The potential of urban rainfall monitoring with crowdsourced automatic weather stations in Amsterdam

The high density of built-up areas and resulting imperviousness of the land surface makes urban areas vulnerable to extreme rainfall, which can lead to considerable damage. In order to design and manage cities to be able to deal with the growing number of extreme rainfall events, rainfall data are r...

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Main Authors: L. de Vos, H. Leijnse, A. Overeem, R. Uijlenhoet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-02-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/21/765/2017/hess-21-765-2017.pdf