RA II WG-S Expert Team on Hydrological Services (ET-HS)
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(i) Lead the Implementation and Demonstration Projects related to hydrology included in the RA II OP
• RA II-17-S-IP-6: Improvement in hydrological services
(ii) Promote knowledge and understanding on their hydrological services among RA II Members;
(iii) Develop recommendations on the best use of hydrological forecasts to support flood management decision making;
(iv) Enhance the use of national and regional hydrological forecasting for water-related disaster management (Hydrological extremes of floods);
(v) Improve the availability of risk-based information upon which to base risk-based riverine flood forecasting and flood management activities;
(vi) Improve the mathematical representation of cryosphere processes in operational hydrological forecasting models (excluding GLOFs);
(vii) Improve the hydrological warnings capability through enhanced and effective cooperation with other National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs);
(vii) Facilitate the issuance of flood, flash and urban warnings and constantly improving upon them (connecting to GMAS and considering the application of the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)) to assistance to Members in improving Flash Flood Guidance System (FFGS);
(ix) Improve the National and Regional Drought Forecasting and Prediction capabilities for disaster risk management through enhanced and effective cooperation with other NMHSs;
(x) Participate in RA II Hydrological Advisers’ Forum, Regional Hydrological Assembly and other meetings, as requested by the Chair of Coordination Panel on Hydrological and Water Resources and Regional Hydrological Adviser;
(xi) Collaborate with Standing Committee on Hydrological Services of SERCOM.
• RA II-17-S-IP-6: Improvement in hydrological services
(ii) Promote knowledge and understanding on their hydrological services among RA II Members;
(iii) Develop recommendations on the best use of hydrological forecasts to support flood management decision making;
(iv) Enhance the use of national and regional hydrological forecasting for water-related disaster management (Hydrological extremes of floods);
(v) Improve the availability of risk-based information upon which to base risk-based riverine flood forecasting and flood management activities;
(vi) Improve the mathematical representation of cryosphere processes in operational hydrological forecasting models (excluding GLOFs);
(vii) Improve the hydrological warnings capability through enhanced and effective cooperation with other National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs);
(vii) Facilitate the issuance of flood, flash and urban warnings and constantly improving upon them (connecting to GMAS and considering the application of the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)) to assistance to Members in improving Flash Flood Guidance System (FFGS);
(ix) Improve the National and Regional Drought Forecasting and Prediction capabilities for disaster risk management through enhanced and effective cooperation with other NMHSs;
(x) Participate in RA II Hydrological Advisers’ Forum, Regional Hydrological Assembly and other meetings, as requested by the Chair of Coordination Panel on Hydrological and Water Resources and Regional Hydrological Adviser;
(xi) Collaborate with Standing Committee on Hydrological Services of SERCOM.
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