By Dr. Adrian Champion (University of Reading) 28th Jan 2015 Last week 18 Early Career Researchers (ECRs, PhD and Post-Doc) from both FFIR programmes (FRANC and SINATRA) met for the…Read More >
Time series of flash flood events and associated meteorological conditions
By David Archer (Newcastle University [JBA]) 16th December 2014 As a contribution to the SINATRA project, I have compiled a chronology of flash floods and categorised associated meteorological conditions and…Read More >
Flood forecasting in the UK: what should we learn from the Winter 2013/14 floods?
By Dr. Liz Stephens and Prof. Hannah Cloke (University of Reading) 2nd December 2014 This post was originally published on: http://hepex.irstea.fr/flood-forecasting-in-the-uk-what-should-we-learn-from-the-winter-201314-floods/. The Summer 2007 floods provided significant impetus for improvement…Read More >
SINATRA meeting
By Prof. Hannah Cloke (University of Reading) 28th November 2014 Last week 45 flood scientists and stakeholders came together from across the UK (and beyond) for the Annual SINATRA science…Read More >
Flash flooding in Exeter
By Dr. Albert Chen (University of Exeter) 28th October 2014 In the evening of 16 Oct 2014, a local thunderstorm occurred in Exeter and the torrent downpours led to flash…Read More >
Recent Floods in Montpellier
By Dr. Rob Thompson (University of Reading) 24th October 2014 Recent weeks have seen a number of high profile flash flood events around the world, but perhaps the most striking…Read More >
Developing a pilot surface water flood forecasting tool for Glasgow and operational use during the Commonwealth Games
By Linda Speight (Senior Hydrometeorologist SEPA / Scottish Flood Forecasting Service) 7th Octobber 2014 This year the 2014 Commonwealth Games were held in Glasgow and everyone in Scotland was keen…Read More >
Diagnosing correlated observation error statistics
By Dr. Joanne Waller (University of Reading) 10th September 2014 The forecasting of intense rainfall requires a best guess of the current atmospheric state; this is calculated using a data assimilation…Read More >
Can a Climate model Reproduce Extreme Regional Precipitation Events?
By Dr. Kevin Pearson (University of Reading) 27th August 2014 In a future warmer world, regions in the mid-latitudes like the U.K. will very likely experience more intense and more…Read More >
Comparing models with observations
By Dr. Sarah Dance (University of Reading) 20th August 2014 Weather and river flood forecasts are based on the output from a numerical computer model. Such models are built from…Read More >