An operational multiscale system for hazards prediction, mapping, and response

Natural Hazards

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 317-327

  Bacon, David P ^a   Ahmad, Nashat N ^a   Dunn, Thomas J ^a   Monteith, Michael C ^a   Sarma, Ananthakrishna ^a  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Consequence management; Consequences assessment; Emergency response; High impact weather forecast; Numerical weather prediction; Unstructured adaptive grid

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; MAPPING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 38649096609     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-007-9132-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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