IMPREX GA Primavera nov2016 · IMPREX is a research project supported by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme Grant Agreement No 641811 Duration: 01/10/15

Overview of

J a n e t W i j n g a a r d

G A P R I M AV E R A , N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 6 , D e B i l t

IMPREXImproving predictions and management of hydrological extremes

Funded under the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union

Grant Agreement No 641811

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Horizon 2020 call: Water cycle under future climate

IMPREX

Some facts

• Running 4 years (ends 30 September 2019)

• 8 million Euro funded by EU (Horizon 2020 programme)• 8 million Euro funded by EU (Horizon 2020 programme)

• 64 Deliverables, 27 Milestones

• Results/generated data: Open source

• 23 partners, 9 countries



Partners



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Topics of interest

Based on first paper on IMPREX



Europeanregion

Current skill

User NeedsDroughts & Agriculture

Water transport

Hydropower

Weather & Climate Services

River Basin

Country

Hydropower

Flood damage

Hydropower

Water utilities

Economy

Agriculture

Hazards



Minute Day Week Season 1yr 10yrs 100yrs

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UnpredictableHazards

Characteristics IMPREX

• Weather events in a climate context• Reliability of forecasts/projections and• Reliability of forecasts/projections and

application oriented research• Strong User/Stakeholder interaction; co-creation• Team, combining different expertise

• forecasting/climate modelling• sectoral experts & SMEs



• sectoral experts & SMEs• outreach & dissemination

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WP3: Improved

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WP6: Sectoral impact surveys

WP7:

Flood

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WP11:

Droughts &

Agriculture

WP12:

Water

economy

WP10:

Urban

Water

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Transport

WP13: Sectoral Integration and Climate Services

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WP14: Outreach and Dissemination

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Topics of interest

Based on first article published



Case studies

Applications in different sectors



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Case study Central EU rivers

• Fresh water management (drought)

Rhine

(drought)

• Flooding

• Transport



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Stakeholder Transport

Skipper on an inland waterway craft in the Rhine River in charge of the safe execution of the transport

Issues are:

• Decide on the maximum load to be carried

• Determine if lightering is necessary

What is needed:

• real-time information on the measured water-levels along the route.

Issues are:



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water-levels along the route.

• short-term (several days ahead) forecast information on water levels, discharge, but also floods & river ice.

• Uncertainty information

Stakeholder Transport

How to support the skipper, but also other stakeholders in the inland waterway transport

Next steps:

• Ten day forecast for relevant parameters

• Semi operational: monthly and seasonal forecast

• Hindcasting: to show added value

• Workshops/training stakeholders (uncertainty)

Ongoing process:

Next steps:



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Ongoing process:

• Stakeholder feedback<-> tailoring system

Impact of IMPREX

New tools and applications lead to

• More efficient management in water sectorswater sectors

• Underpin adaptation strategies• Pan European periodic

risk outlook



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• Case studies• Modelling (high resolution)• …………………………..



Segura case study – Drought and Agriculture

IssueWater scarcity; Extremely high inter-annual variability

Main stakeholders’ needs

Farmers association

City Irrigators: Basin authority� a seasonal flow forecasting system

Main stakeholders’ needs



MissingHigh resolution climate projections

Benefits

• Scientific community: better understanding • Scientific community: better understanding models; applicable to other regions

• Water sectors: earlier and better management/measures

• Politics: underpinned guidelines• Society in general: less economic loss due to



• Society in general: less economic loss due to hydrological extremes

Acknowledgement

IMPREX is a research project supported by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020

Framework Programme


Duration: 01/10/15 – 01/10/19Duration: 01/10/15 – 01/10/19

www.imprex.eu

Bart van den [email protected]

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