Applications of knowledge and predictions of atmospheric rivers

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Edited by: F Martin RalphMichael D. DettingerJonathan J. Rutz, and Duane E. Waliser

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Abstract

This chapter reviews how AR research is being applied in real-world situations to address issues of flood planning and emergency intervention. It includes water supply management case studies. Examples comprise five distinct sections that show how AR research is being directly applied to the challenges that water managers, dam operators, crisis-management engineers such as USACE, National Weather Service (NWS) personnel, the media, and others face. These topics include how decision-makers on the ground must iteratively alternate between forecasts and their own field observations, especially in unfolding emergency-response conditions, and the trade-offs necessitated between acting on competing priorities such as flood-risk management and water supply management. Ultimately, almost all AR studies have the potential to directly benefit the public’s need for ongoing water supply as well as for accurate weather forecasts and deployable emergency protocols for natural hazards that necessitate municipal, state, and federal government personnel to collaborate.

Publication type Book chapter
Publication Subtype Book Chapter
Title Applications of knowledge and predictions of atmospheric rivers
DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-28906-5_7
Year Published 2020
Language English
Publisher Springer
Contributing office(s) WMA - Earth System Processes Division
Description 18 p.
Larger Work Type Book
Larger Work Subtype Monograph
Larger Work Title Atmospheric rivers
First page 201
Last page 218
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