The effectiveness of extreme rainfall alerts in predicting surface water flooding in England and Wales

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1768-1774

  Hurford, A P ^a   Priest, S J ^b   Parker, D J ^b   Lumbroso, D M ^a  

^a HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extreme rainfall alerts; Flood warning; Pluvial flooding; Surface water flooding; Warning effectiveness

Indexed keywords

ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT AGENCY; EXTREME RAINFALL; FLOOD EVENT; FLOOD WARNING; INITIAL ASSESSMENT; OPERATIONAL SERVICE; RAINFALL INTENSITY; STUDY AREAS; URBAN AREAS; WARNING EFFECTIVENESS; WATER FLOOD;

FLOOD CONTROL; FORECASTING; RAIN; WELL FLOODING;

SURFACE WATERS;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SURFACE WATER; THRESHOLD; WARNING SYSTEM;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 84865738508     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2391     Document Type: Article

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