ALERT-2

Protocol Development

Resources

Online resources related to hydrology, hydrometeorology, automated flood warning systems (AFWS), the original ALERT protocol, and other relevant topics are available below.

Hydrology and Hydrometeorology

• National Weather Service - Office of Hydrologic Development
• National Weather Service - Water
• USGS Water Resources of the United Stated
• USGS Office of Surface Water (OSW)

Automated Flood Warning Systems

• Automated Local Flood Warning Systems Handbook NOAA Office of Hydrologic Development
• USGS National Streamflow Information Program (NSIP)
• Integrated Flood Observing and Warning System (IFLOWS) NOAA National Weather Service

Flood Warning Organizations

• National Hydrologic Warning Council
• ALERT Systems Organization
• ALERT Users Group
• Automated Flood Warning System East Coast User Group
• Southwestern Association of ALERT Systems
• Yahoo! Flood Warning and Flood Warning Systems (Floodsystems) Group

Original ALERT (Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time) Protocol

• ALERT real-time weather monitoring and flood warning DIAD Corporation, September 20, 2000
• ALERT General Information www.alertsystems.org

Limitations of Original ALERT Protocol, Motivation for New ALERT Protocol

• The ALERT Protocol: Evolving for the Next Millennium also R. Chris Roark and Don Van Wie, undated
• Working Toward a New ALERT Protocol Stephen Francis, NOAA/NWS, undated, approximately mid-2001
• Update on efforts toward a new ALERT protocol Chris Roark and Don Van Wie, September 2000
• A New ALERT Protocol: Feasibility Study of a New Air Interface and Physical Layer Packet Definition for the ALERT User Community R. Chris Roark and Donald G. Van Wie, February 2003
• ALERT Protocol Workshop R. Chris Roark and Don Van Wie, National Hydrologic Warning Council Conference, October 2003
• The Future of Automated Flood Warning Systems Rob Hartman, NWS California-Nevada River Forecast Center, 2006 ALERT Users Group Conference

Next-Generation Modem for ALERT Systems

• A New ALERT Protocol Feasibility Study of a New Air Interface and Physical Layer Packet Definition Don Van Wie and R. Chris Roark, National Hydrologic Warning council Conference, October 2003
• SBIR Phase I Final Report: Forward Error Correction Enabled Open-Source Packet Modem Development R. Chris Roark, Blue Water Design LLC, January 15, 2006