Transboundary Floods: Reducing Risks Through Flood Management NATO Science Series A Series presenting the results of scientific meetings supported under the NATO Science Programme The Series is published by IOS Press, Amsterdam, and Springer in conjunction with the NATO Public Diplomacy Division Sub-Series I Life and Behavioural Sciences II Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry III Computer and Systems Science IV Earth and Environmental Sciences IOS Press Springer IOS Press Springer The NATO Science Series continues the series of books published formerly as the NATO ASI Series The NATO Science Programme offers support for collaboration in civil science between scientists of countries of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council The types of scientific meeting generally supported are “Advanced Study Institutes” and “Advanced Research Workshops”, and the NATO Science Series collects together the results of these meetings The meetings are co-organized bij scientists from NATO countries and 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Management Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary Published in cooperation with NATO Public Diplomacy Division Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Transboundary Floods: Reducing Risks and Enhancing Security Through Improved Flood Management Planning Baile Felix (Oradea), Romania May 2005 A C.I.P Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress ISBN-10 ISBN-13 ISBN-10 ISBN-13 ISBN-10 ISBN-13 1-4020-4901-3 (PB) 978-1-4020-4901-9 (PB) 1-4020-4900-5 (HB) 978-1-4020-4900-2 (HB) 1-4020-4902-1 (e-book) 978-1-4020-4902-6 (e-book) Published by Springer, P.O Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands www.springer.com Printed on acid-free paper All Rights Reserved © 2006 Springer No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work Printed in the Netherlands TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface ix Acknowledgement xi List of Participants xiii CHAPTER COLLECTION AND TRANSMISSION OF DATA USED IN FLOOD MANAGEMENT MODIS-BASED FLOOD DETECTION, MAPPING AND MEASUREMENT: THE POTENTIAL FOR OPERATIONAL HYDROLOGICAL APPLICATIONS R Brakenridge and E Anderson EXPERIENCE WITH DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS DURING EXTREME FLOOD EVENTS J Szekeres 13 DEVELOPMENT OF THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL TELEMETRY SYSTEM IN THE KÖRÖS RIVER BASIN A Kiss and B Lukács 23 EXPERIENCE FROM OPERATION OF THE JOINT HUNGARIAN-UKRAINIAN HYDROLOGICAL TELEMETRY SYSTEM OF THE UPPER TISZA K Konecsny LAND USE MAP FROM ASTER IMAGES AND WATER MASK ON MODIS IMAGES J Kerényi and M Putsay CHAPTER 33 45 FLOOD FORECASTING AND MODELLING APPLICATION OF METEOROLOGICAL ENSEMBLES FOR DANUBE FLOOD FORECASTING AND WARNING G Bálint, A Csík, P Bartha, B Gauzer and I Bonta v 57 vi TABLE OF CONTENTS COUPLING THE HYDROLOGIC MODEL CONSUL AND THE METEOROLOGICAL MODEL HRM IN THE CRISUL ALB AND CRISUL NEGRU RIVER BASINS R Mic, C Corbus, V.I Pescaru and L Velea ROUTING OF NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTIONS THROUGH A RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODEL K Hlavcova, J Szolgay, R Kubes, S Kohnova and M Zvolenský THEORETICAL GROUND OF NORMATIVE BASE FOR CALCULATION OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MAXIMUM RUNOFF AND ITS PRACTICAL REALISATION E Gopchenko and V Ovcharuk SCENARIOS OF FLOOD REGIME CHANGES DUE TO LAND USE CHANGE IN THE HRON RIVER BASIN Z Papankova, O Horvat, K Hlavcova, J Szolgay and S Kohnova 69 79 91 99 BUNDLED SOFTWARE FOR LONG-TERM TERRITORIAL FORECASTS OF SPRING FLOODS E Gopchenko and J Shakirzanova 111 A STOCHASTIC APPROACH TO FLOOD WAVE PROPAGATION ON THE CRISUL ALB RIVER R Drobot and C Ilinca 121 SIMULATION OF FLOODING DUE TO THE CRISUL ALB DYKE FAILURE DURING THE APRIL 2000 FLOOD A Nitu, R Mic and R Amaftiesei 133 MATHEMATICAL MODELLING OF FLASH FLOODS IN NATURAL AND URBAN AREAS M Szydlowski 143 FLOOD MODELLING CONCEPT AND REALITY - AUGUST 2002 FLOOD IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC P SklenáĜ, E Zeman, J Špatka and P Tachecí 155 SIMULATION OF THE SUPERIMPOSITION OF FLOODS IN THE UPPER TISZA REGION J Szilágyi, G Bálint, A Csík, B Gauzer, and M Horoszné-Gulyás 171 TABLE OF CONTENTS HARMONISING QUALITY ASSURANCE IN MODELBASED STUDIES OF CATCHMENT AND RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT J Spatka CHAPTER vii 183 FLOOD MANAGEMENT RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN THE CONTEXT