Visualization approaches for communicating real-time flood forecasting level and inundation information

Journal of Flood Risk Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 140-150

  Leedal, D ^a   Neal, J ^b   Beven, K ^a,c   Young, P ^a,d   Bates, P ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carlisle; Data based mechanistic; Inundation; LISFLOOD FP; Real time flood forecasting; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; DATA ASSIMILATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; RAINGAUGE; REAL TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER MANAGEMENT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION;

CARLISLE [CUMBRIA]; CUMBRIA; EDEN RIVER; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77956096209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1753318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-318X.2010.01063.x     Document Type: Article

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