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A Case Study using August 2022 Products from the Operational Pakistan-Afghanistan Regional Flash Flood Guidance System (PARFFGS) The monsoonal period from the middle of June through the end of August 2022 saw unprecedented rainfall and flooding throughout Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan. The Hydrologic Research Center (HRC) has conducted a case study analysis using... Read More
HRC staff members Dr. Zhengyang Cheng, Dr. Konstantine Georgakakos, Cristopher Spencer and Randall Banks published a research paper on flash flood assessment and operational prediction in urban areas in the journal WATER on 13 August 2022. The paper demonstrates the research-to-application and operational use of numerical hydrologic and hydraulic modeling to (a) quantify potential... Read More
HRC staff made an oral video presentation at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2021. HRC’s presentation was on 13 December 2021, the first day of the meeting. The presentation was made by Dr. Konstantine Georgakakos, Dr. Theresa Modrick Hansen, and Mr. Cristopher Spencer. The title of the paper is Operational Microwave-Adjusted Hydro-Estimator to Support Flash... Read More
During the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Extraordinary Congress in October 2021, the Flash Flood Guidance System with Global Coverage (FFGS/WGC) has been put on a more sustainable footing after a decision by the Extraordinary World Meteorological Congress. HRC is a partner in the development and implementation of the FFGS/WGC in collaboration with the WMO, U.S.... Read More
In response to the growing hazards of flash floods caused by melting of snow and ice, a Flash Flood Guidance System (FFGS) snow hydrology webinar was organized by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and India Meteorological Department (IMD) and presented by Dr Eylon Shamir of the Hydrologic Research Center (HRC) to discuss the importance for tracking... Read More
Central to the mission of the Hydrologic Research Center is to realize an efficient and reliable process to transform research done by its members and the broader research community to useful applications and operational systems worldwide. The American Geophysical Union (AGU) through its AGU TV program invited HRC in 2020 to illustrate this research-to-application and... Read More
HRC contributed a poster presentation at the recent Data Conference organized by the World Meteorological Organization. The virtual conference was held from 16-19 November 2020 with HRC’s presentation on the 18th. HRC’s poster was titled: DATA NEEDS AND REALIZABLE EXCHANGE STRATEGIES ON GLOBAL SCALES FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION OPERATIONAL LAND SURFACE FORECASTS. The authors included K.P. Georgakakos,... Read More
The Hydrologic Research Center participated in the commissioning of the South Asia Flash Flood Guidance Services coordinated by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The event officially launched the South Asia Flash Flood Guidance System (South Asia FFGS) in the region. The system, developed and implemented by HRC, supports the National Meteorological and Hydrologic Services in... Read More
HRC has partnered with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to implement a Flash Flood Guidance System (FFGS) in the West Africa region. This phase of the project will enhance the flash flood forecasting capabilities of the countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. The project will include development of technology, training, protocols and procedures to... Read More
HRC sent out the latest issue of the Flash Flood Guidance Gazette to its nearly 500 subscribers on the 20th of August. This issue focuses on the “Women in the Forefront of Operational Meteorology and Hydrology” and is dedicated to those women who are involved with Flash Flood Guidance warnings and Impact-Based Forecasting in... Read More