Flood warning system of the metropolitan region of Sao Paulo.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1989Description: 9 p. : ill., mapSubject: A largely utilized non-structural flood control measure is the flood warning system (FWS). In many situations a FWS may produce significant reduction in flood damages since valuables can be taken to safe places at the onset of the event, traffic may be routed to flow through uninundated areas. More importantly a FWS may save human lives when properly designed and operated. This paper describes a FWS implemented since 1977 in metropolitan Sao Paulo, Brazil. The system has a telemetry network of raingauges and river stage sensors connected to remote stations which send information to a central microcomputer. In this central microcomputer a mathematical model processes the information and produces forecasts of river flows.
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Reprinted from Water International; Vol 14, No 4; p. 172-180
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A largely utilized non-structural flood control measure is the flood warning system (FWS). In many situations a FWS may produce significant reduction in flood damages since valuables can be taken to safe places at the onset of the event, traffic may be routed to flow through uninundated areas. More importantly a FWS may save human lives when properly designed and operated. This paper describes a FWS implemented since 1977 in metropolitan Sao Paulo, Brazil. The system has a telemetry network of raingauges and river stage sensors connected to remote stations which send information to a central microcomputer. In this central microcomputer a mathematical model processes the information and produces forecasts of river flows.
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