Real Time Monitoring for Diagnosis and Prevention of Extreme Rainfall Events: An Application to Intense Rainfalls on the Coastal City of Naples, Italy

• DOI: 10.4172/2167-0587.1000180
• Publication Date: 2016-09-19T03:59:42Z
• Authors: Tranfaglia Giuseppe; Braca Giovanni
• Keywords: fractal dimension; FLOODS; extreme events; Real time network; NAPLES; 01 natural sciences; 6. Clean water; NATURAL HAZARDS; HYDROLOGY; Real time network, extreme events, fractal dimension; REINFALLS; 0105 earth and related environmental sciences

The rainfall monitoring network of the Naples Department Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (NDHOS) was inadequate to measure alluvial event occurred at Sarno on 5 May 1998, when a low amount 101 mm considered responsible for dramatic landslide. To improve measuring capability this network, 50 new stations were later added located in such way increase significantly fractal dimension their areal distribution. enlargement allowed correct measurement extreme 15 September 2001. paper reports also risk landslide phenomena (not catastrophic but however not negligible) inside metropolitan area Naples, frequently subjected rock falls collapse underground cavities.