Flash Flood Warning Sub-Systems for Rural Africa

  • Authors

    • Stella N. Mbau
    • Vinesh Thiruchelvam
    2018-08-26
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i3.32.18389
  • Early warnings, Flash Floods, Rural Africa, Sub-Systems.

  • Abstract

    This paper aims to present the need for sub-systems in rural Africa for real-time warning delivery. It has been reported in previous studies, that Sub-Sahara Africa lacks weather radars. This means that there are no real-time early warnings presenting a gap in knowledge that this study aims to address. This is done through the following objective; to examine the relationship between variables in the study and therefore, establish whether sub-systems are a significant variable in flash flood warning systems for rural Africa. The variables to be examined are; the independent variable (existing warning system), the dependent variable (early warnings), the moderator variable (ancillary elements) and the mediator variable (sub-systems). This is investigated through a closed-ended questionnaire that is administered to a sample of meteorologists whose email addresses are available on the World Meteorological Organization’s expert database. The target sample is determined through the G*Power application. The data is analyzed on SPSS. Variables in the study are found to be correlated after conducting a Pearson’s correlation test. Using PROCESS allows for the testing of various models where moderation is confirmed. A moderated mediation model is also confirmed. The results confirm that sub-systems are significant enough to be developed for rural Africa.

     

     

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    N. Mbau, S., & Thiruchelvam, V. (2018). Flash Flood Warning Sub-Systems for Rural Africa. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7(3.32), 47-49. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i3.32.18389

    Received date: 2018-08-28

    Accepted date: 2018-08-28

    Published date: 2018-08-26