Use of Doppler velocity radars to monitor and predict debris and flood wave velocities and travel times in post-wildfire basins

Fulton, John W.; Hall, Nick G.; Hempel, Laura A.; Gourley, J.J.; Henneberg, Mark F.; Kohn, Michael S.; Famer, William; Asquith, William H.; Wasielewski, Daniel; Stecklein, Andrew S.; Mommandi, Amanullah; Khan, Aziz

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Use of Doppler velocity radars to monitor and predict debris and flood wave velocities and travel times in post-wildfire basins

2024
By Fulton, John W. ; Hall, Nick G. ; Hempel, Laura A. ; ...

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Journal of Hydrology X
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Fulton, John W. ; Hall, Nick G. ; Hempel, Laura A. ; Gourley, J.J. ; Henneberg, Mark F. ; Kohn, Michael S. ; Famer, William ; Asquith, William H. ; Wasielewski, Daniel ; Stecklein, Andrew S. ; Mommandi, Amanullah ; Khan, Aziz
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OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; NSSL (National Severe Storms Laboratory)
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The magnitude and timing of extreme events such as debris and floodflows (collectively referred to as floodflows) in post-wildfire basins are difficult to measure and are even more difficult to predict. To address this challenge, a sensor ensemble consisting of noncontact, ground-based (near-field), Doppler velocity (velocity) and pulsed (stage or gage height) radars, rain gages, and a redundant radio communication network was leveraged to monitor flood wave velocities, to validate travel times, and to compliment observations from NEXRAD weather radar. The sensor ensemble (DEbris and Floodflow Early warNing System, DEFENS) was deployed in Waldo Canyon, Pike National Forest, Colorado, USA, which was burned entirely (100 percent burned) by the Waldo Canyon fire during the summer of 2012 (MTBS, 2020).
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Journal of Hydrology X, 24, 100180
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hydroa.2024.100180
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2589-9155
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Elsevier BV
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