Developing surface water flood forecasting capabilities in Scotland: an operational pilot for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow

Journal of Flood Risk Management

Volumn 11, Issue , 2018, Pages S884-S901

  Speight, L ^a   Cole, S J ^b   Moore, R J ^b   Pierce, C ^c   Wright, B ^c   Golding, B ^c   Cranston, M ^a   Tavendale, A ^a   Dhondia, J ^d   Ghimire, S ^e  

^a SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^e SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; flood forecasting; impacts; probabilistic; surface water; urban

Indexed keywords

COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS; COMMUNICATION; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; REAL TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE WATER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85006901796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1753318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfr3.12281     Document Type: Article

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