Decision making

What do operational forecasters really want from their systems?

Operational hydrological forecasting systems have seen a quite remarkable development during the last 10-15 years. Ensemble forecasts, improved numerical weather […]

Meeting “meteorological communicators”

Contributed by Anders Persson, a HEPEX guest columnist for 2014 Last winter I worked on a biography of Vilho Väisälä, […]

Short-term Optimal Control of Water Systems using Ensemble Forecasts

Contributed by Luciano Raso Managing an aquifer, a reservoir, or a canal is, in water management terms, operational management. For […]

Is a lack of competition affecting innovation in operational river forecasting?

Contributed by Tom Pagano, a HEPEX guest columnist for 2014 The opinions expressed here are solely the author's and do not express […]

As an operational forecaster, should I concern myself with typologies of uncertainty?

Contributed by Florian Pappenberger, Jan Verkade and Fredrik Wetterhall You don’t need to know about uncertainty typology, but you do […]

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 […]