Technology of operative automated prediction of flood during the spring floods

The paper presents the application of space and ground monitoring technologies to a vital problem of spring floods. The following are main topics discussed in the paper: the data necessary for flood modeling, flood monitoring technologies and approaches as well as flood forecasting systems. The particular focus is on the application of developed flood monitoring system to the situation of flood forecasting in Daugavpils on a river Daugava. The explored example illustrates synergetic effect of integration space and ground monitoring technologies for solving natural problems by this allowing prediction and evaluation of natural disasters as floods.