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    Flood forecast technological platforms: An adaptive response to extreme events

    TitleFlood forecast technological platforms: An adaptive response to extreme events
    Publication TypeChapters/ Papers in International Books
    Year of Publication2019
    AuthorsVieira J. M. P., Pinho J. L. S., Vieira B. F. V., and Vieira L. M. V.
    Abstract Text

    Floods are among the most catastrophic natural disasters with great destructive impact that
    happen suddenly and sometimes unexpectedly. Although advanced technological tools are
    available for extreme events prediction, a significant number of floods and inundations still
    occur every year around the world, causing thousands of deaths and heavy economic losses.
    Climate change adds uncertainty and severity to intense precipitation phenomena, making it
    increasingly important to forecast their potential effects in a timely manner in order to
    minimize their impacts. Recently, the great progress in computational resources and
    modelling advances, as well as the increase of satellite remote sensing data provided new
    opportunities to create powerful hydroinformatic tools to be used in the implementation of
    flood forecasting and warning systems. These developments also benefit from the availability
    of real-time meteorological information, especially from satellite-based weather radar and
    meteorological radar and from a diverse range of atmospheric models forecasts that allow
    their use to force hydrological and hydrodynamic models. This study describes the
    incorporation of meteorological and hydrological data and models for a flood forecasting
    and early warning system implementation based on the Delft FEWS platform. The
    Portuguese river Ave basin was taken as study area. This platform, besides early warnings
    emissions, will help decision makers and planners to identify areas of potentially significant
    flood risk, and then the preparation of flood risk management plans, and to set out
    emergency preparedness plans for these areas.

    Book TitleWEC2019: World Engineers Convention 2019
    EditionEngineers Australia
    Pagination1966-1974
    Date Published2019-01-03
    ISBN 9781925627251
    DOI10.3316/informit.978870216429204
    KeywordsClimate change, engineering for response, FEWS-AVE, flood forecasting, warning systems
    Citation

    Vieira, J.M.P; Pinho, J.L.S.; Vieira, B.F.V.; Vieira, L.M.V. Flood forecast technological platforms: An adaptive response to extreme events. In WEC2019: World Engineers Convention 2019, Edited by Engineers Australia, pp. 1966-1974, ISBN (print):9781925627251, doi/abs/10.3316/informit.978870216429204, 2019.

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