Comissionat per a Universitats i Recerca del Departament d'Innovació, Universitats I Empresa de la Generalitat de Catalunya
Consell Asesor per al Desenvolupament Sostenible
European Geosciences Union
European Science Foundation
FLASH project
Generalitat de Catalunya
Generalitat de Catalunya-Direcció General de Protecció Civil
MedCLIVAR
Meteorological Service of Catalonia
Ministerio de Ciencia y Innovación
University of Barcelona
PLC8
Flash Floods: From Observations to Forecasting
Convener:
Giorgio Boni
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Co-Convener:
Giorgio Roth
Flash floods are the most common inundation processes in Mediterranean basins. Observing and forecasting flash floods involve spatial-temporal scale issues: scales of observations, and scales of meteorological and hydrological modelling. This session welcomes presentations dealing with the analysis of observations of all processes related to flash floods and the feedback on modelling, with special focus on solving scale inconsistencies and uncertainty quantification. Contributions assessing aspects relevant to the observation of rainfall, soil moisture and discharge at proper scales for flash flood prediction in small catchments, both with traditional and remote sensors; analysis of large databases for the understanding of the physics and dynamics of involved hydro-meteorological processes; and improvement of models derived from the analysis and comparison between observations and model outputs, are strongly encouraged to submit to this session.