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

• Final report of the Third meeting of RA VI Hydrology Forum

 

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