Flash Flood Forecasting Over Complex Terrain

Flash Flood Forecasting Over Complex Terrain
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2005-01-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0309093163

The nation's network of more than 130 Next Generation Radars (NEXRADs) is used to detect wind and precipitation to help National Weather Service forecasters monitor and predict flash floods and other storms. This book assesses the performance of the Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD in Southern California, which has been scrutinized for its ability to detect precipitation in the atmosphere below 6000 feet. The book finds that the Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD provides crucial coverage of the lower atmosphere and is appropriately situated to assist the Los Angeles-Oxnard National Weather Service Forecast Office in successfully forecasting and warning of flash floods. The book concludes that, in general, NEXRAD technology is effective in mountainous terrain but can be improved.

Flood Plain Information

Flood Plain Information
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Los Angeles District
Publisher:
Total Pages: 112
Release: 1970
Genre: Flood control
ISBN:

Floodplains

Floodplains
Author: Jeffrey J. Opperman
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2017-09-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0520294106

Introduction to temperate floodplains -- Hydrology -- Floodplain and geomorphology -- Biogeochemistry -- Ecology: introduction -- Floodplain forests -- Primary and secondary production -- Fish and other vertebrates -- Ecosystem services and floodplain reconciliation -- Floodplains as green infrastructure -- Case studies of floodplain management and reconciliation -- Central Valley floodplains: introduction and history -- Central Valley floodplains today -- Reconciling Central Valley floodplains -- Conclusions: managing temperate floodplains for multiple benefits