Decision making

Is there a difference in meteorological and hydrological forecast practices?

Contributed by Anders Persson, a HEPEX guest columnist for 2014 My previous column featured the severe July 2004 flooding in […]

Can understanding how a forecast is used help improve the science?

Liz Stephens is a HEPEX guest columnist for 2014. This is Liz 1st column. Increasingly, the weather forecast enterprise is […]

On the economic value of hydrological ensemble forecasts

Contributed by Marie-Amélie Boucher, Maria-Helena Ramos and Ioanna Zalachori It is often assumed that probabilistic forecasts should lead to better […]

Definition of drought vulnerability for forecasting

Contributed by Luis Garrote Forecasting droughts is an important part of the HEPEX activities. Like other natural hazards, the effects […]

Hazard, risks, advice – how far should we go?

This was the title of the plenary discussion on September 11th 2013 at the EMS-ECAM meeting held in Reading. It […]

The added value of probabilistic forecasts for navigation

Contributed by Dennis Meissner and Bastian Klein Traffic-related water-level forecasts are a fundamental part of traffic control and information systems […]