{"id":1103,"date":"2020-01-22T12:53:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T12:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/?page_id=1103"},"modified":"2020-01-22T18:15:44","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T18:15:44","slug":"pilot-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/pilot-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilot Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>DARE Pilot Projects<\/h2>\n<p>DARE has funded a number of small pilot projects. A description of progress in these projects to December 2019 is given in the following blog posts.\u00a0There are a number of papers in preparation, in review or <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/journal-publications\/\">published<\/a>.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/2020\/01\/21\/investigation-of-the-ability-of-the-renewed-uk-operational-weather-radar-network-to-provide-accurate-real-time-rainfall-estimates-for-improved-flood-warnings\/\"><strong>Investigation of the ability of the renewed UK operational weather radar network to provide accurate real-time rainfall estimates for improved flood warnings.<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<p><em>by Dr RobThompson and Prof Anthony Illingworth, Dept of Meteorology, University of Reading<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1108\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/Illingworth-Nov-19-Image-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/Illingworth-Nov-19-Image-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/Illingworth-Nov-19-Image-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/Illingworth-Nov-19-Image-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/Illingworth-Nov-19-Image.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/2020\/01\/21\/seriousgeogames-inundation-street-flood-warning-video\/\">SeriousGeoGames \u2013 <\/a><em>Inundation Street- Flood Warning Video<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><em>by Chris Skinner \u2013 Research Fellow, Energy and Environment Institute, University of Hull &amp; BetaJester Ltd<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Inundation Street 360 - VR Flood Warning Simulation\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8oSf7G21fzw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/2020\/01\/21\/merging-sar-derived-flood-footprints-with-flood-hazard-maps-for-improved-urban-flood-mapping\/\"><strong>Merging SAR-derived flood footprints with flood hazard maps for improved urban flood mapping<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<p><em>contributors: David Mason (University of Reading), John Bevington (JBA), Sarah Dance (University of Reading), Beatriz Revilla-Romero (JBA), Richard Smith (JBA), Sanita Vetra-Carvalho (University of Reading), Hannah Cloke (University of Reading).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1114\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/Mason-DARE_report_picture_Nov19-300x223.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/Mason-DARE_report_picture_Nov19-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/Mason-DARE_report_picture_Nov19-1024x760.png 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/Mason-DARE_report_picture_Nov19-768x570.png 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/Mason-DARE_report_picture_Nov19.png 1371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/?p=1145&amp;preview=true\"><strong>A Toolkit for Community-Based Flood Monitoring<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<p><em>by Elizabeth Lewis, Geoff Parkin, Tessa Gough, Newcastle University<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1116\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/Newcastle-No19-Image-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/Newcastle-No19-Image-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/Newcastle-No19-Image-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/Newcastle-No19-Image-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/Newcastle-No19-Image-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/?p=1148&amp;preview=true\"><strong>Particle Filters for Flood Forecasting\u00a0 (PFFF)<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>A collaboration between: Dr Renaud Hostache, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST); Professors Nancy K Nichols and Peter Jan vanLeeuwen, University of Reading; Ms Concetta di Mauro, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1121\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/Nichols-Figure-1-300x227.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/2020\/01\/21\/data-assimilation-of-crowdsourced-weather-stations-for-urban-heat-and-water-studies-in-birmingham-as-a-testbed\/\"><strong>Data-assimilation of crowdsourced weather stations for urban heat and water studies in Birmingham as a testbed<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Part of the research will be a verification by ground truth observations of the BUCL observational network. Professor Lee Chapman, University of Birmingham will assist in this. All of the work will be executed by Sytse Koopmans with supervision of Gert-Jan Steeneveld, Wageningen University &amp; Research (WUR)<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1123\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/WUR-image-2-Land-use-fraction-Birmingham-300x254.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/WUR-image-2-Land-use-fraction-Birmingham-300x254.png 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/WUR-image-2-Land-use-fraction-Birmingham-1024x866.png 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/WUR-image-2-Land-use-fraction-Birmingham-768x650.png 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/dare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Unorganized\/WUR-image-2-Land-use-fraction-Birmingham.png 1033w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\"><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DARE Pilot Projects DARE has funded a number of small pilot projects. 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