SAR-based dynamic information retrieving of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei flood-inundation happened in July 2023, North China

Climate change-induced rainfalls have elevated the likelihood of flood occurrences, disrupting severely the normal functioning of people. Especially in the geographically unique Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) plain in north China, an unanticipated sudden and long-duration flood-inundation happened in t...

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Main Authors: Zhijun Jiao, Zhimei Zhang, Lixin Wu
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Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/19475705.2024.2366361
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description Climate change-induced rainfalls have elevated the likelihood of flood occurrences, disrupting severely the normal functioning of people. Especially in the geographically unique Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) plain in north China, an unanticipated sudden and long-duration flood-inundation happened in the summer of 2023 (referred to as the ‘23.7’ BTH flood). To address the dynamic information and recreate the flood evolution, we constructed a flood retrieving and analysis procedure to elucidate the development process and its impacts. First, accurately extract the temporal inundation extent of floods. Subsequently, we implemented the selected knowledge-driven algorithm to retrieve the dynamic information of flood evolution, including inundation extent, water depth, and shortest inundation duration. Furthermore, hazard-bearing bodies like cultivated land, population, and buildings were analyzed to improve our understanding of the flood impact. We uncovered that the ‘23.7’ BTH flood had caused extensive inundation and notably affected the Daqing River System, where the flood breached the river bank and submerged both buildings (0.96 km2) and cultivated land (241.46 km2), and led to prolonged inundation in the Baiyangdian area, which persisted for up to 30 days. This disastrous event highlights the great requirements to boost upstream flood storage capacity and enhance preparedness and rapid response capabilities for abnormal floods.
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spelling doaj-art-4fcd0a857db54f1d89093ba9c93ebacb2025-08-20T02:50:29ZengTaylor & Francis GroupGeomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk1947-57051947-57132024-12-0115110.1080/19475705.2024.2366361SAR-based dynamic information retrieving of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei flood-inundation happened in July 2023, North ChinaZhijun Jiao0Zhimei Zhang1Lixin Wu2School of Geosciences and Info-physics, Central South University, Changsha, ChinaSchool of Geosciences and Info-physics, Central South University, Changsha, ChinaSchool of Geosciences and Info-physics, Central South University, Changsha, ChinaClimate change-induced rainfalls have elevated the likelihood of flood occurrences, disrupting severely the normal functioning of people. Especially in the geographically unique Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) plain in north China, an unanticipated sudden and long-duration flood-inundation happened in the summer of 2023 (referred to as the ‘23.7’ BTH flood). To address the dynamic information and recreate the flood evolution, we constructed a flood retrieving and analysis procedure to elucidate the development process and its impacts. First, accurately extract the temporal inundation extent of floods. Subsequently, we implemented the selected knowledge-driven algorithm to retrieve the dynamic information of flood evolution, including inundation extent, water depth, and shortest inundation duration. Furthermore, hazard-bearing bodies like cultivated land, population, and buildings were analyzed to improve our understanding of the flood impact. We uncovered that the ‘23.7’ BTH flood had caused extensive inundation and notably affected the Daqing River System, where the flood breached the river bank and submerged both buildings (0.96 km2) and cultivated land (241.46 km2), and led to prolonged inundation in the Baiyangdian area, which persisted for up to 30 days. This disastrous event highlights the great requirements to boost upstream flood storage capacity and enhance preparedness and rapid response capabilities for abnormal floods.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/19475705.2024.2366361Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei plainSAR imageflood evolutionwater depthshortest inundation duration
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SAR-based dynamic information retrieving of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei flood-inundation happened in July 2023, North China
Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk
Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei plain
SAR image
flood evolution
water depth
shortest inundation duration
title SAR-based dynamic information retrieving of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei flood-inundation happened in July 2023, North China
title_full SAR-based dynamic information retrieving of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei flood-inundation happened in July 2023, North China
title_fullStr SAR-based dynamic information retrieving of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei flood-inundation happened in July 2023, North China
title_full_unstemmed SAR-based dynamic information retrieving of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei flood-inundation happened in July 2023, North China
title_short SAR-based dynamic information retrieving of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei flood-inundation happened in July 2023, North China
title_sort sar based dynamic information retrieving of the beijing tianjin hebei flood inundation happened in july 2023 north china
topic Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei plain
SAR image
flood evolution
water depth
shortest inundation duration
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/19475705.2024.2366361
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