LINKS

The Links page has been divided into the following sections, to view all links please click on the relevant section heading:

ACTIF Project Partners

• Project Funders
• Project Coordinator
• Project Steering Group

Relevant European Organisations

• Research Organisations
• Funding Bodies

EC Research Projects

• European Commission Fifth Framework
• European Commission Fourth Framework

Other Relevant European Projects

European Commission

• Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS)
• Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development Programme
• Research Directorate General

• Home Page
• Science and Research
• Research into Flooding

HR Wallingford
Specialists in consultancy, research and software for managing the water environment

• HR Wallingford
• Flooding

DENMARK - DHI Water and Environment
Consulting and technology for water and environmental management

• Home Page
• Flood Management

Italy – University of Bologna

• Department of Earth Sciences, Geology and Environmental Studies

Italy – Italian National Research Council

• Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate

Italy – Regional agency for health prevention and environmental protection in the Emilia-Romagna Region

• Home Page

The Netherlands – WL|Delft Hydraulics

• Home Page
• Inland Water Systems
• Flood Management and Hydrology

Norway – NORUT Information Technology

• Home Page
• Projects

UK - Environment Agency
Public body with duties to protect and improve the environment throughout England and Wales.

• Home Page
• Science and Research
• Research into Flooding

UK – University of Salford Telford Institute of Environmental Systems

• Home page
• Research Projects

UK

• Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, CEH Wallingford
• Joint Centre for Hydrometeorological Research
• Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia
• The Meteorological Office
• Hadley Centre
• Middlesex University, Flood Hazard Research Centre

THE NETHERLANDS

• RIZA -the research and advisory body for the Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management
• KNMI - the national research and information centre for climate, climatic change and seismology
• Dutch National Research Programme on Global Air Pollution and Climate Change

INTERNATIONAL

• Norwegian Meteorological Institute
• Norwegian Water Resources
• United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) International Hydrological Programme
• World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)
• WMO: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

UK

• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – Flood Management Research and Development
  

Flood Related

• European Flood Forecasting System (EFFS)
• European River Flood Occurence And Total Risk Assessment System (EUROTAS)
• Systematic, paleoflood and historical data for the improvement of flood risk estimation (SPHERE)
• FloodMan
• FLOOD RELIEF
• Mitigation of Climate Induced Natural Hazards
• Risk of inundation - planning and response interactive user system (RIPARIUS)
• The Euro-Mediterranean Disaster Information Network (EU-MEDIN)
• Multi-Sensor Precipitation Measurements Integration, Calibration and Flood Forecasting (MUSIC)

Precipitation Related

• VOLTAIRE

• Microwave Attenuation as a New Tool for Improving Stormwater Supervision Administration (MANTISSA)

• Critical Assessment of available Radar Precipitation Estimation techniques and Development of Innovative approaches for Environmental Management (CARPE DIEM)

• European Satellite Rainfall analysis and Monitoring at the Geostationary Scale (EURAINSAT)

Drought Related

• Analysis, Synthesis and Transfer of Knowledge and Tools on Hydrological Drought Assessment through a European Network (ASTHyDA)
   

Flood Related

• River Basin Modelling, Management and Flood Mitigation (RIBAMOD)
• Quantification of the influence of the land surface and river training on flood conditions in the Rhine basin (LAHoR)
• Development of advanced radar technology for application to hydrometeorology (DARTH)
• Flood risk reduction by space borne recognition of indicators of excess runoff generating areas (FLOODGEN)
• Innovative application of satellite and radar technology to real time forecasting systems (WAMM)
• Earth observation based flood risk information management service (SIREN)
• Models for determining optimum level of sophistication of flood forecasting and warning systems (EUROFLOOD)
• The Development of Active, On-Line Hydrological and Meteorological Models to Minimise the Impact of Flooding (HYDROMET)
• Satellite and combined satellite-radar techniques in meteorological forecasting for flood events (MEFFE)
• New Opportunities for Altimetry in Hydrology (NOAH)
• Runoff and Atmospheric Processes for flood hazard forecasting and control (RAPHAEL)
• System for Hydrology using land observation for model calibration (SHYLOC)
• Forecasting floods in urban areas downstream of steep catchments (TELEFLOOD)
• Risk Of Inundation - Planning And Response Interactive User System (RIPARIUS)
• Prevention and forecast of floods (FLOODAWARE)

• Cluster Initiative for Flood and Fire Emergencies (CLIFF)
• IRMA-SPONGE Umbrella Program - integrates expertise acquired in a number of ongoing projects, dealing with different aspects of flood risk management in all countries in the Rhine and Meuse River Basins.
• Global Monitoring of Environment and Security (GMES)
• Operational solutions for the management of Inundation Risks in the Information Society
• National Spanish research project (HYDRADMET). Development of operational hydrometeorological techniques for flood forecasting from meteorological radar data. Design of an intelligent tool for making decisions and its application over the Besos River (Barcelona).