The Use of Historical Data for Rainfall and Flood Forecasting
| What | Conference, Europe |
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| When |
Jan 08, 2008
from 07:00 AM to 04:00 PM |
| Where | Oxford, UK |
| Contact Name | conference@hydro-gis.co.uk |
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Programme
9.00-10.00 Registration
10.00-11.15 First Rainfall Session
John Kelly, Oxfordshire County Emergency Planning Officer
Introduction and review of Oxfordshire July 2007 floods.
Dr. Harvey Rodda, Hydro-GIS Ltd
An overview of extreme rainfall events from the British Rainfall archive 1866-1968.
Dr. Max Little, Oxford University
Probabilistic data-driven rainfall forecasting.
11.15-11.45 Refreshments
11.45-12.45 Second Rainfall Session
Dr. Richard Jones, Meteorological Office Hadley Centre
Forecasting UK rainfall patterns due to predicted global climate change.
Prof .Chris Collier, University of Salford
The relationship between Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) and frequency estimation.
12.45-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.00 First Flooding Session
Dr. Colin Clark, Charldon Hill Research Station
Extreme floods: what does the historic evidence tell us?
Terry Marsh, CEH Wallingford
Historical flooding in the Thames Basin.
15.00-15.30 Refreshments
15.30-17.00 Second Flooding Session
Prof. Phil Jones, University of East Anglia
An overview of high monthly mean river flows over England and Wales for the period from 1865.
Dr. Michel Lang, CEMAGREF Lyon
Historical floods in the South-East of France.
Craig Woolhouse, Environment Agency, Thames Region
What have we learnt from the 2007 Floods?
17.00-18.00 Drinks Reception
To request a Registration form please email:
conference@hydro-gis.co.uk