OF A FRAMEWORK FOR FLOOD MANAGEMENT R.K Price OVERVIEW OF THE NATO SCIENCE FOR PEACE PROJECT ON MANAGEMENT OF TRANSBOUNDARY FLOODS IN THE CRISUL-KÖRÖS RIVER SYSTEM J Marsalek, G Stancalie, R Brakenridge, M Putsay, R Mic and J Szekeres 193 205 COPING WITH UNCERTAINTIES IN FLOOD MANAGEMENT I Bogardi 219 TRANSBOUNDARY FLOODS IN AZERBAIJAN R Mammedov 231 FLOOD DEFENCE BY MEANS OF COMPLEX STRUCTURAL MEASURES S Pagliara DYKE FAILURES IN HUNGARY OF THE PAST 220 YEARS S Tóth and L Nagy EFFECT OF THE SALARD TEMPORARY STORAGE RESERVOIR ON THE BARCAU RIVER FLOWS NEAR THE ROMANIA-HUNGARY BORDER A Purdel and P Mazilu FLOOD CONTROL MANAGAMENT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO EMERGENCY RESERVOIRS Z Galbáts STRUCTURAL FLOOD CONTROL MEASURES IN THE CRISUL REPEDE BASIN AND THEIR EFFECTS IN ROMANIA AND HUNGARY M Tentis, M Gale and C Morar 237 247 259 265 277 viii TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTRIBUTION OF EARTH OBSERVATION DATA SUPPLIED BY THE NEW SATELLITE SENSORS TO FLOOD MANAGEMENT G Stancalie, S Catana, A Irimescu, E Savin, A Diamandi, A Hofnar and S Oancea 287 ON-LINE SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR TRANSBOUNDARY FLOOD MANAGEMENT: DESIGN AND FUNCTIONALITY V Craciunescu and G Stancalie 305 TERRITORIAL FLOOD DEFENCE: A ROMANIAN PERSPECTIVE M Lucaciu 315 INDEX 335 PREFACE Flood damages are increasing worldwide as a result of frequent recurrence of large floods in many parts of the world, existing and continuing encroachment on flood plains and aging flood protection structures In the aftermath of recent flood events, the public and experts are looking for ways of protecting life, land, property and the environment, and reducing flood damages Towards this end, many flood management measures have been practiced, including living with floods, non-structural measures (e.g., regulations, flood defence by flood forecasting and warning, evacuations, and flood insurance), and structural measures (e.g., land drainage modifications, reservoirs, dykes and polders) Such flood management is difficult in river basins controlled by a single authority, and becomes even more challenging when dealing with transboundary floods, which may originate in one country and then propagate downstream to another country, or countries Under such circumstances, the demands on information and data sharing, and close collaboration in all aspects of flood management are particularly strong and important Recognising the challenge of transboundary floods, the workshop organisers proposed to the NATO Collaborative Science Program to hold a workshop on this topic After receiving the NATO grant, the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Transboundary Floods: Reducing Risks and Enhancing Security was held in Oradea, Romania, from May to 8, 2005 Preparatory activities included recruiting keynote speakers, selecting workshop participants, finalising the workshop programme, and holding the workshop in Hotel Termal at Baile Felix (Oradea) There were 49 full-time participants from 17 countries at the workshop, and additional observers also audited the workshop program Extensive experience of workshop participants in this field is reflected in the workshop proceeding, which comprise almost 30 selected papers Finally, whenever trade, product or firm names are used in the proceedings, it is for identification and descriptive purposes only, without implying endorsement by the Editors, Authors or NATO The proceedings that follow reflect only the formal workshop presentations Besides these presentations, posters, and extensive formal discussions, there were many other ways of sharing and exchanging information among the participants, in the form of new or renewed collaborative links, professional networking and personal friendships The peaceful atmosphere of the spa resort Hotel Termal contributed to the success of this workshop For this success, the editors and organisers are ix .. .Transboundary Floods: Reducing Risks Through Flood Management NATO Science Series A Series presenting the results of scientific... http://www.iospress.nl Series IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences – Vol 72 Transboundary Floods: Reducing Risks Through Flood Management edited by Jiri Marsalek National Water Research Institute,... and reducing flood damages Towards this end, many flood management measures have been practiced, including living with floods, non-structural measures (e.g., regulations, flood defence by flood