Enhanced radar-based flood alert system and floodplain map library

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 926-938

  Fang, Zheng ^a   Bedient, Philip B ^a   Benavides, Jude ^b   Zimmer, Andrea L ^c  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Floods; Forecasting; Hydraulic models; Hydrologic models; Mapping; Radars

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CONTROL SYSTEMS; DATA VISUALIZATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FLOOD CONTROL; FLUID MECHANICS; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; HYDRAULICS; INTERNET; LANDFORMS; MAPS; RADAR; RAIN; RIVERS; SECURITY OF DATA; STORMS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; WATERSHEDS;

CELL PHONES; CONTROL POINTS; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOOD WARNING SYSTEMS; FLOODS; FORECASTING CAPABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; HOUSTON; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGIC AND HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; INUNDATION LEVELS; LEAD-TIME; MAPPING; MEDICAL CENTERS; PREDICTION CAPABILITY; RADARS; RAINFALL DATA; RAINFALL EVENTS; SEVERE STORMS; TYPE SYSTEMS;

TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOODPLAIN; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MAPPING; RADAR; WARNING SYSTEM; WATERSHED;

BRAYS BAYOU; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52649123771     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2008)13:10(926)     Document Type: Article

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