:: HYDROLOGIC RESEARCH CENTER : PROJECTS ::

Research and Technology Transfers Projects at HRC involve management, estimation, uncertaintly analysis, and prediction on time scales from real-time to weeks for hydrologic variables such as precipitation, soil moisture, channel flow, and river discharge. Information about hydrologic variables form the basis for data collection, dissemination, flood warning, and reservoir management systems designed and implemented by HRC.

A brief description of completed and current projects are can be found by selecting the title links below. Projects are arranged alphabetically. Site-specific projects are described, yet keep in mind that most projects at HRC generally have global applicability.

CALIFORNIA APPLICATIONS PROGRAM (CAP)
Theoretical and applied approaches to water resources planning under climate and water use conditions for Northern California
12/1998

CALIFORNIA APPLICATIONS PROGRAM (2ND CAP PROJECT)
Assess ability of existing Southern California water storage to meet urban water demand under present and projected future cilmate scenarios
10/2004

CENTRAL AMERICAN FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE (CAFFG)
International flash flood guidance system and forecast distribution center
09/2002

DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGIC MODELING FOR OPERATIONAL USE
Analyzing behavior of forecast uncertainty in flow simulations from distributed hydrologic models
08/2000

FORECASTING AND RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT FOR FOZ DO AREIA RESERVOIR ON RIO IGUAçU
Designed and implemented forecast control system to improve operational management of Rio Iguaçu in Brazil
06/1995

HYDROLOGIC MODEL FOR WATER RESOURCES PLANNING IN ARID SOUTHERN ARIZONA
Develop long-range prediciton models for Santa Cruz River flow to assist long-term sustainable water resources planning
01/2005

INTEGRATED FORECAST AND MANAGEMENT (INFORM)
Multi-reservior operational management system and demonstration project
09/2002

INTEGRATED FORECAST-MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR LAKE VICTORIA
Operational management system for Lake Victoria, Africa
09/1997

NASA/GEWEX AMERICAS PREDICTION PROJECT (GAPP)
Analysis of physical factors important for effective use of climate information for reservoir managment
04/2004

NOAA PANAMA
Investigate benefits of climate forecast information for management of Panama Canal
01/2003

RADAR/RAINGAUGE RAINFALL ESTIMATION SYSTEM FOR RIO YAQUI
Operational systems for estimation of rainfall over the Rio Yaqui watershed in Northwest Mexico
06/1997

RAINFALL AND FLOW FORECAST FOR THE PANAMA CANAL
Operational estimation and prediciton of rainfall and streamflow in sub-catchments of the Panama Canal watershed
05/1997

ROMANIAN FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE (RO_FFG)
Operational flash flood guidance system for Romania
05/2005

SATELLITE RAINFALL FOR THE NILE RIVER CATCHMENT
Tri-spectral satellite rainfall estimation methodology implemented at Nile Forecast Center
12/1999

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
Coupled ocean-atmosphere modeling of Late Holocene climate of the US
07/2002