Flood susceptibility and flood frequency modeling for lower Kosi Basin, India using AHP and Sentinel-1 SAR data in geospatial environment

Vikash Shivhare, Alok Kumar, Reetesh Kumar, Satyanarayan Shashtri, Javed Mallick and Chander Kumar Singh ()
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Vikash Shivhare: CII-Triveni Water Institute
Alok Kumar: University of Delhi
Reetesh Kumar: GLA University
Satyanarayan Shashtri: Nalanda University
Javed Mallick: King Khalid University
Chander Kumar Singh: TERI School of Advanced Studies

Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, 2024, vol. 120, issue 13, No 4, 11579-11610

Abstract: Abstract The Lower Kosi Basin (LKB) in North Bihar is highly prone to floods and is influenced by upstream hydrology. A flood susceptibility index has been modelled by integrating eleven flood conditioning parameters (precipitation, elevation, slope, drainage density, distance from the river, ruggedness index, topographic wetness index, stream power index, curvature, normalized difference vegetation index, land use and land cover) derived from the satellite data, using a weighted linear summation model. The study uses Sentinel-1 synthetic aperture radar data to estimate flood frequency over a temporal scale of 2016–2020. The flood frequency was used to validate the flood susceptibility derived using multi-criteria decision making methods combined with geographical information system (MCDM-GIS). The study shows that ~ 66% of the area in LKB is susceptible to high to moderate flooding while the remaining ~ 34% is falls in the low flooding category. 15.24% of the area has high frequency (> 3 flood occurrences) of the flood, 9.66% has moderate (2 flood occurrences) and 9.72% of the area faced one-time flood during five years of period (2016–2020). The accuracy of MCDM-GIS derived flood susceptibility map was assessed using area under curve, confusion matrix, precision, recall, F1 score, weighted F1 score and overall accuracy.

Keywords: Flood susceptibility index; Flood frequency; Sentinel-1 SAR; Lower Kosi Basin; Geographical information system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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