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Exploring the use of Artificial Intelligence for flood forecasting in Scotland
Our latest blog comes from the DelugeAI CREW project team (Christopher White, Douglas Bertram, Robert Atkinson, Muhammad Usman, Kamila Nieradzinska and Victoria Martí Barclay) at the University of Strathclyde on the exciting developments in the Artificial Intelligence space. Can we … Continue reading
Impact-based forecasting, AI and communicating uncertainties: opportunities for forecasting and warning
2025 marks ten years of our co-convened PICO session at the EGU General Assembly on operational forecasting and warning systems for natural hazards: innovations and challenges. It’s interesting to reflect on what topics were discussed in 2015 and the key … Continue reading
New surface water flood forecasting tool for Scotland now operational.
Jamie Rae, Senior Scientist with the flood forecasting service, explains the work that has been going into enhancing our surface water flood forecasting capabilities: As we previously reported on here, In 2022, SEPA published its Flood Warning Development Framework for … Continue reading
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Life on the edge of extreme natural hazards in remote northern Europe
As previously reported, the NERC-funded EMERGE Project has brought together scientists, researchers and early warning specialists from across Iceland, Norway and Scotland including the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. Following successful exploratory workshops in Oslo (May 2022) and Glasgow (March 2023), … Continue reading
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Surface water flood forecasting: where next?
In August this year, SEPA published its new Flood Warning Development Framework. The framework defines the direction of travel for flood forecasting and warning services in Scotland with the aims to maintain and improve existing, and deliver new, operational flood … Continue reading
Posted in Communications, Forecasting, G2G, Hydrometeorology, Partnerships, Research, SFFS, Surface Water
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Multi-hazards and emergent risks in Northern Europe’s remote regions: Oslo workshop
Partners of the NERC Science Project EMERGE recently met in Oslo to share experience and challenges in tackling multi-hazards and emergent risks such as extreme rainfall and landslides. The project, led by the University of Strathclyde, has European partners SEPA, … Continue reading
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The challenges of the mountain environment to flood forecasting
In the penultimate account in a series of articles on how the mountains of Scotland influence our approach to monitoring and flood forecasting, Mike Reading from the Met Office writes about the challenges of mountain forecasting. “In Scotland, we face … Continue reading
Posted in Forecasting, Hydrometeorology, Partnerships, Radar, SFFS, Weather prediction
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A look back on a decade of challenges and achievements for the Scottish Flood Forecasting Service
In this article, we take a retrospective view on a decade of challenges and achievements for the flood forecasting service with some of the many people who have made it a success. A period when Bertha, Ciara, Desmond, Dennis and … Continue reading
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Snow melt and hydrometric observations – perspectives for flood forecasting
In the second of a series of articles on how the mountains of Scotland influence our approach to monitoring and flood forecasting, Dr. Andrew Black writes about the role of hydrometric observations. “Continually rising global temperatures over the coming century … Continue reading
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How do Scotland’s mountains affect its rainfall?
In the first of a series of articles on how the mountains of Scotland influence our approach to monitoring and flood forecasting, Mike Kendon writes about their role on rainfall. “Much of Scotland’s landscape is dominated by its mountains. Although … Continue reading
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