Model flood alert system: Development and application for the theater district within downtown Houston, Texas

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 475-489

  Mukhopadhyay, Biswajit ^a,b   Nouri, Fariborz ^a   Penland, Charles ^a   Dutta, Aniruddha ^a  

^a WALTER P MOORE   (United States)

^b HDR Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency services; Flood frequency; Flood plains; Floods; Texas; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY SERVICES; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOOD PLAINS; TEXAS; URBAN AREAS;

ALARM SYSTEMS; CHANNEL ESTIMATION; FLOODS; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; RAIN; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

RIVERS;

FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODPLAIN; HYDRAULICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; STORM DAMAGE; STORMWATER; STREAMFLOW; URBAN AREA; WARNING SYSTEM;

HOUSTON COUNTY [TEXAS]; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65449121402     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000010     Document Type: Article

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