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Flood warnings provide a well established way to help to reduce the risks to life and property during flood events. Hydrological forecasts are often used as a component of flood warning systems, and can improve the accuracy of warnings and the lead time available, giving more time to protect property and evacuate areas at risk. The lead time may also be extended by using Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts and other meteorological forecasts. The types of hydrological models which are used include rainfall-runoff, flow routing and hydrodynamic models, as well as more empirical approaches, such as peak to peak correlations. Models are usually operated within a forecasting system which gathers data, schedules model runs, and post-processes model outputs into map-based and other products. Data assimilation techniques are also widely used both to initialize model runs, and in the post-processing of model outputs. This chapter provides an introduction to these topics, and discusses developing areas such as decision support systems for flood event management, and the use of ensemble flood forecasts.

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Sene, K. (2010). Floods. In: Hydrometeorology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3403-8_7

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