Coastal flood forecasting: a good practice framework

This report sets out a good practice framework for the development of future coastal flood forecasting systems.

• From: Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Research and Development Programme and Environment Agency
• Published: 24 February 2021

• Category: Understanding risks from all sources of flooding
• Topics: Coast, Coastal erosion, Flood forecasting, Flood risk assessment, Incident management, Modelling, Sea level rise, Understanding physical processes
• Project status: Completed
• Project code: SC140007
• Date of completion: 18 November 2016

Documents

Coastal flood forecasting: a good practice framework - summary (198 KB) PDF

Investigating coastal flood forecasting: a good practice framework - report (2 MB) PDF

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Details

This report sets out a good practice framework for the development of future coastal flood forecasting systems. It examines the components that typically make up a coastal flood forecasting system, such as national forecasts and sea-level translation, and shows how to evaluate the quality of these components. This is to help modellers make better decisions to improve the quality of flood forecasting.

The good practice framework also provides an approach and tool for the appraisal of the quality of existing and new coastal flood forecasting systems.

This project was completed November 2016.

Published 24 February 2021