Climate Change and Flood Assesment : A Future towards NWP
An Example of Dhaka City Flash Floods, Bangladesh
An Example of Colombo Floods, Sri Lanka
An Example of Kigali City Floods, Rwanda
An Example of Floods in Ethiopia
Study Areas
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The study area is focused on South Asia (Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) and Africa (Ethiopia and Rwanda). This project is carried out from Land- Atmosphere Interaction class at College of Engineering Graduate School of EWHA. Each country's geographical descriptions, disasters's situation and country wise mitigation and adaptation are given at different pages. Moreover, a generalized suggestion after studying about four countries are also provdied in future suggestion and scope of works section.
Future Suggestions and Studies
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Adaptation and Mitigation Measures
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Structural Measures:
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Improvement of existing infrastructures like dykes, dams, reservoirs
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Improvement of drainage system
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Soil erosion control to reduce land degradation caused by uncontrolled deforestation activities
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Non Structural Measures:
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Capacity Building at all levels especially for decision makers
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Increase public awareness on flood situation in advance
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Update flood hazards maps according to the past extremes
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Introduce insurance policies
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Improve existing flood early warning system in the 4 countries and Develop flood management models
Suggestion of Models
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Combination of atmospheric model and Hydrological model
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Example: Atmospheric Model:-WRF Model, ECMWF
The model examples to be adpated in study areas are given in the slide show
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A General Typical Hydrological Model such as Rainfall-Runoff model: HBV Source: Solomatine and Shrestha (2009)
This is a flow chart of inaugurating of WRF in Study areas. The probable information and required technology: a suggestion for Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Sri Lanka
A General Typical Hydrological Model such as Rainfall-Runoff model: HBV Source: Solomatine and Shrestha (2009)
CONTACT US
climatelai.gmail.com
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Tel: 010-25909033
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College of Engineering
EWHA Womans Unviersity
52, Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03760 Republic of Korea
References
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Abu, A (1999a), (NMSA). Lecture Notes: The Main Synoptic Features Affecting Ethiopia During the Different Seasons. National Meteorological Services, 1st DMC Nairobi Capacity Building Workshop, 11 January to 15 February 1999. Unpublished Lecture Notes
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Annual Flood Report, 2014. Bangladesh Water Development Board and Flood Forecasting and Warning Center.
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De Silva MMGT, S Herath, SB Weerakoon and UR Rathnayake.2011. Future rainfall trend analysis at the Kelani river basin in Sri Lanka.
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De Silva MMGT, SB Weerakoon, S Herath and UR Rathnayaka .2012. Event based flood inundation modeling in lower Kelani basin.
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De Silva MMGT, SB Weerakoon, S Herath and UR Rathnayake. 2011. Flood inundation mapping along the lower reach of Kelani River basin under changing climate.
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De Silva MMGT, SB Weerakoon, S Herath, UR Ratnayake and S Mahanama. 2011. Flood inundation mapping along the lower reach of Kelani river basin under the impact of climate change.
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Fahad A.A and Ahmed T (2015). Impacts of different cumulus physics over south Asia region with case study Tropical Cyclone Viyaru. Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics. 1 (01-06). Obtained from arXiv:1506.01481 [physics.aoph], accessed from http://arxiv.org/abs/1506.01481
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Flow Time Series. J. Hydrol.153. 23-52.
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Gouri De Silva .Application of WRF Model for weather predictions in Kelani River Basin (Comparative studies to adapt for floods in Kelani riverbasin due to cliimatic change in Sri Lanka)
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Islam N (2009). Rainfall and Temperature Scenario for Bangladesh. The Open Atmospheric Journal. V: 2, p. 93-103
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Kefeyalew, A. (2003) Integrated flood management in Ethiopia.
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Lecture Notes: The Main Synoptic Features Affecting Ethiopia During the Different Seasons. National Meteorological Services, 1st DMC Nairobi Capacity Building Wo
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M. A. K. Mallik, M. N. Ahasan, and M. A. M. Chowdhury, (2015), “Simulation of Track and Landfall of Tropical Cyclone Viyaru and Its Associated Strom Surges Using NWP Models.” American Journal of Marine Science, vol. 3, no. 1: 11-21.
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Rahman, M and Ferdousi N (2011). Rainfall and Temperature scenario for Bangladesh using 20 km mesh AGCM. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Mangement. Vol.4,(1).
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Richard Pankhurst, The Ethiopian Borderlands (Lawrenceville: Red Sea Press, 1997)
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Roderick Grierson and Stuart Munro-Hay, The Ark of the Covenant, 2000, published by Phoenix, London, UK, ISBN 0753810107
Stuart Munro-Hay, Ethiopia, The Unknown Land a Cultural and Historical Guide, 2002, published by I.B. Tauris and Co. Ltd., London and New York, ISBN 1 86064 7448
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Synoptic data daily obtained from national meteorological agenecy of ethiopia.
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Synoptic data of daily Summaries of Bangladesh. Accessed from http://www.ogimet.com
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