Abstract

Global hydrological forecasts are now produced operationally on a daily basis. However, the lack of global river discharge observations precludes routine flood forecast evaluation, an essential step in providing more skilful and reliable forecasts. A vision is expounded for greater and more timely exchange of global river discharge observations, which would result in improved flood awareness and socioeconomic benefits in some of the World’s most vulnerable countries.

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Title
A vision for improving global flood forecasting
Author
Lavers, David A 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Harrigan, Shaun 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Andersson, Erik 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Richardson, David S 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Prudhomme, Christel 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Pappenberger, Florian 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

1  European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Shinfield Park, Reading, RG2 9AX, United Kingdom 
Publication year
2019
Publication date
Dec 2019
Publisher
IOP Publishing
e-ISSN
17489326
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab52b2
ProQuest document ID
2621671973
Copyright
© 2019. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.