Estimating Forecast Lead Time

dc.contributor.author	Nathan Pingel
dc.contributor.author	Christy Jones
dc.contributor.author	David Ford
dc.date.accessioned	2017-05-08T21:31:27Z
dc.date.available	2017-05-08T21:31:27Z
dc.date.copyright	May 2005
dc.date.issued	2005
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dc.identifier.uri	http://yetl.yabesh.ir/yetl/handle/yetl/54767
dc.description.abstract	Flood warning systems (FWS), if properly designed and operated, reduce flood damages and save lives. For federally funded projects, the economic benefit of the FWS must be computed. That benefit must be greater than the project cost for the system to be implemented. The driving factor in the benefit computations is the duration of the lead time attributed to the FWS. In other words, how far in advance can a FWS forecast a threshold exceedence? We have developed a straightforward procedure to answer this question using standard-of-practice rainfall-runoff models. The result can be used with economic models to estimate the economic benefit of an FWS for project planning purposes.
dc.publisher	American Society of Civil Engineers
dc.title	Estimating Forecast Lead Time
dc.type	Journal Paper
dc.journal.volume	6
dc.journal.issue	2
dc.journal.title	Natural Hazards Review
dc.identifier.doi	10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2005)6:2(60)
dc.tree	Natural Hazards Review:;2005:;Volume ( 006 ):;issue: 002
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