DFO Flood Observatory for Research, Humanitarian, and Water Management Applications.

The Flood Observatory’s mission is to:
1) Acquire and preserve for public use a digital map record of the Earth’s changing surface water, including changes related to floods, droughts, wetlands, shorelines, lakes, and reservoirs.
2) Conduct remote sensing-based water measurement and mapping in “near real time” for humanitarian purposes.
3) Support and encourage operational uses of remote sensing-based surface water information.
4) Conduct scientific research making use of these data products.