Open AccessEarly warning system on extreme weather events for disaster risk reduction
Author(s) -
Jacipt Alexander Ramón Valencia,
Jordi Rafael Palacios-González,
Germán Ricardo Santos Granados,
Jarol Derley Ramón-Valencia
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
revista facultad de ingeniería universidad de antioquia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.16
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2422-2844
pISSN - 0120-6230
DOI - 10.17533/udea.redin.20190628
Subject(s) - extreme weather , warning system , weather research and forecasting model , agency (philosophy) , emergency management , unit (ring theory) , risk management , early warning system , meteorology , german , environmental science , environmental planning , environmental resource management , business , geography , computer science , risk analysis (engineering) , climate change , political science , finance , ecology , telecommunications , mathematics education , mathematics , archaeology , law , biology , philosophy , epistemology
The objective of this research was to propose a strategy based on the design and implementation of an early warning system (EWS) for extreme weather events. This project had the following phases: training for municipal and regional actors, preliminary technical diagnosis of the study areas, monitoring network, and the weather forecasts using numerical models WRF and GFS. This EWS is the result of the Macro-project EWS for Climate Events in the basins of the Pamplonita River and Zulia in the North of Santander (SATC), executed by the University of Pamplona and financed by the National Risk Management Unit (UNGRD) and the German Cooperation Agency (GIZ). The research concluded that the application of a disaster risk reduction strategy through an EWS for extreme weather events is an important tool and instrument for the planning of higher risk management because it helps anticipate disasters and consequently preserve lives.