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Nonparametric Prediction of the Onset of Regional Floods: Floods in North-western Bohemia, Czech Republic, 2010

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    SYSNO ASEP0472652
    Document TypeC - Proceedings Paper (int. conf.)
    R&D Document TypeConference Paper
    TitleNonparametric Prediction of the Onset of Regional Floods: Floods in North-western Bohemia, Czech Republic, 2010
    Author(s) Rapant, P. (CZ)
    Lazecký, M. (CZ)
    Kolejka, Jaromír (UGN-S) RID, ORCID
    Orlíková, L. (CZ)
    Number of authors4
    Source TitleWIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment. - Southampton : WIT Press, 2017 / Brebbia C. - ISSN 1743-3541 - ISBN 978-1-78466-153-3
    Pagess. 111-122
    Number of pages12 s.
    Publication formOnline - E
    ActionInternational Conference on Water and Society /3./
    Event date15.07.2015 - 17.07.2015
    VEvent locationA Coruna
    CountryES - Spain
    Event typeEUR
    Languageeng - English
    CountryGB - United Kingdom
    Keywordsflash flood ; weather radar ; GIS ; early warning ; geoinformatics
    Subject RIVDE - Earth Magnetism, Geodesy, Geography
    OECD categoryPhysical geography
    R&D ProjectsVG20132015106 GA MV - Ministry of Interior (MV)
    ED1.1.00/02.0070 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
    Institutional supportUGN-S - RVO:68145535
    AnnotationCurrently, ongoing global climate change brings, among other things, an increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as heavy rains, which can cause flash floods. Responsible authorities have tried to develop systems for early warning of such events. Such systems already exist in the US and in some European countries. They often rely on the prediction of extreme rainfall, possibly with the use of weather radar data, as well as rainfall-runoff models. The weakness in these systems, which limits their global usage, is based on the precise use of rainfall-runoff models and the attempt to quantify the impacts of extreme rainfall in the affected area. Therefore, we have developed a methodology based on the simplified data inputs (data from weather radar) that release a warning for potentially vulnerable areas in the longest time possible before extreme rainfall effects are due to occur. Our ambition is not to quantify these effects. Due to the short time interval between downpours and flash floods caused by them, we do not consider this information to be significant. We decided to test our methodology inter alia on a case of regional flooding, which was the result of regional precipitations combined with extreme local rains. The results presented in this paper show that, even in this situation, the proposed methodology allows us to provide an early warning for the population to take refuge in a safe area.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Geonics
    ContactLucie Gurková, lucie.gurkova@ugn.cas.cz, Tel.: 596 979 354
    Year of Publishing2018
    Electronic addresshttps://www.witpress.com/elibrary/wit-transactions-on-ecology-and-the-environment/200/34320
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