Remote collection and analysis of witness reports on flash floods

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 394, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 53-62

  Gourley, J J ^a   Erlingis, J M ^a,b   Smith, T M ^a,b   Ortega, K L ^a,b   Hong, Y ^b  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Database; Flash flood; Google Earth ; Survey

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; FIELD INVESTIGATION; FLASH FLOOD; FLASH FLOODING; HEAVY RAINS; HIGH-RESOLUTION DATASETS; IMPACT EVENTS; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; MODEL VERIFICATION; NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORIES; NEAR-REAL TIME; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS; US NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE; WEATHER RADARS;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS; SURVEYS;

FLOODS;

ALGORITHM; DATA SET; DATABASE; FLASH FLOOD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RESOLUTION; STORM; SURVEY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049274825     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.05.042     Document Type: Article

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