Improving coastal flood forecasting services of the environment agency

International Conference on Coastal Management,Coastal Management 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 70-82

  Khatibi, R ^a   Gouldby, B ^b   Sayers, P ^c   McArthur, J ^d   Roberts, I ^e   Grime, A ^f   Akhondi Asl, A ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b S Pac Appl Geoscience Commission   (Fiji)

^c HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Posford Haskoning ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e ATKINS   (United Kingdom)

^f Weetyyood Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1st 3rd generation; Accuracy; Best practice; Categorisation; Coasts; Floods; Forecasting; Lead time; Realtime; Reliability; Timeliness

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DATA ACQUISITION; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

CATEGORISATION; COASTAL FLOOD FORECASTING (CFF); ENVIRONMENT AGENCY; FLUVIAL FORECASTING COMMUNITY; LEAD-TIME; TIMLINESS;

FLOODS;

EID: 3042784680     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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