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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- COST ES0901 FloodFreq - 7th M.C. and WGs Meetings, Warsaw, Poland, 14-15 June 2013
- Working Group 3: Presentations of the WG3 Meeting in Oslo, 19-20 March 2013
- A Review of Applied Methods in Europe for Flood-Frequency Analysis in a Changing Environment
- New Announcement- Information for Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) for 2013 (1st Call)
- New Announcement- Information for Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) for 2013 (1st Call)
FLOODFREQ BLOG
COST ES0901 FloodFreq - 7th M.C. and WGs Meetings, Warsaw, Poland, 14-15 June 2013
Please find below information about the Program of the meeting, location of the meeting (Warsaw University of Life Sciences), and important information (i.e. accommodation, transportation, etc).
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 1 - Draft Program of the M.C. and WGs Meetings.pdf | 386 Kb | 13/05/13 09:44 | |
| 2-Meeting place.pdf | 457 Kb | 13/05/13 09:45 | |
| 3a-Annex 1.pdf | 183 Kb | 13/05/13 09:45 | |
| 3-Accommodation details-1.pdf | 322 Kb | 13/05/13 09:45 | |
| 4-HOW TO REACH WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES.pdf | 834 Kb | 13/05/13 09:46 |
Working Group 3: Presentations of the WG3 Meeting in Oslo, 19-20 March 2013
Working Group 3: Presentations of the WG3 Meeting in Oslo, 19-20 March 2013
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A Review of Applied Methods in Europe for Flood-Frequency Analysis in a Changing Environment
A Review of Applied Methods in Europe for Flood-Frequency Analysis in a Changing Environment
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| Cost Flood report_April2013_FINAL.pdf | A Review of Applied Methods in Europe for Flood-Frequency Analysis in a Changing Environment | 5414 Kb | 01/05/13 21:52 |
New Announcement- Information for Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) for 2013 (1st Call)
Download the pdf file.
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| ES0901-STSM-2013-spring.pdf | New Announcement- Information for Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) for 2013 (1st Call) | 251 Kb | 12/02/13 13:15 |
Working Group 2 Report. Review of Applied-Statistical Methods for Flood-Frequency Analysis in Europe.
Download the summary report:
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| WG2_Summary_Report_2012_FINAL.pdf | Working Group 2 Report. Review of Applied-Statistical Methods for Flood-Frequency Analysis in Europe | 5515 Kb | 19/08/12 21:50 |
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