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Information about several organisations dealing with floods:
Weather and flood information Disaster management and flood risk network Disaster databases Flood research, modelling and software Flood projects Flood related journals Knowledge institutes
Weather and flood information
World Climate
WorldClimate.com gathers in one place a worldwide range of climate data in an easy-to-use form. Climate data are historical weather averages, showing what the weather was typically like each month, averaged over a range of years.
WorldClimate.com is designed for a general audience, for schools, families, travelers and others interested in the general historical weather patterns around their area and around the world. However, this is not a weather site. It has no information on the actual weather on a given day or month. It does not contain weather forecasts or reports. The data here is not suitable for professional or research use, and should not be used for such purposes. http://www.worldclimate.com
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF, the Centre) is an independent international organisation supported by 26 European States. The principal objectives of the Centre are: the development of numerical methods for medium-range weather forecasting; the preparation, on a regular basis, of medium-range weather forecasts for distribution to the meteorological services of the Member States; scientific and technical research directed at the improvement of these forecasts; collection and storage of appropriate meteorological data. http://www.ecmwf.int/
World Meteorological Organization The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a Specialized Agency of the United Nations. It is the UN system's authoritative voice on the state and behaviour of the Earth's atmosphere, its interaction with the oceans, the climate it produces and the resulting distribution of water resources. http://www.wmo.ch/index-en.html
International Flood Network International Flood Network has as its objective to facilitate international cooperation in flood management: ・ to reduce the loss of life and damage caused by floods ・ to promote policies and practices which can break the vicious circle of poverty and environmental degradation and lead to a safe and sustainable future http://internationalfloodnetwork.org
National Weather Service (US) The National Weather Service (NWS) provides weather, hydrologic, and climate forecasts and warnings for the United States, its territories, adjacent waters and ocean areas, for the protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy. NWS data and products form a national information database and infrastructure which can be used by other governmental agencies, the private sector, the public, and the global community. http://weather.gov/
Czech Hydro-meteorological Institute The object of CHMI's activity is to establish and operate monitoring stations with the aid of a telecommunications network; to process the results of observations, measurements and monitoring; to create and maintain data bases; to provide information on conditions, characteristics and regimes; to provide forecasts and warnings; to carry out scientific research activities. http://www.chmi.cz/indexe.html
Australian Weather and Warnings Information This organisation provides information about Australian weather forecasts and maintains weather databases. It carries out research in meteorology and hydrology. http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/
Susquehanna River Basin - Flood Forecasting and Warning System The Susquehanna River Basin is a flood-prone watershed. The Susquehanna River Basin Flood Forecasting and Warning System (FF&WS) is in place to provide the data needed to forecast river levels and issue more accurate early flood warnings. http://www.susquehannafloodforecasting.org/index.asp
Mekong River Commission The MRC is a river basin organization that provides the institutional framework to promote regional cooperation in order to implement the agreement between the governments of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam.. The MRC serves its member states by supporting decisions and promoting action on sustainable development and poverty alleviation as a contribution to the UN Millennium Development Goals. http://www.mrcmekong.org/
Disaster management and flood risk network
Asian Disaster Reduction Centre The Asian Disaster Reduction Center is established in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, to facilitate exchange of disaster reduction experts from several Asian countries and concerned bodies, accumulate and provide disaster reduction information, and carry out research into multinational disaster reduction cooperation as the focus of this initiative. http://www.adrc.or.jp
FloodRiskNet http://www.floodrisknet.org.uk/
Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA's mission is to lead the effort to prepare the U.S. for all hazards and effectively manage federal response and recovery efforts following any national incident. FEMA also initiates proactive mitigation activities, trains first responders, and manages the National Flood Insurance Program and the U.S. Fire Administration. http://www.fema.gov/
Emergency Management Australia http://www.ema.gov.au/
Disaster databases
Dartmouth Flood Observatory The Observatory detects, maps, measures, and analyzes major flood events world-wide using satellite remote sensing. The record of such events is preserved here as a World Atlas of Flood Hazard. Also provided are yearly catalogs, large-scale maps, and images of river floods, from 1985 to the present. As the archive of reliable data grows, it is increasingly possible to predict where and when major flooding will occur, and to analyze trends over time. http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/
California Data Exchange Centre CDEC provides information about hydro-meteorological conditions of California http://cdec.water.ca.gov
Emergency Disasters Data Base Since 1988 the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) has been maintaining an Emergency Events Database - EM-DAT. EM-DAT was created with the initial support of the WHO and the Belgian Government. http://www.em-dat.net/
River net The European Rivers Network, is a non profit NGO and was founded in cooperation with International Rivers Network (http://www.irn.org/). http://www.rivernet.org/
Flood Research, Modelling and Software
DHI Water and Environment DHI Water & Environment is an independent research and consultancy organisation and have the following objectives: to build competence and promote technological development in areas relevant to water, environment and health in the fields of ecology and environmental chemistry, water resources, hydraulic engineering and hydrodynamics as well as other related fields. http://www.dhi.dk/
WL | Delft Hydraulics http://www.wldelft.nl/
HR Wallingford http://www.hrwallingford.co.uk/
Wallingford Software http://www.wallingfordsoftware.co.uk/
Sogreah Consultants http://www.sogreah.fr/
Flood Hazard Research Centre (UK) http://www.fhrc.mdx.ac.uk/
Hydrologic Engineering Centre (US Army Corps of Engineers) http://www.hec.usace.army.mil/
Flood projects
FLOODsite (Integrated Flood Risk Analysis and Management Methodologies), 2004-2008 http://www.floodsite.net/
AFORISM (A Comprehensive Forecasting System for Flood Risk Mitigation and Control), 1991-1994 http://www.itia.ntua.gr/e/projinfo/2/
RIBAMOD (River Basin Modelling, Management and Flood Mitigation), 1996-1998 http://www.hrwallingford.co.uk/projects/RIBAMOD/
TELEFLEUR (Telemetric Assisted Handling of Flood Emergencies in Urban Areas), 1998-2000 http://www.meteoliguria.it/ENG/telefleur.html
EFFS (European Flood Forecasting System), 2000-2003 http://effs.wldelft.nl/
OSIRIS (Operational Solutions for the Management of Inundation Risks in the Information Society), 2000-2003 http://www.ist-osiris.org/indexOsiris.html
Flood Related Journals
Natural Hazards Observer: http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/o/
Journal of Hydrology: http://www.elsevier.com /wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home /503343/description#description
Advances in Water Resources: http://www.elsevier.com /wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/422913 /description#description
Hydrological Processes http://www.wileyeurope.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-HYP.html
Hydrological Sciences Journal http://www.cig.ensmp.fr/~iahs/
Journal of Hydroinformatics http://www.iwaponline.com/jh/toc.htm
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering http://www.pubs.asce.org/journals/he.html
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering http://www.pubs.asce.org/journals/hy.html
Journal of Hydraulic Research http://www.iahr.net/site/index.html
Journal of River Basin Management http://www.jrbm.net/pages/
Journal of Water Resource Planning and Management http://www.pubs.asce.org/journals/wr.html
Natural Hazards Review http://www.pubs.asce.org/journals/nh.html
Water Resources Research http://www.agu.org/pubs/current/wr/index.php
Knowledge institutes
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