ECMWF- CEMS - C3S – HEPEX – GFP
From 29 June to 1 July 2021, ECMWF hosted a 3-day virtual workshop on Global hydrological modelling and forecasting.
Day 1 aimed at presenting and discussing recent advances in global and large-scale hydrological modelling used in water cycle predictions up to medium-range, and in monitoring applications such as regional and global reanalyses. It will discuss the challenges involved in attaining skillful estimations of the water fluxes and reservoirs in the range of 1 to 25 km resolutions, making best use of Earth Observations to calibrate, validate or verify the model output.
Day 2 and 3 focussed on connecting large scale to local needs and decision making, as well as catchment-scale advances in hydrometeorological forecasting, addressing challenges of hydrological ensemble forecasting and monitoring.
The workshop was organised under the umbrella of ECMWF, the Copernicus services CEMS and C3S, the Hydrological Ensemble Prediction EXperiment (HEPEX) and the Global Flood Partnership (GFP).
Using the same virtual platform, the event engaged and linked the wider research and user community through a range of keynote talks, plenary debate Q&A sessions, presentations, and virtual networking activities.
The format of the workshop was interactive and participants had the opportunity to connect with people and their work through different sessions. The presentations were scheduled in two blocks per day to accommodate people working in different time zones as far as possible. The first block of presentations ran from 9:00 to 11:30 BST and a second block from 14:00 to 16:30 BST.
