Understanding the Barriers Restraining Effective Operation of Flood Early Warning Systems

Virtual Dike and Flood Simulator: Parallel distributed computing for flood early warning systems

The paper presents two simulation modules –Virtual Dike and Flood Simulator– developed for flood Early Warning Systems (EWS). The UrbanFlood EWS is a distributed system that (1) analyzes sensor data received in real-time from flood defenses (dikes, dams, etc.) and (2) simulates dike stability, breaching and flood propagation. Computational modules are invoked by workflow-based expert scenarios ...

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1. Effective Design Rationale: Understanding the Barriers

One goal of design rationale systems is to support designers by providing a means to record and communicate the argumentation and reasoning behind the design process. However, there are several inherent limitations to developing systems that effectively capture and utilize design rationale. The dynamic and contextual nature of design and our inability to exhaustively analyze all possible design...

P1.47 Internet Technologies for Enabling Flood Emergency Early Warning Systems: the Arno River Basin Case

Flash flood early warning is a very complex activity, involving a decision-making process based on meteorological and hydrological situation description and forecasts. Anyway, the reliability of information resources is not sufficient to make a good early warning system since communication language and semantics problems arise. Indeed, the decision-makers are often not technical persons, althou...

Are heat warning systems effective?

Heatwaves are associated with significant health risks particularly among vulnerable groups. To minimize these risks, heat warning systems have been implemented. The question therefore is how effective these systems are in saving lives and reducing heat-related harm. We systematically searched and reviewed 15 studies which examined this. Six studies asserted that fewer people died of excessive ...