卫星图像显示,受洪水影响的人口比例增加
B Tellman1,2,3, J A Sullivan4,5,6, C Kuhn7
1Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. beth@cloudtostreet.info.
Nature
|August 5, 2021
概括
洪水影响全球数以百万计的人, 卫星数据显示有2.5亿至2.9亿人受到影响. 这项研究强调了洪水暴露的显著增加,强调了迫切需要适应策略.
科学领域:
- 环境科学
- 遥感技术
- 气候变化的影响
背景情况:
- 洪水是阻碍可持续发展的重大环境危险.
- 城市化,基础设施和洪水平原的定居点正在改变洪水的动态和暴露.
- 由于观察数据有限,以前的全球洪水暴露估计依赖于不确定的模型.
研究的目的:
- 使用高分辨率卫星图像估计全球洪水范围和人口暴露.
- 量化2000年至2018年受洪水影响的人口变化.
- 为改善脆弱性评估和适应策略提供全球洪水数据库.
主要方法:
- 利用每日250米分辨率的卫星图像对913次大洪水事件 (2000年至2018年) 进行分析.
- 估计的总洪水面积和直接受影响的人口.
- 在被观察到的洪水地区分析了人口增长.
主要成果:
- 已经确定了230万平方公里的被洪水淹没区域.
- 估计有2.5亿至2.9亿人受到洪水直接影响.
- 估计2000年至2015年间全球受洪水影响的人口比例增加了20-24%.
结论:
- 卫星观测显示的洪水暴露率高于此前的估计.
- 未来的气候变化预测表明受洪水影响的人口将进一步增加.
- 全球洪水数据库将增强洪水建模,适应规划和环境相互作用的理解.
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