The basis of early warning systems are observations and models. Observations give direct information about current conditions. How high are the water levels? Is there a large snow pack? However, observations do not give answers to questions related about the future, (will the water level reach flood level?) or about question questions related to system functioning: does the snow pack and high temperatures mean that there is a flood risk?
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Figure 1: Nant de Drance Pumped Storage plant (Marti Tunnel AG, 2020)
Figure 2: The basics of an early warning system: observation and forecast
For these questions we need modelling. This modelling consists of many aspects. For the FLOMRESPONS project, SINTEF and Deltares have set-up a base modelling systemA modelling system is already set up, however there is still much to be improveda large need of improvement.
The topic of this MSc thesis is to identify where the current modelling can be improved, related to:
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