2021
  • ICIMOD publication

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Enhancing flood early warning system in the HKH region

  • Karma Tsering
  • Kiran Shakya
  • Mir A. Matin
  • Jim Nelson
  • Birendra Bajracharya
  • Summary

Flooding is a chronic natural hazard with disastrous impacts that have magnified over the last decade due to the rising trend in extreme weather events and growing societal vulnerability from global socioeconomic and environmental changes (WMO 2011 in Manual on flood forecasting and warning (WMO-No. 1072)).

Main Record

  • DOI:
    10.1007/978-3-030-73569-2_9
  • Language:
    English
  • Published Year:
    2021
  • Publisher Name:
    In B. Bajracharya, R. B. Thapa, & M. A. Matin (Eds.), Earth Observation Science and Applications for Risk Reduction and Enhanced Resilience in Hindu Kush Himalaya Region: A Decade of Experience from SERVIR
  • External Link:
    External link (open access)

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