Dr Ross Bannister Senior Research Scientist (NCEO) We need to talk about assimilation … Modelling the real world is never a perfect process. Errors and uncertainties in all models accumulate…Read More >
The FFIR annual Conference
Dr Rob Thompson, University of Reading 8th December 2017 It was last week, the big gathering, 2 days of flash flooding, a flood of presentations and discussions,…Read More >
A Summer of Floods !
Dr Rob Thompson, University of Reading 11October2017 A summer of Floods We’ve entered autumn (or maybe winter given how it feels!), so its definitely time to look…Read More >
HEPEX: a community of research and practice to advance hydrologic ensemble prediction
By Hannah Cloke (University of Reading) 24th March 2017 Although formal funded societies and projects can be very important in advancing research and improving how science is used, the unfunded voluntary community…Read More >
Communicating Uncertainty in the Forecasts of Convective Showers
By David Flack (University of Reading) 13th March 2017 April is now rapidly approaching, and with it the UK often experiences showery conditions (April Showers). Throughout the course of my PhD (to…Read More >
Better research in flash flooding urgently needed for ASEAN countries
By Dr. Albert Chen (University of Exeter) 16th February 2017 The FFIR researcher Dr Albert Chen from the Centre for Water Systems, University of Exeter, was invited by the…Read More >
The challenges of using “big data” in Numerical Weather Prediction: meteorological observations from air traffic control reports.
By Dr. Sarah Dance (University of Reading) 19th December 20146 Many would say that Numerical Weather Prediction has been using “big data” for decades. Routine forecasts are produced using computational…Read More >
The FFIR Sonde
By Dr. Rob Thompson (University of Reading) 25th November 2016 This week we held a conference for the FFIR programme, with meetings for projects SINATRA and FRANC and the kick off…Read More >
How can we predict the future when we don’t fully understand the past?
By David Archer (Visiting Fellow Newcastle university and JBA Trust) 27th October 2016 Over the last four years, I have been compiling chronologies of flash floods and the associated causes from intense…Read More >
National flood modelling integration workshop held in Morpeth, Sept 2016
By Dr Geoff Parkin (Newcastle University) 17th October 2016 A workshop on modelling flooding from intense rainfall with participants from NERC Franc, Sinatra (and Tenderly) projects as well as local stakeholders with interests…Read More >