The conterminous United States are projected to become more prone to flash floods in a high-end emissions scenario

Z Li, S Gao, M Chen, JJ Gourley, C Liu… - … Earth & Environment, 2022 - nature.com
Flash floods are largely driven by high rainfall rates in convective storms that are projected
to increase in frequency and intensity in a warmer climate in the future. However, quantifying …

[HTML][HTML] Towards the next generation operational meteorological radar

M Weber, K Hondl, N Yussouf, Y Jung… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
This article summarizes research and risk reduction that will inform acquisition decisions
regarding NOAA's future national operational weather radar network. A key alternative being …

The contribution of typhoon local and remote forcings to storm surge along the Makou-Dahengqin tidal reach of Pearl River Estuary

K Fei, H Du, L Gao - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the interaction between upstream discharge and astronomical tides in tidal reaches,
the typhoon-induced storm surge processes are quite different from that in other coastal …

An adaptive ensemble framework for flood forecasting and its application in a small watershed using distinct rainfall interpolation methods

Y Xu, Z Jiang, Y Liu, L Zhang, J Yang, H Shu - Water Resources …, 2023 - Springer
Runoff prediction has a pivotal role in the flood warning system. For mountainous small-
sized watersheds, establishing a reliable and efficient model to forecast flood is multifarious …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing Flood Risk Management: A Comprehensive Review on Flood Early Warning Systems with Emphasis on Numerical Modeling

D Fernández-Nóvoa, J González-Cao, O García-Feal - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
During recent decades there has been an increase in extreme flood events and their
intensity in most regions, mainly driven by climate change. Furthermore, these critical events …

CREST-iMAP v1. 0: A fully coupled hydrologic-hydraulic modeling framework dedicated to flood inundation mapping and prediction

Z Li, M Chen, S Gao, X Luo, JJ Gourley… - … Modelling & Software, 2021 - Elsevier
Under the impacts of hydrologic extremes, there is a growing need for integrated frameworks
for flood inundation mapping. In this study, we introduce a framework: the Coupled Routing …

[HTML][HTML] A flood predictability study for Hurricane Harvey with the CREST-iMAP model using high-resolution quantitative precipitation forecasts and U-Net deep …

M Chen, Z Li, S Gao, M Xue, JJ Gourley, RL Kolar… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
A flood is one of the most hazardous natural disasters, and it commonly causes fatalities and
socioeconomic damages. The advances of modeling techniques and observation data in …

Spatiotemporal characteristics of US floods: Current status and forecast under a future warmer climate

Z Li, S Gao, M Chen, JJ Gourley, Y Hong - Earth's Future, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Floods in the US exhibit strong spatiotemporal variability, mainly controlled by precipitation
types and catchment attributes. In a future warmer climate, it remains largely unclear how …

Traditional and Novel Methods of Rainfall Observation and Measurement: A Review

X Wang, S Shi, L Zhu, Y Nie… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Because of its high spatial and temporal variability, rainfall remains one of the most
challenging meteorological variables to measure accurately. Obtaining high-quality rainfall …

Hydrologic evaluation of the global precipitation measurement mission over the US: Flood peak discharge and duration

D Woods, PE Kirstetter, H Vergara, JA Duarte… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, a great amount of research has been done towards evaluating precipitation
data generated by satellites, but less has focused on how these estimates and their …