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      WMO RA VI Hydrology Forum
    
  
    
  
    
      
            
WMO RA VI Hydrology Forum 
  
       
       
      Workshop on hydrological modelling, forecasting and warnings 
20 September 2016, Oslo, Norway
     
       
      Session 1 "Hydrological forecasting, warning and communication with end-users”
      
        - Meteoalarm, new challenges of preparing and  dissemination of warnings and
          cooperation with national or regional hydrological  services – Michael Staudinger, Central
          Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics, Austria
 
        - EFAS: European Flood Awareness System from research to  operations. A
          probabilistic pan European flood early warning system  providing national water authorities with
          information on probabilities of early flood warnings  for large river basins with a medium range
          lead time – Eric Sprokkereef, Rijkswaterstaat Water  Management Center for the Netherlands
 
        - Norwegian Flood and landslide Hazard Forecasting and  Warning Service - Hervé
          Colleuille, Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate,  Norway
 
        - Towards impact based warnings; examples from ARISTOTLE  project and the
          Swedish pilot study on impact based warnings – Richard  Wylde, SMHI
 
        - HEPEX: Hydrological Ensemble Prediction Experiment. An  international initiative
          bringing together hydrologists, meteorologists,  researchers and end users to develop advanced
          probabilistic hydrological forecast techniques for  improved flood, drought and water
          management  – Femke Davids, Deltares, The Netherlands
 
        -  The Israel early warning system for floods – Amir  Givati Israeli Hydrological Service, Water Autority 
 
        
      Session 2: "Remote Sensing and Hydrological Modelling, Forecasting and Warning"
      
        - Challenges of remote sensing for hydrology: the SMOS  and the SWOT missions. - Selma Cherchali and Ahmad AL Bitar, CESBIO (Centre d'Études Spatiales de  la Biosphère), Toulouse, France
 
        - H-SAF, from products to end-users”, Overview of the  EUMETSAT project  Satellite Application  Facility on Support to operational Hydrology and Water Management” (H-SAF),  products, product validation programme, availability to end-users. - Mr Flavio  Gattari, Telespazio, Rome, Italy
 
        - H-SAF hydro-validation programme, Overview of the  programme, common tasks and specific applications for the different products.  Case-studies. - Dr. Michal Kasina, IMGW  (Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, Krakow, Poland).
 
        - Satellite products and the Black Sea and Middle East  Flash Flood Guidance System, Quick overview of the system. How satellite  derived products are used in BSMEFFGS. Case-studies - Ayhan Sayin, WMO.
 
        - Improved hydrological forecasting through the  systematic assimilation of satellite Earth Observation-derived flood extent  maps - Dr. Patrick Matgen, LIST (Luxembourg Institute of Science and  Technology)
 
        - LSA-SAF evapotranspiration products and on-going research  at RMI, Remote sensing exploitation for evapotranspiration assessment and  operational products developments. - Dr. Françoise Meulenberghs, RMI (Royal  Meteorological Institute of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium).
 
        
      Session 3: “Flash Floods and Urban Floods”
      
      WMO RA VI Hydrology Forum 2016, 21-23 September 2016, Oslo, Norway
       
      Final Report
      
       
      Opening session
      
      Statement from stakeholders
      
      Review of the activities of the Forum