Real Time Flood Alert System (RTFAS) for Puerto Rico
Fact Sheet
2010-3029
Prepared in cooperation with the Puerto Rico Emergency Management Agency (PREMA)
By: Dianne Lopez-Trujillo
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Abstract
The Real Time Flood Alert System is a web-based computer program, developed as a data integration tool, and designed to increase the ability of emergency managers to rapidly and accurately predict flooding conditions of streams in Puerto Rico. The system includes software and a relational database to determine the spatial and temporal distribution of rainfall, water levels in streams and reservoirs, and associated storms to determine hazardous and potential flood conditions. The computer program was developed as part of a cooperative agreement between the U.S. Geological Survey Caribbean Water Science Center and the Puerto Rico Emergency Management Agency, and integrates information collected and processed by these two agencies and the National Weather Service.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Real Time Flood Alert System (RTFAS) for Puerto Rico |
| Series title | Fact Sheet |
| Series number | 2010-3029 |
| DOI | 10.3133/fs20103029 |
| Year Published | 2010 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Contributing office(s) | Caribbean Water Science Center |
| Description | 6 p. |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | Y |