Open AccessRainfall Information System Based on Weather Radar for Debris Flow Disaster Mitigation
Author(s) -
Ratih Indri Hapsari,
Gerard Aponno,
Rosa Andrie Asmara,
Satoru Oishi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2227-524X
DOI - 10.14419/ijet.v7i4.44.26976
Subject(s) - radar , weather radar , debris flow , remote sensing , emergency management , hazard , debris , meteorology , environmental science , hazard map , computer science , geography , telecommunications , chemistry , organic chemistry , political science , law
Rainfall-triggered debris flow has caused multiple impacts to the environment. It. is regarded as the most severe secondary hazards of volcanic eruption. However, limited access to the active volcano slope restricts the ground rain measurement as well as the direct delivery of risk information. In this study, an integrated information system is proposed for volcanic-related disaster mitigation under the framework of X-Plore/X-band Polarimetric Radar for Prevention of Water Disaster. In the first part, the acquisition and processing of high-resolution X-band dual polarimetric weather/X-MP radar data in real-time scheme for demonstrating the disaster-prone region are described. The second part presents the design of rainfall resource database and extensive maps coverage of predicted hazard information in GIS web-based platform accessible both using internet and offline. The proposed platform would be useful for communicating the disaster risk prediction based on weather radar in operational setting.