Monitoring for 2003 Huai River flood in China using multisource SAR data

In the summer of 2003, the most serious flood since 1991 occurred in the catchments of Huai River in central of China. Many of areas were inundated. The Chinese Ku-band airborne radar system and Canadian RADARSAT were used for flood monitoring and damage assessment. Based on the analysis of the SAR data and related database, the area of flood inundation is more than 3800 km². The land types of flood inundation includes in farmland, residential site, woodland/grassland, fishpond, and bottomland. Further, the extent and distribution of flood and damage assessment were indicated, and the suggestions on flood prevention and control were provided.