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| Titel |
Early Flood Warning in Africa: Results of a Feasibility study in the JUBA, SHABELLE and ZAMBEZI |
| VerfasserIn |
F. P. Pappenberger, Ad de Roo, Roberto Buizza, Katalin Bodis, Vera Thiemig |
| Konferenz |
EGU General Assembly 2009
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Artikel
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Englisch
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| Digitales Dokument |
PDF |
| Erschienen |
In: GRA - Volume 11 (2009) |
| Datensatznummer |
250026002
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Building on the experiences gained with the European Flood Alert System
(EFAS), pilot studies are carried out in three river basins in Africa.
The European Flood Alert System, pre-operational since 2003, provides
early flood alerts for European rivers.
At present, the experiences with the European EFAS system are used to
evaluate the feasibility of flood early warning for Africa. Three case
studies are carried in the Juba and Shabelle rivers (Somalia and
Ethiopia), and in the Zambesi river (Southern Africa). Predictions in
these data scarce regions are extremely difficult to make as records of
observations are scarce and often unreliable.
Meteorological and Discharge observations are used to calibrate and test
the model, as well as soils, landuse and topographic data available
within the JRC African Observatory. ECMWF ERA-40, ERA-Interim data and
re-forecasts of flood events from January to March 1978, and in March
2001 are evaluated to examine the feasibility for early flood warning.
First results will be presented. |
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