Hidralerta - Flood Forecast and Alert System in Coastal and Port Areas

Type:

National

State:

Ongoing

Research Groups:

Geographic Modeling, Cities and Spatial Planning

Development:

In collaboration with other institutions

Lead Researcher:

Conceição Juana Espinosa Morais Fortes (LNEC)

e-Geo Team:

Carlos Pereira da Silva (coordination)

Coordinating Institution:

Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC)

Institutional partners:

e-GEO Research Centre for Geography and Regional Planning, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (FCSH/UNL)

Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT/UNL)

Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

Universidade dos Açores (UAçores)

Funding:

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Duration:

2012-2015

Objectives:

real-time assessment of emergency situations, issuing alert messages to the authorities, whenever the safety of people, property or activities in those areas is at risk;
construct risk maps considering either long-term series of forecast sea wave characteristics or pre-defined scenarios associated with climate change or extreme events.

Link:

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