Real Time Forecasting at a Major Flood Control Project

by Charles M. Stover, Alabama Power Co, Birmingham, AL, USA,
David W. Widener, Alabama Power Co, Birmingham, AL, USA,
Edmund C. Burkett, Alabama Power Co, Birmingham, AL, USA,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Water Resources Planning and Management and Urban Water Resources

Abstract:

Using data from a network of real time rain and stream gages, Alabama Power computes inflows in a deterministic streamflow model and adjusts outflows hourly to achieve optimum flood control performance. This paper explains this process and the component parts while describing how dependability is achieved.

Subject Headings: Rainfall | Floods | Streamflow | Outflow | Mathematical models | Inflow | Forecasting | Alabama | United States

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