Achieving Technological Innovation in Flood Forecasting (ACTIF)

Research on flood prevention and mitigation to influence future flood management policy and practice across EU states.

From:
Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Research and Development Programme and Environment Agency
Published
17 February 2021
Category:
Managing flood incidents
Topics:
Big data, Decision making with uncertainty, Flood forecasting, Incident management, Modelling, Monitoring and detection, Partnership working, Strategy and planning
Project status:
Completed
Project code:
SC030229
Date of completion:
31 March 2006

Documents

Achieving Technological Innovation in Flood Forecasting (ACTIF) - summary (81KB) PDF

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Details

The EU funded ACTIF (Achieving Technological Innovation in Flood Forecasting) project ran from 2003 to 2006. It built awareness of EU and other relevant research on flood prevention, protection and mitigation to influence future flood management policy and practice.

The research included the use of:

  • ensemble forecasting techniques
  • rainfall forecasts using numerical weather prediction
  • remote sensing data
  • uncertainty built into flood forecasting to improve reliability and effectiveness of decisions

The results of the research were made available through a series of best practice papers, European workshops and an international conference. It should have an impact on flood management policy and practice in the medium-term in all EU states.

Published 17 February 2021