Coastal inundation forecasting demonstration project - Implementation plan
Coastal disasters are a major threat to the people whose lives and livelihoods depend on safety and socio-economic development in low-lying, highly-populated coastal areas. They include storm surges and wind-induced waves associated with severe cyclones, and their combined effect with river flooding, leading to coastal inundation. Risk management for such coastal disasters represents a great challenge to scientists and policy makers in Meteorology, Hydrology, Oceanography, Emergency Management and Coastal Planning. In particular, recognizing this extreme vulnerability of coastal areas to storm surges and coastal inundation/flooding due to Tropical Cyclones (TCs), there is a strong need for the development and implementation of comprehensive forecasting and warning systems, which allow dedicated disaster prevention agencies to safeguard lives and mitigate damages to infrastructure in coastal areas [...]
Collection(s) and Series: Technical publications JCOMM Technical Report- No. 64
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)
Tags: Capacity development ; Flood forecasting ; Littoral zone ; Joint WMO/ IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) ; Commission for Hydrology (CHy) ; JCOMM TR 64 
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