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Flood Warning, Forecasting and Emergency Response

By: Sene, Kevin [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.Description: XII, 303 p. 59 illus. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783540778530.Subject(s): Environment | Meteorology | Geotechnical engineering | Civil engineering | Climate change | Environmental management | Water pollution | Environment | Environmental Management | Meteorology | Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution | Civil Engineering | Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences | Climate ChangeDDC classification: 333.7 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Flood Warning -- Detection -- Thresholds -- Dissemination -- Flood Forecasting -- General Principles -- Rivers -- Coasts -- Selected Applications -- Emergency Response -- Preparedness -- Response -- Review.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: This book provides a comprehensive account of flood warning, forecasting and emergency response processes, including techniques for predicting the development of flood events and for issuing appropriate warnings. Topics such as telemetry and information systems, flood warning economics, and river and coastal monitoring are also discussed. This book brings together many aspects of this interesting multidisciplinary topic and will serve as a valuable reference for researchers, policy makers and engineers. Kevin Sene is a civil engineer and researcher whose experience includes developing flood warning and forecasting investment strategies, writing best practice guidelines in flood forecasting, and designing operational systems. With more than 20 years of experience, he has published some 45 scientific and conference papers on topics in hydrology, hydrometeorology and hydraulics. .
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Flood Warning -- Detection -- Thresholds -- Dissemination -- Flood Forecasting -- General Principles -- Rivers -- Coasts -- Selected Applications -- Emergency Response -- Preparedness -- Response -- Review.

This book provides a comprehensive account of flood warning, forecasting and emergency response processes, including techniques for predicting the development of flood events and for issuing appropriate warnings. Topics such as telemetry and information systems, flood warning economics, and river and coastal monitoring are also discussed. This book brings together many aspects of this interesting multidisciplinary topic and will serve as a valuable reference for researchers, policy makers and engineers. Kevin Sene is a civil engineer and researcher whose experience includes developing flood warning and forecasting investment strategies, writing best practice guidelines in flood forecasting, and designing operational systems. With more than 20 years of experience, he has published some 45 scientific and conference papers on topics in hydrology, hydrometeorology and hydraulics. .

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