MERLIN: Una nueva herramienta para la predicción del riesgo de inundaciones en la demarcación hidrográfica Galicia-Costa

[EN] This article presents MERLIN, a tool for flood hazard evaluation, which forecasts discharges and water depths in flood prone areas of the Galicia Costa district. The warning system operates in two stages. During the hindcast stage, hydrological models of the basins included in the system assimi...

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Autores: Fraga, Ignacio, Cea, Luis, Puertas, Jerónimo, Mosqueira, Gonzalo, Quinteiro, Belén, Botana, Sonia, Fernández, Laura, Salsón, Santiago, Fernández-García, Guillermo, Taboada, Juan
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2021
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositório:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:espanhol
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/170995
Acesso em linha:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/170995
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Inundación
Predicción
Gestión de riesgo de inundación
Floods
Early warning system
Forecasting
Flood risk management
Descrição
Resumo:[EN] This article presents MERLIN, a tool for flood hazard evaluation, which forecasts discharges and water depths in flood prone areas of the Galicia Costa district. The warning system operates in two stages. During the hindcast stage, hydrological models of the basins included in the system assimilate hydro-meteorological data in order to characterize soil infiltration capacity. During the forecast stage, hydrological models are fed with meteorological predictions and discharge forecasts along the basins. Forecasted discharges define boundary conditions of hydraulic models, which compute the flood extent and the water depths over the upcoming days. The performance of MERLIN was evaluated in 4 areas using discharge data from the winter months of 2019-2020. Results proved MERLIN’s ability of predicting the discharges observed afterwards.