Organisation Name

National Technical University of Athens & National Observatory of Athens

Industry

Public service

Organisation Website

https://ntua.gr/

Country

Greece

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

General Description of the AI tool

Floods represent the most frequent natural hazard, projected to increase in frequency and intensity due to global warming. Our system, Triton, utilizes advanced satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar data and AI to provide timely and accurate flood mapping on demand. This enhances disaster response efforts, enabling emergency responders and government agencies to efficiently allocate resources and support affected populations. Accurate flood maps are also crucial for insurance companies and financial institutions in evaluating flood-related risks & impacts, and determining insurance premiums.

Github, open data repository

https://github.com/Orion-AI-Lab/KuroSiwo

Relevant Research and Publications

Bountos, N. I., Sdraka, M., Zavras, A., Karasante, I., Karavias, A., Herekakis, T., … & Papoutsis, I. (2023). Kuro Siwo: 12.1 billion $ m^ 2$ under the water. A global multi-temporal satellite dataset for rapid flood mapping. arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.12056.

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