Utilization of Weather Radar Data for the Flash Flood Indicator Application in the Czech Republic

• Published in: Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 13; no. 16; p. 3184
• Main Authors: Novák, Petr, Kyznarová, Hana, Pecha, Martin, Šercl, Petr, Svoboda, Vojtěch, Ledvinka, Ondřej
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.08.2021
• Subjects: Algorithms; Coefficients; flash flood nowcasting; Flash floods; Flood forecasting; Floods; hydrological modeling; Hydrology; Hydrometeorology; Mathematical analysis; Meteorological radar; Precipitation; quantitative precipitation estimates; Radar; Radar data; Radar networks; Rain; Rain gauges; Rainfall; Reliability analysis; remote sensing; Risk assessment; Saturated soils; Weather forecasting; weather radar; Czech Republic

In the past few years, demands on flash flood forecasting have grown. The Flash Flood Indicator (FFI) is a system used at the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute for the evaluation of the risk of possible occurrence of flash floods over the whole Czech Republic. The FFI calculation is based on the c...