Open AccessTowards the provision of site specific flood warnings using wireless sensor networks
Author(s) -
Smith Paul J.,
Hughes Danny,
Beven Keith J.,
Cross Philip,
Tych Wlodek,
Coulson Geoff,
Blair Gordon
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
meteorological applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1469-8080
pISSN - 1350-4827
DOI - 10.1002/met.130
Subject(s) - flood myth , flood risk management , key (lock) , computer science , scale (ratio) , wireless sensor network , environmental resource management , computer security , environmental science , geography , cartography , computer network , archaeology
An important aspect of flood risk management is the issuing of timely flood alerts. The spatial, as well as temporal, scale of these warnings is important. In many situations efficient risk management may be aided by the provision of local flood predictions at a high spatial resolution. Examples of such situations include issuing warnings for small groups of outlying houses or key infrastructure locations such as power sub‐stations. In this paper a methodology for providing automated, detailed and location specific warnings which are computed ‘on‐site’ is presented. Copyright © 2009 Royal Meteorological Society