Economic value

Risk aversion and decision making using ensemble forecasts

by Marie-Amélie Boucher and Vincent Boucher Assessing the value of forecasts is a very popular topic among the HEPEX community. […]

A never-ending struggle – Improving spring melt runoff forecast via snow information

Contributed by David Gustafsson (SMHI), member of the SMHI Guest Columnist Team As long as we can remember, the Swedish […]

Going commercial in hydrological forecasting

Contributed by Maria-Helena Ramos There are numerous actions supporting and promoting collaborations that aim to improve the uptake of weather […]

Hydrological Ensemble forecasting – financial investment vs return

by Hannah Cloke, Fredrik Wetterhall and Florian Pappenberger Within the HEPEX community we all understand very well that hydrological (ensemble) […]

From ‘flood defence’ to ‘flood risk management’ …. What mixes of disciplines creatively co-working might contribute new insights to this ‘wicked problem’ and community resilience building?

By Lindsey McEwen (University of the West of England, Bristol) The floods of winter 2013-14 brought the tensions and schisms […]

Benefit achieved in the 2014 flood in Bangladesh

Contributed by S.H.M. Fakhruddin It has long been recognized that if society could have information on floods in advance, the […]