General background
Reliable estimates of expected extreme flood events are required for design and operation of vital infrastructure such as flood defences, bridges and culverts, and also for more general flood risk management and planning, e.g. emergency planning, flood risk mapping, and for defining flood insurance premiums.
In practice, this information is obtained through the use of flood frequency...
Current state of knowledge
Most of the methods routinely used for flood frequency estimation are designed to:
- be conceptually simple and easy to use,
- not require too much in terms of volume and formatting of input data, and
- make predictions based on an underlying assumption of a stationary environment.
Reasons for the Action
The physical mechanisms responsible for flood generation vary through-out Europe, but do not align with national and administrative borders currently determining the choice of method for flood frequency estimation.
In addition, a myriad of methods for flood frequency estimation are available, and often individual institutions and scientists have developed their own particular tools.
Complementarity w/ other programs
European scale flood research projects funded under the EU Framework programme include projects on hydraulic aspects of river basin modelling (RIBAMOD, IMPACT and FLOODSite), mitigation and vulnerability assessments (RIVERLIFE, MITCH), large scale impacts of climate change (MICE), and flood frequency analysis using historical and paleoflood information (SPHERE).
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- 1st Short course on: Advanced Techniques for Flood Hazard Assessment in a Changing Environment, 8-12 October 2012, Limassol, Cyprus.
- 1st Short course on: Advanced Techniques for Flood Hazard Assessment in a Changing Environment, 8-12 October 2012, Limassol, Cyprus.
- Information for Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) for 2012
- Other Publications
- Reports
FLOODFREQ BLOG
1st Short course on: Advanced Techniques for Flood Hazard Assessment in a Changing Environment, 8-12 October 2012, Limassol, Cyprus.
Download the short course pdf file:
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 FLOOFREQ_SHORT COURSE_1st ANNOUNCEMENT.pdf | 93 Kb | 21/04/12 20:34 |
Information for Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) for 2012
Please find below information about the Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) application proceedures for the year 2012.
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| Information ES0901-STSM-2012.pdf | 248 Kb | 08/04/12 20:02 |
COST Action ES0901 (FloodFreq) Meeting: 5th M.C. Meeting and WG2 Meeting, Liverpool, Great Britain, 29-30 March 2012
Please find below information about the FloodFreq March Meetings, WG2 Meeting (29-3-2012) and 5th M.C. Meeting (30-3-2012) which will be held in Liverpool, Great Britain (5th M.C. Meeting Agenda, Lists of the participants in the two meetings, useful information (travelling, accommodation, meeting place) and a map of the University of Liverpool(meeting place).
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| 01-ES0901 5th MC Agenda Liverpool 30tMarch2012.pdf | 64 Kb | 14/02/12 17:42 | |
| 02-ES0901_Participants_schedule_5thMC_WG2_Liverpool_March2012.pdf | 173 Kb | 14/02/12 17:42 | |
| 03-Liverpool Meeting Useful Information (Travel, Accommodation, Meeting Place).p | 37 Kb | 14/02/12 17:42 | |
| 04-University of Liverpool-campus-map.pdf | 328 Kb | 14/02/12 17:43 |
COST Action ES0901 (FloodFreq) Meeting: WG2,3,4 Meetings and Core Group Meeting, Bratislava, Slovakia, 25-26 November 2011 (along with the EGU Leonardo Conference, 23-25 November 2011)
Please find below general information about the FloodFreq Meeting, the programme of the meeting, traveling and accommodation information. Information about the EGU Leonardo Conference can be found in: http://www.eguleonardo2011.flood.sk
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| 01_COST meeting Bratislava_info.pdf | 11 Kb | 17/10/11 08:30 | |
| 02_ OST Action ES0901 Bratislava Meeting programme.pdf | 23 Kb | 17/10/11 08:30 | |
| 03_Bratislava_Vienna_airport_bus_schedule.pdf | 5109 Kb | 17/10/11 08:31 | |
| 04_Bratislava_bus station_STUBA_hotel Akademik.pdf | 103 Kb | 17/10/11 08:32 | |
| 05_Bratislava_railway station_hotel Akademik_STUBA.pdf | 104 Kb | 17/10/11 08:32 | |
| 06_COST_meeting_hotels_Bratislava.pdf | 8 Kb | 17/10/11 08:32 | |
 07_Bratislava_hotels_map.jpg | 374 Kb | 17/10/11 08:32 | |
 08_Bratislava_hotels_map2.jpg | 172 Kb | 17/10/11 08:33 |