An interactive, web-based, real-time hydrological map information system;Un système d'information cartographique hydrologique en temps réel, interactif et basé sur Internet

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-16

  Lienert, Christophe ^a,b   Weingartner, Rolf ^b   Hurni, Lorenz ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Early warning; Flood forecasting; Flood warning; Hydrological visualization; Information system; Interactive visualization; Real time cartography; Real time database; Spatio temporal database; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

EARLY WARNING; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOOD WARNING; HYDROLOGICAL VISUALIZATION; INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATIONS; REAL-TIME CARTOGRAPHY; REAL-TIME DATABASE; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DATABASE; SWITZERLAND;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAPPING; MAPS; USER INTERFACES; VISUALIZATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

CARTOGRAPHY; DATABASE; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; FLOOD FORECASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAP GENERALIZATION; SPATIAL DATA; VISUALIZATION;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 79951572685     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2010.536766     Document Type: Article

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