FloodPlanet Dataset Enhances Global Inundation Monitoring
Monday, July 21, 2025 - 14:04
in Earth & Climate
A new high-resolution flood dataset, FloodPlanet, is enhancing satellite-based flood monitoring through more accurate training of deep learning models. By manually labeling inundation data from commercial satellites and aligning them with public sensor imagery, researchers improved flood detection accuracy by up to 15.6%.