“The Flash Flood system developed by HRC provides earlier and more precise warnings and is critical for our agency's contribution to saving lives throughout Costa Rica."
- Rosario Alfaro, Forecast Meteorologist, Instituto Meteorológico Nacional de Costa Rica, 2006

Current News & Events

HRC Announces Signing of an International Agreement to Help Warn for Flash Floods Around the World.

As part of its ongoing global public-benefit initiative to reduce deaths, disease, and other negative social and economic impacts caused by flash flooding, the Hydrologic Research Center (HRC) has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the U.S. Agency for International Development/Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the United Nations World Meteorological Organization to collaborate in the design, development, and implementation of the Flash Flood Guidance System with Global Coverage (GFFG).

This GFFG project will provide appropriate data and information that can be used to develop warnings for flash floods in real-time for at risk locations throughout the world. The goal of the GFFG is to disseminate technologies that provide early warnings for flash floods for every country in the world, especially in developing countries where no such flash flood early warning capacity currently exists. This GFFG is a public benefit effort on the part of HRC and the other Parties.

The HRC has developed and will implement the computational components of the GFFG and will work with the other Parties that will provide additional technical, administrative, and political expertise, and access to required in-situ and remote-sensed global data for system implementation and operation.

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HRC Outreach

Science Matters During 2008 Dr. Eylon Shamir of HRC volunteered his services with the “Water Initiative” program at the Elementary Institute of Science in San Diego. The Institute is a non-profit science and technology learning center for youth of various ages. The Water Initiative is an educational program that is geared for ages 13-15 in which the participants study and develop projects related to local water issues. Dr. Shamir gave a presentation on water conservation issues in San Diego and he also mentored a group of students in the creation of a pamphlet and a presentation that addresses past, present, and future availability of water resources in the San Diego region as well as an evaluation of various conservation measures.

Contact Information

Hydrologic Research Center Attention: Mr. Robert Jubach
12780 High Bluff Dr, Ste 250
San Diego, CA 92130
(858) 794-2726
RJubach@hrc-lab.org