Flood forecasting by reach
Ensemble weather forecasts drive hydrological and hydraulic models to give the probability of exceeding warning thresholds at each gauge, by lead time.
GCRI · Water Nexus
Forecasting turns observations into lead time: hours for flash floods, days for river floods, weeks to a season for drought. The value is in the lead time and the stated skill, not in a single number.
Forecasting and time-series analysis predict future values of variables from past observations and explanatory information. They support hişyariya zû and planning across hazards, markets and health. In water, climate and hazards and binesaziya girîng, forecasts trigger early action and anticipatory finance before shocks materialise. Probabilistic forecasts allow decisions to account for uncertainty across connected pergalan. The canonical description is on STEM Commons.
Ensemble weather forecasts drive hydrological and hydraulic models to give the probability of exceeding warning thresholds at each gauge, by lead time.
Sub-seasonal and seasonal climate forecasts are combined with current storage and soil moisture to state the odds of deficit categories for the coming months.
Operators receive inflow distributions, not point forecasts, so release rules can be set against the risk of both spill and shortage.
Rain, flood water and root-zone soil moisture over the Nile Basin, from NASA GIBS. Each layer carries its own date.
Nexşeya înteraktîf JavaScript hewce dike; lîsteya qatan û çavkanî li jêr in.
Qat 3
Water now, for this page
Klavye, dema ku nexşe di fokusê de ye
Ctrl an ⌘ bigire û bizivirîne da ku nêzîk bikî
Ya herî dawî ya heyî
NASA GIBS / EOSDIS · ASTER GDEM (METI, NASA) · Blue Marble (NASA) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Natural Earth
Wêneyên herî nû yên NASA tê barkirin.
Bikişîne da ku bilivîne. Ctrl an ⌘ û zivirandin, pincandin an bişkojkan ji bo nêzîkkirinê; ji bo nirxên di bin nîşanderê de li ser bisekine; vegerandin vedigere herêmê.
Water now, framed on the Nile Basin.Berhemên peyk û modelê wekî NASA diweşîne, her yek bi dîroka xwe. Nîşander in, ne nirxandinên tu cihî ne.
Qat û dîrok
Datasets and records used by forecasting and time-series analysis on this platform, with the role each plays and the label its values carry. Sources are listed in the source register.
| Dane | Rol | Nîşan |
|---|---|---|
| Ensemble numerical weather prediction | Forcing | FORECAST |
| Seasonal climate forecasts | Outlook forcing | FORECAST |
| Real-time gauge telemetry | Data assimilation | ÇAVDÊRÎKIRÎ |
| Snow and soil-moisture state | Initial conditions | MODELKIRÎ |
The screen a team would use to follow this method: its measures, states and decisions. Names are examples and values are illustrative.
Water · Hydrological forecasting · Run R-0460
held-out period
| T+2 | 0.33 | 0.29 | 0.19 | Skilful |
| T+4 | 0.20 | 0.26 | 0.33 | Skilful |
| T+6 | 0.26 | 0.09 | 0.39 | Marginal |
| T+8 | 0.33 | 0.30 | 0.28 | Marginal |
Forecasts are evaluated out of sample with proper scoring rules and reliability diagrams. Rolling-origin evaluation tests performance over time.
| Kontrol bikin | How it is done |
|---|---|
| Hindcast verification | Skill is measured on past forecasts against what happened, by lead time and threshold |
| Reliability diagrams | A forecast of thirty percent must come true about thirty percent of the time |
| Warning performance | Hits, misses and false alarms are reported for every threshold |
Structural breaks and regime changes undermine models trained on the past. Forecast skill typically declines rapidly with lead time.
Rain becomes runoff by the curve number method, drains each sub-catchment through a linear reservoir and travels down the main stem by Muskingum routing; play it to watch the flood wave move and flatten. Teaching model with stated illustrative values, not a prediction. The map on this page shows The Nile Basin; the model itself is not tied to a place.
Kontrol
Xwendin
| Hour | Outlet (m³/s) | Unrouted (m³/s) | Upper reach (m³/s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.4 | 0.0 | 678.9 | 0.0 |
| 12.0 | 308.3 | 1,151.4 | 181.8 |
| 21.6 | 452.4 | 35.1 | 73.7 |
| 31.2 | 363.3 | 1.1 | 11.1 |
| 40.8 | 198.8 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| 50.4 | 79.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| 60.0 | 25.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 69.6 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 79.2 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 88.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 98.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 108.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 117.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 127.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 136.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
The model runs on the teaching values set by the controls. To calibrate it for a place, read it against these admitted layers and series, which this page’s map can draw:
Li seranserê şeş stûnan, bi pêşengiya Nexus Consortium
Assembled from the Nexus Standards area profile Standardên xetera avê: the hazards it names, the pergalan and sectors that carry the loss, the controls that dampen it and the data that observe it. Choose the components, pick an initiating hazard and step through the cascade. The Map view places the run on an example geography with open data. Every coupling weight is a stated assumption you can change. A teaching model, not a forecast, an assessment or a certification. To model a place of your own choosing, open the full System Builder.
Metirsî
Pergal û girêdan
Kontrol
NS-0 Destûr û prensîbNS-1 Çavdêrxaneya UNI û kataloga berheman (rêzimana v0.2: beşên qad, sektor, herêm û jîngehê)NS-3 UNIyên tomara xetereyê (rêzimanî, nexşeya veguhastina ji pergala kevin, desthilata veqetandinê)NS-3b Profîla metadata ya daneset û berheman (STAC, DCAT, PROV-O)NS-9 UNI yên çarçoveyî (belavkirin, mînak, mînakên bernameyê)NS-10 Policies and clauses (machine-readable obligations: definition, binding, evaluation and enforcement)NS-11 Piştrastkirin û çavdêrî (delîl, erêkirin, çavdêriya lihevhatina zero-trust)NRS-U28 Universe platform profile: Water NexusNRS-H61 Malbata metirsiyê: Têkçûna zincîrî (NHS-1 sys.cascade)NRS-K42 Profîla pakêta domainê: Hewzên derbasî-sînor (DOMAIN-042)NRS-N1 Xetera avê û berxwedanNRS-N7 Hevgirêdana av-enerjî-xwarin-tenduristî-cûrbecûrbûna jîndaran-binesazîNRS-H62 Malbata metirsiyê: Bûyerên tevhev û pir-metirsî (NHS-1 sys.compound)Çavdêrî
Erdnîgariya mînakê
Avhewa û metirsî stewards forecasting and time-series analysis for the Consortium and reviews how it is applied across platforms.
The sectors hydrological forecasting touches and how strongly they depend on each other: what a study has to observe and model together.
Îmze
Av û hevkarên wê
Av dide çandiniyê avdan (0.8), dide enerjiyê ava sarkirinê û hîdroelektrîkê (0.6) û dide cûrbecûrbûna jîndaran herikên jîngehî (0.6).
W · E · I · F · H · B
Model, texmînên wî, daneyên wî û nediyariya wî, bi şeweyê ku zanyar an endezyar kontrol bike. Avahî rêbazên weşandî dişopînin. Nirxên hatine xêzkirin nimûneyî ne, ne encam in.
The couplings between the systems in hydrological forecasting: signs of influence, a reinforcing and a balancing loop, and cross-links where stress jumps.
rêzeya Pergalên Stratejîk is the Consortium’s quarterly publication. What you know about this subject can become evidence, a case or a correction in the next edition, credited to you and published under CC BY 4.0 where it is your own work.
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