New Workshop on Prediction and Monitoring of Flash Flood Events

New Workshop on Prediction and Monitoring of Flash Flood Events by Weather Radar Systems held on 16th - 18th October 2007 at our factory in Neuss, Germany
 
Workshop on Prediction and Monitoring of Flash Flood Events by Weather Radar Systems by

Prof. Chris Collier, TIES University of Salford, UK
and
Prof. Witold Krajewski, University of Iowa, USA
and
Prof. Ezio Todini, University of Pisa, Italy

Floods have a major impact on the global economy and the public safety. Flooding and flash floods are the single most destructive type of natural disasters that strike humans and their livelihoods across the globe. These events are catastrophic by any standard, but we know that their impacts can be lessened with sound investments in modern flash flood detection and monitoring systems.

The goal of the workshop is to show the need and the limits of such integrated systems and to understand the need to continue the challenge and to grow the collaborative effort using modern sensor and data processing technologies. This workshop is our opportunity and contribution to share knowledge, technology, lessons learned and to draw parallels between individual and expert´s experiences with flash floods.