Capabilities of satellite altimetry measurements for assessing the consequences of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam destruction

• Date: 2026
• Main Authors: Tomchenko, Olha, Magas, Natalia, Sheviakina, Natalia, Zahorodnia, Snizhana, Radchuk, Ihor
• Format: Article
• Language: Ukrainian
• Published: Scientific Centre for Aerospace Research of the Earth Institute of Geological Science National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine 2026
• Subjects: satellite altimetry; Hydroweb; Sentinel-1 SAR; water level anomaly; man-made disaster; Lower Dnieper basin
• Online Access: https://ujrs.org.ua/ujrs/article/view/307
• Journal Title: Ukrainian Journal of Remote Sensing of the Earth

The destruction of the Kakhovka HPP dam on 6 June 2023 caused one of the largest man-made hydrological disasters in Europe since the 1986 Chornobyl accident: according to UNOSAT, approximately 620 km² of the Lower Dnieper delta was inundated between 6 and 9 June 2023. Limited ground access to frontl...