Search Results - "Wetterhall, F."
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Technical review of large-scale hydrological models for implementation in operational flood forecasting schemes on continental level
Published in Environmental modelling & software : with environment data news (01-01-2016)“…Uncertainty in operational hydrological forecast systems forced with numerical weather predictions is often assessed by quantifying the uncertainty from the…”
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Precipitation downscaling under climate change: Recent developments to bridge the gap between dynamical models and the end user
Published in Reviews of geophysics (1985) (24-09-2010)“…Precipitation downscaling improves the coarse resolution and poor representation of precipitation in global climate models and helps end users to assess the…”
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Deriving global flood hazard maps of fluvial floods through a physical model cascade
Published in Hydrology and earth system sciences (09-11-2012)“…Global flood hazard maps can be used in the assessment of flood risk in a number of different applications, including (re)insurance and large scale flood…”
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How do I know if my forecasts are better? Using benchmarks in hydrological ensemble prediction
Published in Journal of hydrology (Amsterdam) (01-03-2015)“…[Display omitted] •First publication evaluating a large number of different benchmarks for a ensemble forecasting system.•Study provides much-needed guidance…”
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Forecasting droughts in East Africa
Published in Hydrology and earth system sciences (18-02-2014)“…The humanitarian crises caused by the recent droughts (2008–2009 and 2010–2011) in East Africa have illustrated that the ability to make accurate drought…”
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Seasonal predictions of agro-meteorological drought indicators for the Limpopo basin
Published in Hydrology and earth system sciences (02-06-2015)“…The rainfall in southern Africa has a large inter-annual variability, which can cause rain-fed agriculture to fail. The staple crop maize is especially…”
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Seasonal forecasts of droughts in African basins using the Standardized Precipitation Index
Published in Hydrology and earth system sciences (28-06-2013)“…Vast parts of Africa rely on the rainy season for livestock and agriculture. Droughts can have a severe impact in these areas, which often have a very low…”
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Comparison of drought indicators derived from multiple data sets over Africa
Published in Hydrology and earth system sciences (07-05-2014)“…Drought monitoring is a key component to mitigate impacts of droughts. Lack of reliable and up-to-date precipitation data sets is a common challenge across the…”
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The extreme runoff index for flood early warning in Europe
Published in Natural hazards and earth system sciences (17-06-2014)“…Systems for the early detection of floods over continental and global domains have a key role in providing a quick overview of areas at risk, raise the…”
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Global meteorological drought – Part 2: Seasonal forecasts
Published in Hydrology and earth system sciences (24-07-2014)“…Global seasonal forecasts of meteorological drought using the standardized precipitation index (SPI) are produced using two data sets as initial conditions:…”
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Characterising droughts in Central America with uncertain hydro-meteorological data
Published in Theoretical and applied climatology (01-08-2019)“…Central America is frequently affected by droughts that cause significant socio-economic and environmental problems. Drought characterisation, monitoring and…”
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Global meteorological drought – Part 1: Probabilistic monitoring
Published in Hydrology and earth system sciences (24-07-2014)“…Near-real-time drought monitoring can provide decision-makers with valuable information for use in several areas, such as water resources management, or…”
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The potential value of seasonal forecasts in a changing climate in southern Africa
Published in Hydrology and earth system sciences (25-04-2014)“…Subsistence farming in southern Africa is vulnerable to extreme weather conditions. The yield of rain-fed agriculture depends largely on rainfall-related…”
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Conditioning model output statistics of regional climate model precipitation on circulation patterns
Published in Nonlinear processes in geophysics (13-11-2012)“…Dynamical downscaling of Global Climate Models (GCMs) through regional climate models (RCMs) potentially improves the usability of the output for hydrological…”
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Prediction of the Caspian Sea level using ECMWF seasonal forecasts and reanalysis
Published in Theoretical and applied climatology (01-07-2014)“…The hydrological budget of the Caspian Sea (CS) is investigated using the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts interim reanalysis (ERAi) and…”
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HESS Opinions "Forecaster priorities for improving probabilistic flood forecasts"
Published in Hydrology and earth system sciences (07-11-2013)“…Hydrological ensemble prediction systems (HEPS) have in recent years been increasingly used for the operational forecasting of floods by European…”
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Using ensemble climate projections to assess probabilistic hydrological change in the Nordic region
Published in Natural hazards and earth system sciences (01-08-2011)“…Assessing hydrological effects of global climate change at local scales is important for evaluating future hazards to society. However, applying climate model…”
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Climate impacts on river flow: projections for the Medway catchment, UK, with UKCP09 and CATCHMOD
Published in Hydrological processes (29-11-2010)“…The potential impact of climate change on areas of strategic importance for water resources remains a concern. Here, river flow projections for the River…”
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Research findings from nonpharmaceutical intervention studies for pandemic influenza and current gaps in the research
Published in American journal of infection control (01-05-2010)“…In June 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a request for applications to identify, improve, and evaluate the effectiveness of…”
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