Flash Flood
High resolution numerical study of the Algiers 2001 flash flood: sensitivity to the upper-level potential vorticity anomaly
... these storm systems, see for example the extreme flash flood event of September 2002 in the Gard region (France) (Del- rieu et al., 2005). This upper-level structure is associated with a stratospheric ...
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Results of the post flash-flood disaster investigations in the Transylvanian Depression (Romania) during the last decade (2001–2010)
... useful, helping to complete the flash flood event databases (peak discharges, unit peak discharges, damages) which is limited both in Romania and in Europe. A good knowledge about this type of event and ...
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Warning! The use of meteorological information during a flash-flood warning process
... the flash-flood warning process in the Vidourle catchment, in the Gard d´epartement (South of France), al- lows us to emphasize the need for an integrated approach that rely on a common study framework for ...
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Soil buffer limits flash flood response to extraordinary rainfall in a Dutch lowland catchment
... Low initial catchment storage acted as a soil buffer and likely reduced the magnitude of the hydrologic response. The first 35 mm of rainfall were stored in the soil without a significant increase in discharge. Only ...
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The benefit of high-resolution operational weather forecasts for flash flood warning
... Europe, flash flooding is classified as one of the most devastating hazards in terms of human life loss and infrastructures (Gruntfest and Handmer, ...decades, flash floods caused a billion Euros of damage ...
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An observational and numerical study of a flash-flood event over south-eastern Italy
... Abstract. A flash-flood episode affecting a small area in Apulia (south-eastern Italy) on 22 October 2005 is docu- mented. A rainfall amount of 160 mm was recorded in a 6 h interval in the central part of ...
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Perturbation of convection-permitting NWP forecasts for flash-flood ensemble forecasting
... For flash-flood short-range forecasting, a first approach re- lies on downscaling the members of operational large scale ensemble forecasting systems to bridge the scale gap be- tween atmospheric model grid ...
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Hydrometeorological multi-model ensemble simulations of the 4 November 2011 flash flood event in Genoa, Italy, in the framework of the DRIHM project
... The DRIHM project aimed to develop a prototype e-Science environment which provides easy access to hydrometeoro- logical data and models and also facilitates collaboration be- tween meteorologists, hydrologists and Earth ...
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Analysis of flash flood regimes in the North-Western and South-Eastern Mediterranean regions
... of flash flood regimes in two Mediterranean areas: the North- Western Mediterranean region, which includes Catalonia, France and Northern Italy, and the South-Eastern Mediter- ranean region, which includes ...
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Design of alluvium control structures based on flash flood simulation in the Patagonia basins
... to flash flood and large sediment movements (under different forms) are very frequent in Patagonia, ...simple flood mathematical models are used for hydrological simulation in basins with scarce ...
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The Bauru flash flood of 8 february 2001 and options for improved warnings
... causing flash floods in tributaries, as well as in the main river, which resulted in the loss of five lives through drowning and three due to landslides and collapsing structures, with an estimated material damage ...
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THE FLOOD POTENTIAL AND MEASURES FOR FLOOD RISK MITIGATION IN TECUCI CITY
... damaging flood affecting Tecuci City in the last half century occurred in September ...large flash-flood occurred on Tecucel River: in 6 hours (between 3:00 ...2008). Flash-floods occurred ...
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iCRESTRIGRS: a coupled modeling system for cascading flood–landslide disaster forecasting
... and flash flooding that occurred in Ok- lahoma City (OKC) on 31 May 2013, in which more peo- ple were killed unexpectedly by the flash flooding than by the tornado, making it the deadliest flooding event ...
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Age and Growth of Pimelodella pappenheimi (Siluriformes, Pimelodidae) from an Atlantic Forest Stream in Southern Brazil
... Studies were performed to determine the growth curves in length and weight for Pimelodella pappenheimi in the “das Pombas” stream, a coastal stream susceptible to the flash flood phenomenon. Samples were ...
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The use of radar in hydrological modeling in the Czech Republic – case studies of flash floods
... The convective rainfall and possibly resulting flash floods are very difficult to forecast (e.g., Doswell et al., 1996). Al- though the conditions leading to convective storms are rel- atively known and can be ...
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FLOOD RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN URBAN NIGERIA: INTEGRATING TRADITIONAL AND NON-STRUCTURAL METHODS OF MITIGATING AND ADAPTING TO FLOODING IN CROSS RIVER STATE, SOUTH-EASTERN NIGERIA (II)
... improving flood resilience in the ...Association, flood professionals and so ...promoting flood resilience under the ongoing environmental governance work in ...non-structural flood management ...
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Paixões anônimas: Flash Mobs e o tempo intersubjetivo
... Os dois regimes – programação e acidente - mantém, desta forma, mais dis- tância entre actantes do que instalam uma proximidade intersubjetiva, pois não é a interação que prepondera, mas a justaposição, simples ...
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Estimating the flood frequency distribution at seasonal and annual time scales
... the flood frequency distribution at seasonal and annual time ...annual flood frequency regime), as well as in different selected sub-yearly periods ...seasonal flood frequency regime). While a huge ...
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Challenging issues of urban biodiversity related to ecohydrology
... To identify river channel habitat units, some methods recall studies on either macroinverstebrate or invertebrate species Ogbeibu et al 1989; 2002. The former could be ad- dressed to aplication of the functional habitats ...
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THE IMPACT OF A LETTER OF MAP AMENDMENT ON FLOODPLAIN PROPERTY VALUE
... the flood insurance policy premiums and the value of any uninsurable costs ...high-risk flood zones sell for significantly less than similar houses not so ...annual flood insurance premiums ...
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