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Getting the early career HEPEX initiative off the ground

Getting the early career HEPEX initiative off the ground

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On 7 May 2021, 32 early career scientists and young professionals from 17 different countries met online for the kick-off meeting of a new early-career initiative: EC-HEPEX! EC-HEPEX is part of the wider HEPEX community and aims to bring together people in the early stages of their careers related to hydrological prediction, working as a space for communication, collaboration and the sharing of ideas. Learn more about the initial vision in our first blog post. To be part of the…

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Hydrological Forecasting at EGU 2020: (5+1) things not to miss

Hydrological Forecasting at EGU 2020: (5+1) things not to miss

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The EGU 2020 Annual General Assembly will take place from 4–8 May 2020; however this time we will not be able to physically meet in Vienna and the event will instead take place remotely. Nevertheless there are ways to get updated on the recent scientific insights and developments and also to virtually socialize with friends and colleagues. To make EGU 2020 and the hydrological forecasting subdivision a big success this year too, here are 5+1 HEPEX activities we initiated that…

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HEPEX-ers: You are challenged!

HEPEX-ers: You are challenged!

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Contributed by Florian Teichert, WMO. The WMO HydroHub has partnered with the organizers of the Open Seventeen Challenge to publish challenges around the topic of “Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Operational Hydrology”, to which students from all over the world can submit solutions. Contributions from the developing and least-developed world would be especially welcomed to give students a chance to make a difference. This is part of the University of Geneva organized Open Seventeen (O17) Challenges targeting one or more of…

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HEPEX 2019 Year in Review

HEPEX 2019 Year in Review

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In the last HEPEX blog post of the year, we’re taking a look back at our highlights of 2019! This year, we published 25 blog posts, with contributions from HEPEX-ers across the globe. But first of all, a quick reminder of important HEPEX events coming up soon: The abstract deadline for EGU 2019 (3-8 May, Vienna) is fast approaching – don’t forget to submit your abstract by 15th January! Click here for information on the Hydrological Forecasting sub-division over the past 10…

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Women In Hydrological Forecasting: a Call for Action

Women In Hydrological Forecasting: a Call for Action

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Today is International Women’s Day, and many professional societies and communities of practice reflect on issues of gender balance, recognising achievements without regard to divisions, whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic, political or otherwise. Within HEPEX, our then HEPEX columnist Bettina Schaefli reflected on gender balance in the EGU, raising the “big open question is here of course what we can do about this in our everyday work?”. Hydrological forecasting has many more individuals that deserve mentioning. However, if we…

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