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Successful start for Hydrological Open Source Community

The HYPE Open Source Community is now open to anyone interested in hydrology, for cooperative code development. The community was successfully launched recently. The international community for developing hydrological computational models is gaining momentum, and several teams from around the world have also chosen to use SMHI’s hydrological calculation model HYPE. So far around 400 users ...

Jan. 17, 2012

By SMHI International Consulting Services

Summer course on hydrological modelling

SMHI provides pan-European water information based on their hydrological model system, E-HYPE (European HYdrological Predictions for the Environment). During the summer, 20 people from six European countries gathered at SMHI to find out more about the model results. The course focused on hydrological modelling of continental Europe and the participants learned about the assumptions behind the ...

Aug. 21, 2014

By SMHI International Consulting Services

A hydrological network for open source codes under development

Considerable interest is being shown in hydrological models with open source codes, which users are free to continue developing. The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute’s (SMHI) hydrological model HYPE is being developed with open source codes so that researchers all over the world will be able to develop models in cooperation. A network has also been built around the source ...

Nov. 12, 2013

By SMHI International Consulting Services

KISTERS Hires New Sales and Support Specialist in Canada

Steve Elgie recently joined the KISTERS North American team in Canada as a sales and support specialist. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Physical Geography (focus on geomatics and hydrology) and a Master of Science in Geography (focus on hydrology) from the University of Guelph. His thesis focus was assessing the effects of pollutant reduction strategies using a hydrologic model integrated into ...

Jul. 6, 2015

By KISTERS AG

Groundwater availability detailed in California`s Central Valley

A new, three-dimensional water-modeling tool provides a detailed picture of how water flows below ground and how it relates to surface-water in rivers and canals in California’s Central Valley. The Central Valley Hydrologic Model, developed by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey, is available for use by water managers and other agencies. The model was designed to help resource agencies ...

Jul. 9, 2009

By U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Prize to article in Hydrology Research

Researchers at SMHI received the award for the best article in the journal Hydrology Research. The article describes how information from climate simulations can be adapted to develop scenarios for water flow and water balance in a future climate. The journal "Hydrology Research" is the official journal of the Nordic Association for Hydrology and its counterparts in Britain, Germany and Italy. ...

Oct. 3, 2012

By SMHI International Consulting Services

Calculating recharge of groundwater more precisely

An international team of researchers has demonstrated that key processes in models used for the global assessment of water resources for climate change are currently missing. This could mean climate change impact models are wrong in some parts of the world and cannot yet be used to guide water management. The study, published today [Tuesday 28 February] in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...

Feb. 27, 2017

By University of Bristol

LimnoTech Goes to WEFTEC 2015 Conference

LimnoTech will again have a significant presence at the annual WEFTEC 2015 conference. The Water Environment Federation’s Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference is the largest conference of its kind in North America and offers water quality professionals from around the world the best water quality education and training available. LimnoTech’s Tad Slawecki will be chairing ...

Sep. 21, 2015

By LimnoTech Inc.

ToughSonic Sensors: The Solution for a Flood and Water Monitoring Sensor System

Senix ToughSonic ultrasonic level & distance sensors are used with some of the most sophisticated flood monitoring and water monitoring and forecasting systems to measure water levels from many type of sources. Data collected from the sensors are automatically sent to various systems where the real time monitoring information can be integrated into an advanced hydrological model. System data ...

Mar. 10, 2020

By Senix Corporation

OGC Surface Water Interoperability Experiment FINAL REPORT

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) announced this week the publishing of its Final Report on the Surface Water Interoperability Experiment. The report describes the methods, results, issues and recommendations generated by the Surface Water Interoperability Experiment (SW IE), carried out as an activity of the OGC Hydrology Domain Working Group (HDWG). The SW IE was designed to advance the ...

