Journal article
A review of advances in flash flood forecasting
HAP Hapuarachchi, QJ Wang, TC Pagano
Hydrological Processes | WILEY | Published : 2011
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8040
Abstract
Flash flooding is one of the most hazardous natural events, and it is frequently responsible for loss of life and severe damage to infrastructure and the environment. Research into the use of new modelling techniques and data types in flash flood forecasting has increased over the past decade, and this paper presents a review of recent advances that have emerged from this research. In particular, we focus on the use of quantitative precipitation estimates and forecasts, the use of remotely sensed data in hydrological modelling, developments in forecasting models and techniques, and uncertainty estimates. Over the past decade flash flood forecast lead-time has expanded up to six hours due to ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors thank Jim Elliott, Soori Sooriyakumaran, and their colleagues at the Bureau of Meteorology, Australia, for their support and guidance on this review. Cathy Bowditch of CSIRO is gratefully acknowledged for editing this paper. We thank the two anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments on this manuscript. Permission for figure use (Figure 2) came from Seann Reed, Alexandros Ntelekos (Figure 3), and Shien-Tsung Chen (Figure 4). This review was undertaken as part of the Water Information Research and Development Alliance, a joint initiative of the CSIRO Water for a Healthy Country Flagship and the Bureau of Meteorology's Water Division. The funding support from the CSIRO OCE Science Leader Scheme is also gratefully acknowledged.