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Multiple Kernel Learning with Maximum Inundation Extent from MODIS Imagery for Spatial Prediction of Flood Susceptibility

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Identifying flood prone areas is essential for basin management. In this paper, a spatial prediction technology of flood susceptibility based on multiple kernel learning (MKL) is proposed. We establish the flood susceptibility model by using EasyMKL, nonlinear MKL (NLMKL), Representative MKL(RMKL), Generalized MKL(GMKL), support vector machine(SVM) with linear kernel and SVM with Gaussian radial base function(RBF) kernel, The spatial prediction of flood susceptibility in Sanhuajian basin of the Yellow River is carried out. We use MODIS remote sensing images to obtain historical flood inundation sites in the study area. Then, ten flood conditioning factors are used as inputs to the flood susceptibility model. The model performance is evaluated in terms of accuracy (ACC), balanced F Score (F1 score), and areas under the curve (AUC). According to the results, MKL significantly outperforms the SVM adopting single kernel, and NLMKL(ACC=0.833,F1=0.841,AUC=0.889) demonstrates the best comprehensive performance. The flood susceptibility map generated by MODIS remote sensing images and MKL, therefore, can provide effective help for researchers and decision makers in flood management.

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This work was supported by National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No: 2018YFC0407904).

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Q. Hu: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Roles/Writing - original draft. Y.L. Zhu: Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing - review & editing. H.X. Hu: Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing - review & editing. Z. Guan: Data curation, Software, Visualization. Z.Y. Qian: Data curation, Software, Visualization. A. Yang: Resources, Project administration.

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Correspondence to Hexuan Hu.

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Table 5 shows the best parameter configuration of the implemented algorithms in paper.

Table 5 Best parameter configuration

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Figure 9 shows the maximum flood inundation map, which is extracted from MODIS imagery using OWL algorithm and ArcGIS.

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maximum flood inundation map

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Hu, Q., Zhu, Y., Hu, H. et al. Multiple Kernel Learning with Maximum Inundation Extent from MODIS Imagery for Spatial Prediction of Flood Susceptibility. Water Resour Manage 36, 55–73 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-021-03010-2

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