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Tag Archives: Flood

For about 75 years, many brilliant minds all over the world have struggled to...
Climate, Earth, Life, People, Physics, Sea, Systems

The Century Problem – An Unsolved Puzzle in Meteorology

Author Lucas Höppler Date May 27, 2016
Lucas Höppler
Tagged a and b parameters, century problem, flash-flood, Flood, hydroelectric, hydrological model, hydropower, innovation, Micro Rain Radar, MRR, radar, unsolved puzzle, Z-R relation | 2 Comments |
Sometimes we hear people saying: “It’s the little things that matter most”. Indeed, only...
Air, Climate, Earth, People, Physics, Society

My weather app shows rain at a sunny day!?

Author Lucas Höppler Date March 18, 2016
Lucas Höppler
Tagged flash-flood, Flood, Floods, hydroelectric, innovation, little things, Micro Rain Radar, MRR, suddenly occuring rain, umbrella, weather app | 2 Comments |
The Netherlands, ‘Nederland’, its name literally means ‘low country’. In the CIA World Factbook...
Land, People, Sea, Society

Flood management below sea level – strategies from the Netherlands

Author Karin van der Wiel Date February 3, 2015
Karin van der Wiel
Tagged Climate change, Flood, Global warming, Netherlands, Precipitation, Rivers, Sea, Sea level rise, Storm surge | Leave a comment |
Quite often people ask me about my field of study in parties or activity...
Land, Sea, Systems

Hydrology and hydrological model

Author Lu Li Date January 29, 2014
Lu Li
Tagged climatesnack, Flood, Global warming, hydrologic cycle, hydrological model, hydrology, Modelling, Precipitation, Water cycle, watershed | 1 Comment |
A big winter storm is brewing in the North Atlantic. Meteorologists on TV exclaim...
Sea

The making of an ocean wave (forecast)

Author Johannes Röhrs Date October 11, 2013
Johannes Röhrs
Tagged Flood, Modelling, Nordic Seas, Numerical wave prediction, Storm surge, Surface gravity waves, Swell forecast, Wave, Wave forecast, Wave model, Waves, Wind wave, Wind wave model | 4 Comments |
Precipitation is notoriously hard to forecast accurately. The formation of precipitation is a fine...
Air

To rain or not to rain: Precipitation in a changing climate

Author Rachel White Date September 30, 2013
Rachel White
Tagged Climate, Drought, Environment, Flood, Global warming, Rain, Uncertainty, Water cycle | 1 Comment |
The advent of satellite imagery opened our eyes to many unseen aspects of the...
Air, Physics

Atmospheric Rivers

Author Roohollah Azad Date June 14, 2013
Roohollah Azad
Tagged Atmospheric Rivers, Cyclone, Extremes, Flood, Precipitation, Rain | 6 Comments |
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