By: Alex Keimig
Kaspar J. Willam Professor Hyongki Lee's satellite-driven inundation forecasting framework, Forecasting Inundation Extents using REOF (Rotated Empirical Orthogonal Function) (FIER) has received funding from both NASA (for applications in Southeast Asia's Mekong River basin) and NOAA (for applications in the US) as the project seeks to continue expanding into broader use cases around the world.
The framework has been developed with the support of many component projects and partnerships, and multiple funding sources, including the NASA SERVIR program, NOAA JPSS program, and South Korea's K-Water institute, totaling just under $1.3 million thus far.
"The hydrologic regions of the Red River and Mississippi River basins are a little bit different than the Mekong River basin, which means that without adjustments, we would miss many of the peak flood period signals. Now, we plan to expand to US coastal areas that are frequently hit by hurricanes — which bring not only fluvial but also pluvial flooding."
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