Regional Index Insurance Using Satellite‐Based Fractional Flooded Area

Abstract Emerging parametric insurance products targeted at regional governments consider an index of flooding as the instrument for payoff and rate setting. Inundation extent from satellite remote sensing may provide a more direct measure of flood risk in this context than hydraulic modeling of flo...

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Main Authors: Beth Tellman, Upmanu Lall, A. K. M. Saiful Islam, Md Ariffuzaman Bhuyan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-03-01
Series:Earth's Future
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EF002418