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Memories of the Taquari River

December 17, 2020 Maria-Helena Ramos Comments 2 comments

Contributed by Sofia Royer Moraes, PhD candidate UFRGS, Brazil The study and understanding of the natural dynamics of rivers has always brought a gleam to my eyes, since its application is important to society, especially for those most susceptible to it. I am currently studying extreme floodings, that is, rarer events, which also have the greatest impact on society, both for measures to be taken in order to reduce economic damage in an upcoming event and the impact on people’s…

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GloFAS-ERA5 reanalysis: River discharge ‘maps without gaps’ from 1979-present

January 23, 2020 Rebecca Emerton Comments 0 Comment

Contributed by Shaun Harrigan, ECMWF. In an ideal world we would have river discharge measurements for every river spanning many decades and updated in real time. We all know this is very far from reality with severe gaps in the global observing network (Lavers et al., 2019), and provides a fundamental challenge for hydrological monitoring and forecasting. A way forward pioneered in the field of meteorology and climate is to optimally combine available in situ and satellite Earth system observations…

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Survey results: views and opinions about Hepex and hydrological forecasting

July 18, 2018 Maria-Helena Ramos Comments 0 Comment

Contributed by Maria-Helena Ramos At the beginning of the year, we launched a short online survey to gather some views and opinions about Hepex and start a discussion on the future of Hepex: how should the community continue its efforts? What should Hepex be in 10 years’ time? During the 7th International Hepex Workshop in Melbourne we had an interactive poster that complemented this survey and collected some more views and opinions from the participants of the workshop. Below you…

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10 years of the Sub-Division on Hydrological Forecasting at EGU (2008 – 2018)

June 27, 2018 Maria-Helena Ramos Comments 0 Comment

Contributed by Maria-Helena Ramos and Femke Davids The field of Hydrological Forecasting has grown over the last ten years into an interesting and thought-provoking sub-division to the European Geosciences Union (EGU). Through this sub-division, at one of the largest Geoscience conferences in the world, we address many challenges that today’s hydrologists, and also users and decision-makers in the water sector, have to deal with. Below you will find an interesting read into the background and history of this field at…

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History of Hydrology Wiki – Interview with Keith Beven

November 30, 2017 Florian Pappenberger Comments 1 comment

Have you seen the wiki “History of Hydrology“? It was created by Professor Keith Beven, Professor Emeritus in the Lancaster Environment Centre, in 2016, and we have recently interviewed him to learn more about it: What was your motivation behind creating the “History of Hydrology Wiki”? I have always been interested in the history of the hydrology and hydraulics, which is both long and interesting. A lot of the early history was summarized in the book on the History of Hydrology,…

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