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HRC has designed and is implementing regional flash flood guidance early warning systems globally with its partners, the World Meteorological Organization, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Weather Service and the U.S. Agency for International Development/Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance. The partners have signed a quad-parte Memorandum of Understanding for the “Flash Flood Guidance System... Read More
The purpose of the Integrated Forecast and Reservoir Management (INFORM) Project is to demonstrate increased water-use efficiency in Northern California water resources operations through the innovative application of meteorological/climate, hydrologic and decision science. The project included the development and demonstration of integrated operational methodologies to allow the utilization of climate and hydrologic forecasts and associated... Read More
HRC implemented its Flash Flood Guidance System for the South African Weather Service (SAWS) covering critical flash flood areas in the Republic of South Africa (RSA). The System, known as the South Africa Flash Flood Guidance (SAFFG) system is the same as implemented in other parts of the world with refinements added for SAWS needs... Read More
HRC implemented its Flash Flood Guidance System for the Public Authority for Civil Aviation, Directorate General of Meteorology (DGM), Sultanate of Oman. The System, known as the OMAN Flash Flood Guidance (OMANFFG) system is the same as implemented in other parts of the world with refinements added for DGM needs and requirements with a purpose... Read More
Under a subaward with GOAL Honduras, the Hydrologic Research Center is providing technical assistance to a program entitled A Neighborhood Approach to Reduce Urban Disaster Risk in Three High Risk Neighborhoods in Tegucigalpa, Honduras”. The HRC tasks are designed to provide tailoring and calibration of numerical models for landslide assessment and for flood analysis with the local... Read More
This project aims to improve operational flash flood warning and response by National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) and Response Agencies worldwide. The Earth observations from NASA satellites Aqua and Terra and the NOAA GOES satellite were used in a feasibility study to improve the estimation of the snow line in the Black Sea and Middle East... Read More