Lessons from flood early warning systems

J Cools, D Innocenti, S O'Brien - Environmental science & policy, 2016 - Elsevier
Success stories from the developed and developing world show that EWS are a useful tool
to save lives, prevent damage and enhance the resilience of a society. Despite the …

Feasibility of rainwater harvesting for sustainable water management in urban areas of Egypt

TA Gado, DE El-Agha - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020 - Springer
Egypt's limited water resources, rapid population growth, and climate change are increasing
the gap between water demand and supply. Meanwhile, significant amounts of rain fall in …

Analysis of an extreme weather event in a hyper-arid region using WRF-Hydro coupling, station, and satellite data

Y Wehbe, M Temimi, M Weston… - … Hazards and Earth …, 2019 - nhess.copernicus.org
This study investigates an extreme weather event that impacted the United Arab Emirates
(UAE) in March 2016, using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model version …

Assessment of agroclimatology NASA POWER reanalysis datasets for temperature types and relative humidity at 2 m against ground observations over Egypt

H Aboelkhair, M Morsy, G El Afandi - Advances in Space Research, 2019 - Elsevier
The climatic reanalysis datasets are one of the most important data types that could help to
overcome scarce of observations. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to evaluate …

[HTML][HTML] Digital mapping of soil properties using multivariate statistical analysis and ASTER data in an arid region

S Nawar, H Buddenbaum, J Hill - Remote Sensing, 2015 - mdpi.com
Modeling and mapping of soil properties has been identified as key for effective land
degradation management and mitigation. The ability to model and map soil properties at …

The impacts of topography on spatial and temporal rainfall distribution over Rwanda based on WRF model

D Ntwali, B Ogwang, V Ongoma - Atmospheric and Climate …, 2016 - repository.usp.ac.fj
The impact of topography on heavy rainfall during two rain seasons was investigated in
order to explain their mechanisms on rainfall distribution over Rwanda. Weather Research …

Flood hazard assessment and mitigation using a multi-criteria approach in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt

M El-Rawy, WM Elsadek, F De Smedt - Natural Hazards, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Sinai Peninsula in Egypt is highly vulnerable to flash flooding due to its huge
variation in relief and erratic rainfall. However, assessing flood risk in the Sinai is a difficult …

Feature selection for very short‐term heavy rainfall prediction using evolutionary computation

JH Seo, YH Lee, YH Kim - Advances in Meteorology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We developed a method to predict heavy rainfall in South Korea with a lead time of one to
six hours. We modified the AWS data for the recent four years to perform efficient prediction …

A large ensemble approach to quantifying internal model variability within the WRF numerical model

R Bassett, PJ Young, GS Blair… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) community model is widely used to
explore cross‐scale atmospheric features. Although WRF uncertainty studies exist, these …

Evaluation of WRF microphysics schemes performance forced by reanalysis and satellite-based precipitation datasets for early warning system of extreme storms in …

M Mekawy, M Saber, SA Mekhaimar, AS Zakey… - Climate, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we will investigate the influence of the microphysics schemes on the rainfall
pattern of the extreme storm that impacted Egypt on 12 March 2020. The aim is to improve …