Sep. 6, 2012

By KISTERS AG

Australia must better plan for a variable water future

“With an expected decline in water availability in parts of Australia comes the need for more reliable quantification of historical and likely future water availability,” Dr Chiew said today in an address to the Practical Responses to Climate Change Conference in Melbourne. “Predictions of future water availability and runoff characteristics are improving rapidly with more data ...

Sep. 29, 2010

By CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Drought warning system being developed in South Africa

The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute is developing a new drought warning system for parts of South Africa. The recently started project is focusing on producing forecasts and recommendations so as to better manage times of strain. The work is being done in close co-operation with local players. Like many other countries, South Africa is periodically severely affected by drought, ...

Jan. 17, 2013

By SMHI International Consulting Services

China`s clever water use boosts food yields

China produces more food for the same amount of water than other countries in Africa and Asia, researchers have found. The report, completed by Li Baoguo and colleagues from the China Agricultural University, found that China produces 1–1.5 kilograms of wheat and corn per cubic metre of water, compared with Ethiopia's 0.1–0.2 kilograms, India's 0.2–0.7 and Kazakhstan's 0.2–0.3. The ...

Jan. 29, 2010

By SciDev.Net

Cloud-based flood risk learning tool engages multiple stakeholders

A pilot cloud-based learning platform that brings together multiple datasets, models and visualisation tools has been developed with the engagement of numerous stakeholders throughout the design process. This tool could lead to informed decisions about flood risk at the local level. These types of tools and frameworks are effective ways of facilitating better decision making. Europe is currently ...

Oct. 1, 2015

By European Commission, Environment DG

A closer look at aqueduct`s new global water stress maps

The World Resources Institute and the Coca-Cola Company recently announced a partnership that made industry-leading global water risk maps publicly available for the first time. Coca-Cola has donated maps and data that they developed to help them towards the goal of understanding and managing their exposure to water risks in their facilities around the world. Through Aqueduct’s online water ...

Oct. 3, 2011

By World Resources Institute WRI

Flood risk from modern agricultural practices can be mitigated with interventions

In the face of substantial evidence that modern land use management practices have increased runoff at the local scale, a new study reveals changes in local land use management practices can reduce the risk of local flooding. However, there is little evidence so far that these local increases in runoff culminate in large-scale flooding effects. To address this lack of evidence, the researchers ...

Nov. 1, 2015

By European Commission, Environment DG

Managing water shortages - the problem is people, not climate

A recent study of water shortages around the world over the past two millennia has shown that population growth has been the most significant pressure on water supplies and this will continue to increase as a threat in future. Dealing with water scarcity therefore will increasingly require improved water governance, management and policy measures, which are fully integrated into societal ...

Dec. 2, 2010

By GLOBE SERIES

The Czech Republic Ministry of Environment officially hosts the Water Management Congress Europe in Prague

The twenty-first century is the century in which the overriding problem is one of water management. By comparing water consumption with its availability, the United Nations have predicted that by the middle of this century between 2 billion and 7 billion people will be faced with water scarcity. With population growth and urbanization, agricultural demand, energy requirements, economic and ...

May 23, 2008

By Naseba

Hydrological drought amplifies wildfires in Borneo’s humid tropics

The area of wildfires in Borneo during drought years turns out to be ten times larger than during non-drought years, an international research team reports in Nature Climate Change of this week. The fires recurrently affecting Borneo’s humid tropical ecosystems have negative influence on the biodiversity and lead to large CO2 emissions, affecting atmospheric composition and regional climate ...

May 2, 2017

By Wageningen University and Research Centre

Natural processes can limit spread of arsenic in water, says study

Many people in Bangladesh and other parts of Asia have been poisoned by drinking groundwater laced with arsenic—not introduced by humans, but leached naturally from sediments, and now being tapped by shallow drinking wells. In recent years, to avoid the problem, deeper wells have been sunk 500 feet or more to purer waters—but fears have remained that when deep water is pumped out, ...

Oct. 10, 2011

By National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

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