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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"flood warning"”.
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Uganda Manafwa River early flood warning system development hydrologic watershed modeling using HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, ArcGIS
… in Eastern Uganda. Over the years, frequent floods have constantly posed a great threat to the local communities in these districts. The Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) intends to design a precipitation based flood forecasting system for the Manafwa River Basin. Towards this end, the URCS …
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Development of a HEC-HMS model to inform river gauge placement for a flood early warning system in Uganda
… Manafwa River Basin in eastern Uganda experience floods caused by heavy precipitation upstream. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has partnered with the Red Cross to develop a Flood Early Warning System (FEWS) that will alert downstream communities of imminent flooding. The first …
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Examining the feasiblity of informal settlement flood early warning systems : focus on the urban flood-risk experience of Kosovo and Masiphumelele residents, Cape Town South Africa
… of applying people-centred approaches to flood early warning systems (EWS) in informal settlements in the City of Cape Town, particularly, through the experiences of poor and disadvantaged communities in Kosovo and Masiphumelele informal settlements. The impact of recurrent floods during …
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Development of a decision support system for flood forecasting and warning – a case study on the Maribyrnong River
Floods are one of the most costly types of natural disasters in Australia and other parts of the world. It was reported that the average annual cost of flood damage in Australia was about $300 million as at 1994. However, the effects of flooding can be mitigated, and thereby reduce the loss of life …
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Spatial scale data requirements using NEXRAD (WSR-88D) for accurate hydrologic prediction in urban watersheds
… 1992 has created the possibility for enhancing flood warning systems. Due to the improved spatial resolution of the radar, a better hydrologic prediction is possible on a real-time basis. Rainfall rates can currently be derived from radar data real-time at a resolution of 16 km2, whereas …
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Determining the optimal river gauge location for a flood early warning system in Uganda using HEC-RAS and AHP
Flooding of the Manafwa River in Eastern Uganda causes significant damage in the district of Butaleja, and often occurs without advance warning. In 2012, the American Red Cross in Uganda requested MIT to develop a flood early warning system (FEWS) that can be used to expedite disaster response in …
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Water surface platform for internet-based environmental monitoring system
… research work also detects the water level for flood warning and sends a warning to the authorities through Short Message Service (SMS). As a result, all the data from the sensors were successfully sent to the ThingSpeak IoT platform to be monitored by the authorities. The graph for each sensor …
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An analysis of management practices of the headteachers in seven selected flood prone primary schools in Mwandi district, Zambia.
… practices of the headteachers in seven selected flood prone Primary schools in Mwandi district. The aim of this study was to assess strategies head teachers used to enhance learning in seven selected flood prone primary schools in Mwandi district. These strategies used included community …
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An analysis of management practices of the headteachers in seven selected flood prone primary schools in Mwandi district, Zambia.
… practices of the headteachers in seven selected flood prone Primary schools in Mwandi district. The aim of this study was to assess strategies head teachers used to enhance learning in seven selected flood prone primary schools in Mwandi district. These strategies used included community …
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Flash Flooding in Eastern Kentucky: An Analysis of the 3-4 August 2001 Event
Limited research exists concerning flash flooding in the United States. However, flash floods can occur anywhere and cause more fatalities than any other weather related natural disaster. Eastern Kentucky experienced an average of 41 flash floods per year (1993-2002), yet little research exists for …
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Risk-Based Decision Making Model for the Selection of Flood Mitigation Alternatives
… disasters such as wildfires, hurricanes and flooding, resulting in big economic, environmental, and social impacts. In the case of flood events, impacts such as community anxiety, loss of life, water pollution, and contamination of agricultural land have been found to be equally, if not more …
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Improving Global Satellite Precipitation Products Utilizing Machine Learning
… algorithms. For specific applications such as flood warning systems, timely precipitation estimates are needed. To overcome this issue, we developed deep-learning-based nowcasting systems (hereafter NowCasting-nets) that can forecast precipitation based on the latest IMERG observations. This …
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Soil moisture dynamics and soil moisture controlled runoff processes at different spatial scales : from observation to modelling
… OPAQUE project (operational discharge and flooding predictions in head catchments). As part of that project the focus of this dissertation is on: (1) testing the methodology and feasibility of the Spatial TDR technology in producing soil moisture profiles along TDR probes, including an …
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Künstliche neuronale Netze zur Beschreibung der hydrodynamischen Prozesse für den Hochwasserfall unter Berücksichtigung der Niederschlags-Abfluß-Prozesse im Zwischeneinzugsgebiet
Aus den Mängeln bisher verwendeter Modelle zur Abbildung des Wellenablaufes zu Prognosezwecken im Hochwasserfall wird in dieser Arbeit eine Methodik entwickelt, die die Schnelligkeit und Robustheit künstlicher neuronaler Netze mit der Zuverlässigkeit hydrodynamisch-numerischer Modellierung …