved to flag road segments potentially at risk.<\/font><\/div>

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Satellite/Sensor:<\/b><\/font><\/div>

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VIIRS instrument onboard SNPP Satellite Generated using CSPP v4.1.<\/font><\/div>

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Resolution:<\/b><\/font><\/div>

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375 meters<\/font><\/div>

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Credits:<\/b><\/font><\/div>

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Flood Product Information:<\/i><\/font><\/div>
NASA Langley SatCORPS: <\/font>https://satcorps.larc.nasa.gov/new/<\/a><\/div>
NOAA Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) VIIRS Data:<\/font>https://registry.opendata.aws/noaa-jpss/<\/a><\/div>
Additional information on VIIRS Flooding products:  <\/font>https://disasters-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/pages/viirs-floodwater-fraction-map<\/a><\/div>

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Added Value and Infrastructure Information:<\/i><\/font><\/div>
Geospatial processing over infrastructure and administrative areas performed by the DRCO (<\/font>drcs@nasa.gov<\/a>).<\/font><\/div>
Infrastructure data was gathered from <\/font>HIFLD Open<\/a>, with original data sources including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (National Inventory of Dams), Federal Highway Administration (Roads, the National Bridge Inventory), and various state and local sources (hospitals). <\/font><\/div>
Structure data was gathered from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) <\/font>Structures database<\/a>.<\/font><\/div>
Administrative boundaries were collected from the U.S. <\/font>Census Bureau's TIGER/Line Shapefiles<\/a>.<\/font><\/div>

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See URL section on right side of page.<\/font><\/div><\/div>

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