Hydrological modelling using convective scale rainfall forecasts

This project examined the latest developments by the Met Office in predicting the weather to explore how they could be used in forecasting floods.

• From: Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Research and Development Programme and Environment Agency
• Published: 18 February 2021

• Category: Managing flood incidents
• Topics: Big data, Flood forecasting, Flood warning, Modelling, Monitoring and detection and Understanding physical processes
• Project status: Completed
• Project code: SC060087
• Date of completion: 31 March 2010

Documents

Hydrological modelling using convective scale rainfall modelling: Phase 1 and 2 - summary (238KB) PDF

Hydrological modelling using convective scale rainfall modelling: Phase 3 - summary (198KB) PDF

Hydrological modelling using convective scale rainfall modelling: Phase 1 - technical report (3.3MB) PDF

Hydrological modelling using convective scale rainfall modelling: Phase 2 - technical report (9.8MB) PDF

Hydrological modelling using convective scale rainfall modelling: Phase 3 (12.5MB) PDF

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Details

This project investigated which models and methods for predicting severe weather that causes flooding would make best use of the latest Met Office approaches to predicting the weather. Phase 1 and 2 examined new Met Office developments using numerical data, while Phase 3 examined Met Office advances using high resolution forecasting and probabilities.

This project was started in 2006 and completed in 2010.

Published 18 February 2021