A radar-based flood alert-system (FAS) designed for Houston, Texas

Global Solutions for Urban Drainage

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 1-10

  Bedient, Philip B ^a   Holder, Anthony ^a   Vieux, Baxter E ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNET; NOMOGRAMS; RADAR WARNING SYSTEMS; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; STORMS; TROPICS;

FLOOD ALERT SYSTEMS (FAS);

FLOOD CONTROL;

EID: 0036388803     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40644(2002)165     Document Type: Conference Paper

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