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”
- Review of FFGS with global coverage (Mr. Ayhan Sayin)
- South East Europe Flash Flood Guidance System (Mr. Bo Terek, Croatia)
- Flash Flood forecasting and early warning in Slovenia (Mr. Petan Saso)
- Flash Flood Forecasting and Early Warnings in Romania (Mr Marius Matreaţa)
- Intense precipitation and high-resolution flood forecasting: a collaborative project between SMHI, MSB (Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency), SGI (Swedish Geotechnical Institute) and Karlstad University (Mr Jonas Olsson, SMHI)
- Devastating Flash Flood events in Georgia in June 2015 (Mr Irakli Megrelidze )
WMO RA VI Hydrology Forum 2016, 21-23 September 2016, Oslo, Norway
Final Report
Opening session
- WMO Hydrological Observing System and Global Hydrometry Support Facility – Harry Lins
- Priority needs, successes and failures - Jan Danhelka
- RA VI WG-CH and SDGs -Tommaso Abrate
Statement from stakeholders
- Joint Research Centre - Jon Olav Skøien
- International Commission for the Hydrology of the Rhine basin - Eric Sprokkereef
- International Sava River Basin Commission - Dejan Komatina,.
- Danube Commission - Ms Jana Poórová.
- Elbe Commission - Mr Jan Danhelka
- Global Terrestrial Network – hydrology (GTN-H) - Wolfgang Grabs
Review of the activities of the Forum
- Operational maintenance procedures of networks, synthesis of security regulations - Vasko Stojov,
- Case studies on network design practices - Elise Trondsen
- Harmonization of methodologies, quality control and access to data - Marius Matreaţa
- Harmonization of methodologies, quality control and access to data centres; simplify data exchange for day to day operational requirements of NHSs - Ulrich Looser
- Hydrologic modelling, forecasting and warning - Cristina Alionte Eklund
- Network design and data management - Olivier Overney