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HRC worked with the NWS to organize and participate in the Second Weather Ready Nations (WRNs) Steering Committee Meeting (SCM) held in Geneva, Switzerland. The goal of the meeting was to bring together professionals currently involved in a wide range of impact based forecasting (IBF) activities to share their knowledge and work towards a common... Read More
As part of its International Impact-based Forecasting and Warning Service program supporting the U.S. National Weather Service International Activities Office, HRC organized and participated in the initial Weather Ready Nations project workshop for Croatia. The workshop was held at the Zagreb Congress Center in Zagreb on 27-28 September 2018. In attendance were representatives of the DHMZ... Read More
In summer of 2018, following more than a decade of demonstration efforts in collaboration with Federal, State and Local Agencies in California, the Hydrologic Research Center (HRC) and the Georgia Water Resources Institute (GWRI) of Georgia Tech completed the operational implementation of the Integrated Forecast and Reservoir Management (INFORM) system at the California Department of... Read More
Thirteen engineers from Turkey and one official from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) arrived at the Hydrologic Research Center (HRC) in San Diego on 6 August 2018 to participate in a three-week hands-on training workshop of the riverine routing and urban flash flood functionalities of the Flash Flood Guidance system. Turkey representatives were from the... Read More
During the period 18 June through 13 July 2018, HRC hosted 16 meteorologists and hydrologists representing Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Philippines, Timor Leste, Myanmar, and Israel. The representatives were provided operational training on the Southeastern Asia Oceania Flash Flood Guidance (SAOFFG) System, the Myanmar Flash Flood Guidance (MyanmarFFG) System and the Black... Read More
HRC has completed an extensive study for three districts in Tegucigalpa, Honduras for evaluating concerns with urban flash flooding. The project was a subaward agreement from GOAL Honduras and funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development/Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance. The regions are characterized by steep terrain, significant urbanization and high rainfall rates.... Read More
During the period 5 to 30 March 2018, HRC hosted nine meteorologists and hydrologists from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka for operational training on the South Asia Flash Flood Guidance (SAsiaFFG) System. Known as Step 3 Training of the Flash Flood Hydrometeorologist Training Program for users of the HRC-developed Flash Flood Guidance system, the... Read More
During the period 8 January through 2 February 2018, HRC hosted 12 meteorologists and hydrologists from Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica for operational training on the Central America Flash Flood Guidance (CAFFG) System. Known as Step 3 Training of the Flash Flood Hydrometeorologist Training Program for users of the HRC-developed Flash Flood... Read More
Four Honduran engineers, Mr. Roberto Elias Granados Chain, Mr. Luis Andres Villafranca and Mr. Gustavo Selim Simon Hasbun from the Tegucigalpa Municipality – AMDC (Alcaldía Municipal del Distrito Central), and Mr. Carlos Fernando Diaz Flores from the Comisión Permanente de Contingencias (COPECO) Honduras arrived at the Hydrologic Research Center (HRC) in San Diego on 9 October 2017 to participate... Read More
During the period 6 November through 1 December 2017, HRC hosted 10 meteorologists and hydrologists from Vietnam, Lao PDR, Cambodia, Thailand, and the Mekong River Commission for operational training on the Mekong River Commission Flash Flood Guidance (MRCFFG) System. Known as Step 3 Training of the Flash Flood Hydrometeorologist Training Program for users of the HRC-developed... Read More