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- Title
Brief communication: Storm Daniel Flood Impact in Greece 2023: Mapping Crop and Livestock Exposure from SAR.
- Authors
Kang He; Qing Yang; Xinyi Shen; Dimitriou, Elias; Mentzafou, Angeliki; Papadaki, Christina; Stoumboudi, Maria; Anagnostou, Emmanouil N.
- Abstract
For this communication, we analyzed the crop area and numbers of livestock exposed to flooding from the historic precipitation caused by storm Daniel in central Greece on September 3--8, 2023. We derived from the 15 near-real-time RAdar-Produced Inundation Diary (RAPID) system an inundated area totaling 1,150 km², located mainly in the Thessalian plain. By overlaying a land cover map on the RAPID inundation map, we found that ~820 km² (70%) of the inundated area was agricultural land. A detailed distribution map of crop type and animal farms revealed that the crop most affected by the flooding was cotton; the inundated area of more than 282 km² comprised ~30% of the total area planted with cotton in central Greece. In terms of livestock, we estimated more than 14,000 ornithoids and 21,500 sheep and goats were affected. Consequences for agriculture and animal husbandry in Greece are expected to be severe.
- Subjects
GREECE; STORM surges; EARTH system science; LIVESTOCK; CROPS; NATURAL resources
- Publication
Natural Hazards & Earth System Sciences Discussions, 2023, p1
- ISSN
2195-9269
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5194/nhess-2023-173