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Flood Forecasting: A Global Perspective describes flood forecast systems and operations as they currently exist at national and regional centers around the globe, focusing… Read more
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Flood Forecasting: A Global Perspective describes flood forecast systems and operations as they currently exist at national and regional centers around the globe, focusing on the technical aspects of flood forecast systems. This book includes the details of data flow, what data is used, quality control, the hydrologic and hydraulic models used, and the unique problems of each country or system, such as glacial dam failures, ice jams, sparse data, and ephemeral streams and rivers. Each chapter describes the system, including details about its strengths and weaknesses, and covers lessons learned. This helpful resource facilitates sharing knowledge that will lead to improvements of existing systems and provides a valuable reference to those wishing to develop new forecast systems by drawing on best practices.
Primary: meteorologists, Hydrometeorologists, watershed scientists, hydrologists, natural resource/water managers. Secondary: Environmental Engineers; coastal engineers.
Introduction
(1) National and Regional Flood Forecasting Systems
Flood Forecasting at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (Australia)
Hydrological Forecasting Practices in Brazil (Brazil)
The development and recent advances of flood forecasting activities in China (Peoples Republic of China)
A Diagnostic Analysis of Flood Forecasting Systems for the Congo River Basin (Congo)
Flood forecasting in Germany – Challenges of a federal structure and transboundary cooperation (Germany)
Flood Forecasting in India (India) — D.P. Mathuria and Pramod Narayan
Romania National Flood Forecasting and Warning System (Romania)
Operational hydrological forecast systems in Russia (Russia)
Flood Forecasting Tool and Early Warning System using Satellite-based Rainfall Estimates and HEC Tools (Sudan)
Flood Forecast — Britain (United Kingdom)
Flood Forecasting in the United States NOAA/National Weather Service (United States)
(2) Continental Modeling and Monitoring —the future?
Global flood calculations in real-time
European Flood Awareness System (EFAS)
Flood Forecasting in the Blue Nile basin in Sudan (Africa)
Developing Flood Forecasting Capabilities in Columbia (South America)
(3) Challenges facing flood forecasting
River gauging issues in the U.S. and internationally
Implementation of flood forecasting systems in developing countries
(4) Forecast dissemination issues
Exploring How the Question Influences the Decision that is Made on the Basis of Ensemble Flood Forecasts
Flood Forecasting Needs In a Changing World
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