Snowfall Limit Forecasts and Hydrological Modeling

Correlations Between Analyses and Forecasts of Banded Heavy Snow Ingredients and Observed Snowfall

High-resolution ensemble rainfall forecasts in urban hydrological applications

The use of Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts (QPFs) enables to improve the real-time control of urban drainage systems by extending the time available to prevent critical situations such as flooding or sewer overflow [1-5]. Often, these are caused by rainfall events developing within a short period of time, and therefore, short term rainfall forecasts with lead time less than 3 hours are mos...

Verification tools for probabilistic forecasts of continuous hydrological variables

In the present paper we describe some methods for verifying and evaluating probabilistic forecasts of hydrological variables. We propose an extension to continuous-valued variables of a verification method originated in the meteorological literature for the analysis of binary variables, and based on the use of a suitable cost-loss function to evaluate the quality of the forecasts. We find that ...

Hydrological modeling in Modelica

Hydrological modeling is an area where modeling has been used for a very long time. Applications range from forecasts for the hydro power industry, public safety, agriculture and environmental monitoring. Still, to the best of our knowledge, Modelica has been very little used in hydrological modeling so far. In this paper, we aim to show that the Modelica language is well suited for hydrologica...

Tools for Teaching Hydrological and Environmental Modeling

Being able to work with mathematical models of hydrological and environmental systems becomes increasingly important for students of civil and environmental engineering departments. Courses or course sections teaching the specific skills needed are slowly making their way into the curriculum. This paper discusses the requirements for tools to teach these topics. Two example tools for model iden...