TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1992//
TI  - An integrated system for forecasting Arno River flash floods
JO  - Natural hazards
A1  - Carrara, A.
A1  - Frontero, P.
A1  - Maio, D.
A1  - Rizzi, S.
SP  - 179
EP  - 197
VL  - 5
IS  - 2
N2  - A system for effectively forecasting flash floods of the Arno River (Tuscany, Italy) should provide a flood warning with 10-12 h of lead time, primarily in order to evacuate the city of Florence. This goal may be achieved by acquiring and processing meteorological and hydrological data in real-time and, accordingly, by releasing alarms at different levels of reliability and concern. Through the application of both procedural language and expert system techniques, a prototype was developed which can readily handle a variety of relevant information and make predictions on flood hazard in Florence. The system was fairly successfully tested by processing simple meteorological data which enable a 24 hour forewarning to be released.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0921-030X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00127005
ID  - ref1
ER  -