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Field measurements in river embankments: validation and management with spatial database and webGIS

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  • Lucia Simeoni
  • Paolo Zatelli
  • Claudio Floretta

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This study focuses on the development of a system with a spatial database and a webGIS able to store, validate and display the data to assist the decision makers in managing early warning systems for river embankment failure. In order to obtain precise results, it is essential to have a tool with ability of managing a large number of data for checking their reliability and for locating them in the space. In this paper, special emphasis was given in the development of procedures to assess the reliability of the measures. For this purpose, the database includes all the information needed to describe the instrument performance, such as the sand pack size and casing diameter of open-standpipe piezometers for evaluating their time lag, and the calibration curves of transducers with the possibility of their updating. The position of the non-functioning instruments is identified through the analysis of the electrical signal and spatial displays, while the analyses of the redundancy and coherence of measures is used for detecting doubtful data. Database and webGIS were applied to the monitoring data of an embankment of the Adige River in Northern Italy. The database and webGIS system has proved to be a suitable and effective tool for the management and validation of real-time data and periodical field measurements. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

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  • Lucia Simeoni & Paolo Zatelli & Claudio Floretta, 2014. "Field measurements in river embankments: validation and management with spatial database and webGIS," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 71(3), pages 1453-1473, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nathaz:v:71:y:2014:i:3:p:1453-1473
    DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0955-9
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