Flood and landslide warning based on rainfall thresholds and soil moisture indexes: the HEWS (Hydrohazards Early Warning System) for Sicily

The main focus of the paper is to present a flood and landslide early warning system, named HEWS (Hydrohazards Early Warning System), specifically developed for the Civil Protection Department of Sicily, based on the combined use of rainfall thresholds, soil moisture modelling and quantitative p...

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Main Authors: G. Brigandì, G. T. Aronica, B. Bonaccorso, R. Gueli, G. Basile
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-09-01
Series:Advances in Geosciences
Online Access:https://www.adv-geosci.net/44/79/2017/adgeo-44-79-2017.pdf