| The purpose of the research presented here was to increase warning lead times in flash flood events. This was accomplished by trying to improve the decision-making process used by forecasters in identifying which particular catchment the forecaster should focus attention on, and to examine how radar tracking of cells could be adjusted to be more useful in forecasting flash floods.; The new decision making process investigated combines the use of meteorological and hydrological data into a scoring chart.; Radar data was also examined for the case studies, and a new method of assessing storm motion was investigated and used in the forecasting method. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)... |
