At least 9.6 million households and $390 billion in property lie in flood prone areas in the United States. The rate of urban growth in floodplains is approximately twice that of the rest of the country.

Publications

The following links direct you to peer reviewed journal articles, publications, white papers, etc. that are associated with our working group.

SWWG Publications

  1. Alsdorf, D., D. Lettenmaier, C. Vörösmarty, and the NASA Surface Water Working Group, The need for global, satellite-based observations of terrestrial surface waters, EOS Transactions of AGU, 84, 269, 275-276, 2003.
  2. The White Paper that Initiated Our Working Group
  3. Reviews of the White Paper

WatER Satellite Publications

  1. Click here to visit the WatER Satellite Mission publication page.