Hidromet: A Cloud-Based EWS Platform for Real Time Urban Flood Warning, at HIC11 in New York

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Hydrometeorological Innovative Solutions (HYDS) and AQUALOGY will be presenting at 11th International Conference on Hydroinformatics (HIC 2014) an Early Warning System for real time urban flood warning based on radar nowcasting techniques. It runs in the cloud a hydraulic/hydrological model with radar, rain gauges and other sensors information, allows configuring warnings over different elements and actions to be triggered when the different warning levels are reached.

  • Álvaro Rodríguez, Xavier Llort, David Sancho, Rafael Sánchez-Diezma (HYDS), Ramón Bella, Vicente Gómez (AQUALOGY), 2014: “Hidromet: A Cloud-Based EWS Platform for Real Time Urban Flood Warning”, 11th International Conference on Hydroinformatics, 17-21 August 2014, New York City, USA.
  • Presentation of the paper in Session R59: Real-time Control of Flood Events, on 18/Aug/2014: 3:45pm-5:30pm, in Room 201.

How does it relate to PEARL?

As an Early Warning System for real time urban flood warning based on radar nowcasting techniques, Hidromet contributes to work package 4 on Flood Forecasting and Early Warning Systems; particularly to Task 4.3 (“Advanced uncertainty tools and methods for early warning”) and Task 4.5 (“New methodologies, concepts and tools for effective dissemination of early warnings”).

FloodAlert: A Simplified Radar-Based EWS for Urban Flood Warning, at HIC11 in New York

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Hydrometeorological Innovative Solutions (HYDS) will be attending the 11th International Conference on Hydroinformatics (HIC 2014), August 2014. A simplified urban flood Early Warning System [EWS] based on the use of radar observations and radar nowcasting to issue local flood warnings will be presented.

  • Xavier Llort, Rafael Sánchez-Diezma, Álvaro Rodríguez, David Sancho (HYDS), Marc Berenguer, Daniel Sempere-Torres (CRAHI), 2014: “FloodAlert: A Simplified Radar-Based EWS for Urban Flood Warning”, 11th International Conference on Hydroinformatics, 17-21 August 2014, New York City, USA.
  • Presentation of the paper in Special Session S1-01: Real-time Monitoring of Urban Water Systems, on 17/Aug/2014: 10:45am-12:30pm, in Room 201.

How does it relate to PEARL?

As a web-based platform and Flood Early Warning System, HYDS’ FloodAlert contributes to work package 4 on Flood Forecasting and Early Warning Systems; particularly to Task 4.3 (“Advanced uncertainty tools and methods for early warning”) and Task 4.5 (“New methodologies, concepts and tools for effective dissemination of early warnings”).

Check the developed application here!

PEARL at the International workshop “Resilience: Just do it?!- Governing for resilience in vulnerable places” organised by the Coastal Resilience Research Group, Groningen, the Netherlands October 9–10, 2014

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This international workshop aims at exploring ways of ‘doing’ resilience, considering its ethical, social and political issues at stake. The further aim is to bring researchers and practitioners with different (levels of) expertise together to discuss the ways they conceptualize and use resilience.

Natasa Manojlovic from TUHH, as a keynote speaker, will introduce the activities of the PEARL project related to coastal resilience, risk governance and participatory planning.

Find further information on the workshop and its keynote speakers on the workshop website.

Paper presentation at the International Conference “AdaptToClimate”, 27 – 28 March, 2014, Nicosia, Cyprus

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A paper on “Improving resilience against extreme and rare events in coastal regions: an initial methodological proposal – the case study of the city of Rethymno” has been presented at the International Conference “AdaptToClimate”, 27 – 28 March, 2014, Nicosia, Cyprus. The conference, amongst others, aims on climate change adaptation, vulnerability assessment, disaster preparedness and emergency planning, and decision support tools.

Abstract of the paper

Coastal floods are regarded as among the most dangerous and harmful of all natural disasters affecting urban areas adjacent to the shorelines. Rapid urbanization combined with climate change and poor governance often results in significant increases in flood risk, especially for coastal communities. Significant efforts are currently focusing on forecasting, prediction and early warning capabilities using state of art science and technology to help policy makers and emergency services develop robust risk reduction strategies. However, forecasting and prediction is only part of the answer. Of equal importance is the ability to develop broader management strategies, supported by appropriate institutional and organizational arrangements. Preparing for effective response to extreme events not only involves technology but also significant social, economic, organizational and political considerations. This lack of integration between social aspects and technical measures, within a robust sociotechnical representation and understanding of risk and its evolution is provided by PEARL– an EU funded project – to be completed by 2017, which is developing adaptive risk management strategies for coastal communities focusing on extreme hydro-meteorological events, using a multidisciplinary approach, integrating social, environmental and technical research and innovation. In the present paper the general methodology of the program is briefly presented and the suggested approach concerning the coastal area of Rethymno is discussed.

  • C. Makropoulos, V. Tsoukala, A. Lykou, M. Chodros, N. Manojlovic and Z. Vojinovic, 2014: Improving resilience against extreme and rare events in coastal regions: an initial methodological proposal – the case study of the city of Rethymno. Proceed. of the AdaptToClimate International Conference, Nicosia, 27-28 March 2014
  • V. Tsoukala, et al., 2014, conference presentation