From sensing to action: Quick and reliable access to information in cities vulnerable to heavy rain.

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dc.contributor.authorGaitan, Santiago
dc.contributor.authorCalderoni, Luca
dc.contributor.authorPalmieri, Paolo
dc.contributor.authorten Veldhuis, Marie-claire
dc.contributor.authorMaio, Dario
dc.contributor.authorvan Riemsdijk, M. Birna
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-21T15:22:12Z
dc.date.available2017-09-21T15:22:12Z
dc.date.issued2014-09-05
dc.date.updated2017-09-20T15:43:43Z
dc.description.abstractCities need to constantly monitor weather to anticipate heavy storm events and reduce the impact of floods. Information describing precipitation and ground conditions at high spatio-temporal resolution is essential for taking timely action and preventing damages. Traditionally, rain gauges and weather radars are used to monitor rain events, but these sources provide low spatial resolutions and are subject to inaccuracy. Therefore, information needs to be complemented with data from other sources: from citizens' phone calls to the authorities, to relevant on-line media posts, which have the potential of providing timely and valuable information on weather conditions in the city. This information is often scattered through different, static, and not-publicly-available databases. This makes it impossible to use it in an aggregate, standard way, and therefore hampers efficiency of emergency response. In this paper we describe information sources relating to a heavy rain event in Rotterdam on October 12-14, 2013. Rotterdam weather monitoring infrastructure is composed of a number of rain gauges installed at different locations in the city, as well as a weather radar network. This sensing network is currently scarcely integrated and logged data are not easily accessible during an emergency. Therefore, we propose a reliable, efficient and low-cost ICT infrastructure that takes information from all relevant sources, including sensors as well as social and user contributed information and integrates them into a unique, cloud-based interface. The proposed infrastructure will improve efficiency in emergency responses to extreme weather events and, ultimately, guarantee more safety to the urban population.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationGaitan, S., Calderoni, L., Palmieri, P., Veldhuis, M. C. t., Maio, D. and Riemsdijk, M. B. v. (2014) 'From Sensing to Action: Quick and Reliable Access to Information in Cities Vulnerable to Heavy Rain', IEEE Sensors Journal, 14(12), pp. 4175-4184. doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2014.2354980en
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/JSEN.2014.2354980
dc.identifier.endpage4184en
dc.identifier.issn1530-437X
dc.identifier.issued12en
dc.identifier.journaltitleIEEE Sensors Journalen
dc.identifier.startpage4175en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/4765
dc.identifier.volume14en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherIEEEen
dc.relation.urihttp://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6892929&isnumber=6933962
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dc.subjectMeterologyen
dc.subjectUrban areasen
dc.subjectSensor systemsen
dc.subjectMeteorological radaren
dc.subjectAtmospheric techniquesen
dc.subjectMeteorological radaren
dc.subjectRainen
dc.subjectRemote sensing by radaren
dc.subjectStormsen
dc.subjectHeavy storm eventsen
dc.subjectFlood impacten
dc.subjectRain gaugesen
dc.subjectWeather radarsen
dc.subjectWeather conditionsen
dc.subjectICT infrastructureen
dc.subjectRotterdam weather monitoring infrastructureen
dc.subjectSmart cityen
dc.subjectUrban ICT infrastructureen
dc.subjectWeather sensingen
dc.subjectHeavy rainen
dc.titleFrom sensing to action: Quick and reliable access to information in cities vulnerable to heavy rain.en
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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