Author(s)

Le Viet Son¹, Luong Ngoc Chung², Bui Tuan Hai¹, Sai Hong Anh^1,3, Nguyen Duy Quang¹

¹Division for Water Resources Planning for the North Region, Institute of Water Resources Planning, Hanoi, Vietnam.
²Board of directors, Institute of Water Resources Planning, Hanoi, Vietnam.
³Department of Agro-Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

The Da River Basin is an international basin where available access to hydrological data is limited; it has a total basin area of 52,900 km2, about 50% of the area in which it is located, Vietnam. The Da River is the primary source of water for agriculture in 25 provinces and cities, and the primary source of drinking water for more than 30 million people in both urban and rural areas. It has huge economic and historical value. However, flood forecasting for the Da River basin has not been adequately addressed yet because of the challenge of the inconsistency, scarcity, poor spatial representation, as well as difficult access and incompleteness of the availability of ground observed rainfall data. In this research, the IFAS model has been utilized to assess the benefits of using satellite-based precipitation products to create flood forecasting for the whole research area. The results showed that the Integrated Flood Analysis System (IFAS) model was able to integrate the satellite-based precipitation products for simulating the flood event in the Da River basin. Also, the 3B42RT algorithm showed a definite improvement in reproducing the flood peak and low flow very well in the research area. These results could be used to enhance the effectiveness of flood management strategy in the basin.

IFAS, Flood Flow, 3B42RT, and GSMaP Algorithm

Son, L. , Chung, L. , Hai, B. , Anh, S. and Quang, N. (2019) Assessing Satellite-Based Precipitation Products to Create Flood Forecasting in the Da River Basin, Vietnam. Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, 7, 113-123. doi: 10.4236/gep.2019.711008.