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GRASS GIS‐embedded Decision Support Framework for Flood Simulation and Forecasting
Author(s) -
García Sandra G
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
transactions in gis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.721
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1467-9671
pISSN - 1361-1682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2004.00179.x
Subject(s) - hydrometeorology , flash flood , digital elevation model , flood myth , computer science , surface runoff , geographic information system , data mining , precipitation , geography , meteorology , remote sensing , ecology , archaeology , biology
Abstract This study presents a spatiotemporal analysis tool, called Shyska . This tool allows the simulation and prediction of flash floods in semiarid basins. Shyska has been developed by Geographical Information System (GIS)‐embedded functions, allowing the integration of hydrometeorological information from modern technologies of data acquisition in real time. A Digital Elevation Model (DEM) is used in order to obtain the relevant parameters from the integrated rainfall‐runoff models. Some of its most relevant modules and methodology employed for its development are described. Case studies in basins of south‐east Spain illustrate the applicability of the proposed techniques.