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. © 1992 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
An integrated system for forecasting Arno River flash floods / Carrara A.; Frontero P.; Maio D.; Rizzi S.. - In: NATURAL HAZARDS. - ISSN 0921-030X. - STAMPA. - 5:2(1992), pp. 179-197. [10.1007/BF00127005]
An integrated system for forecasting Arno River flash floods
Maio D.;Rizzi S.
1992
Abstract
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. © 1992 Kluwer Academic Publishers.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
