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Flood Warning, Forecasting and Emergency Response

By Kevin Sene (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2008
ISBN
978-3-540-77852-3, 978-3-540-77853-0
DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-77853-0
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2507285 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
303\303
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Environmental Management; Waste Water Technology /

Description

This book provides a comprehensive account of flood warning, forecasting and emergency response processes, including techniques for predicting the development of flood events and for issuing appropriate warnings. Topics such as telemetry and information systems, flood warning economics, and river and coastal monitoring are also discussed. This book brings together many aspects of this interesting multidisciplinary topic and will serve as a valuable reference for researchers, policy makers and engineers. Kevin Sene is a civil engineer and researcher whose experience includes developing flood warning and forecasting investment strategies, writing best practice guidelines in flood forecasting, and designing operational systems. With more than 20 years of experience, he has published some 45 scientific and conference papers on topics in hydrology, hydrometeorology and hydraulics.

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