MIKE Flood Watch
A Management System for Real-Time Flood Forecasting and Warning
 MIKE Flood Watch is a decision support system
for real-time flood forecasting combining an advanced time-series database with the MIKE 11 hydrodynamic modeling and real-time forecasting system, MIKE 11 FF, together with the Geographical Information System (GIS), ArcView
GIS.
MIKE 11 FF, developed by DHI Water & Environment, is an advanced modeling tool for real-time flood forecasting including rainfall-runoff
modeling, river and flood plain modeling and an automatic updating routine. ArcView GIS is developed by the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI).
The integration of a flood forecasting system in a GIS environment provides a very powerful tool for real-time flood
forecasting and flood warning. Once the database is established and the graphical display of stations configured,
Flood Watch facilitates fast and easy handling of the procedures involved in the management of a real-time flood
forecasting and warning system. Flood Watch can run in a fully automatic mode by means of a built-in task scheduler or in a manual mode where the operator controls the system.
The Strengths of MIKE Flood Watch
 The strengths of MIKE Flood Watch are:
- A fast and reliable system for real-time operation
- Direct-access time series database
- Integration with external databases, e.g., Oracle
- Automatic import of telemetric data
- Data quality control and data processing facilities
- GIS presentation facilities
- Automatic forecasting and storage of results
- Dissemination of flood maps, flood warnings, bulletins and graphics on the World Wide Web
- A link to MIKE 11 GIS for flood mapping
The Flood Watch Environment and its Tools
Flood Watch works in the ArcView GIS environment and consists of three modules:
- A database management module
- A map-oriented data editing and presentation module
- A module for model preparation, simulation and post-processing of results
The Flood Watch management module is used to establish and geo-reference the real-time stations in the
ArcView GIS display. Having established the database a data conversion module links the data blocks within MIKE 11 FF, the ArcView GIS environment and the database. Results can be imported into the MIKE 11 GIS flood
mapping module and overlaid with depth/area inundation maps for further analysis.
The ArcView GIS display of stations enables the user to select stations for data editing and presentation directly
from the GIS map. By direct access to MIKE 11 FF, results can be visualized in combination with other stations
and maps. The simulation module includes tools to set-up and execute MIKE 11 FF. A bulletin-editor is used to formulate and prepare flood warnings and other flood information for dissemination e.g., on the Internet.
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