July Meetups: Flood Forecasting and Early Warning in Focus
Join our July 9/10 flood meet-ups for region-specific conversations on innovations in flood forecasting, early warning and anticipatory action. Along with presentations of innovative tools and platforms, we will hear from experts about efforts to engage communities and build integrated flood management capacity.
Initiatives to be presented include:
Africa region – July 9 (13:00-14:15 UTC) I Agenda with Connection Link
- VOLTALARM, flood early warning platform in the Volta basin
- TEMBO Africa, flood early warning pilot in Kenya and Ghana
Americas region – July 9 (16:00-17:15 UTC) I Agenda with Connection Link
- MapBiomas, a platform with extensive surface water and flooding mapping capability
Asia-Oceania region – July 10 (04:00-05:15 UTC) I Agenda with Connection Link
- DASTAA, a modular platform that leverages Earth Observation, GeoAI, and citizen science to drive anticipatory action
- WMO’s Associated Flood Management Programme, on a mydewetra.world, a new platform for multi-hazard risk analysis
Europe region – July 10 (13:00-14:15 UTC) I Agenda with Connection Link
- EO4Flood, an initiative to predict floods more reliably by improving the accuracy and timeliness of hydrological and hydraulic models.
Other agenda items: updates on EOTEC flood and drought tool trackers, beta testing for EO needs assessment guidance, and more. Don’t miss out!
As always, there’s time planned for member contributions – please come with updates on capacity building activities, research needs, updates from your agency/organization, or anything else relevant to the working group.
If joining for the first time, please visit this page to register – you will then receive a calendar invite with the teleconference link.
Why attend?
- Network: Engage with regional and global flood experts
- Identify resources: Discover new tools, data, and training resources
- Foster capacity building: Help identify and address gaps in regional and global Earth Observation capacity
- Collaborate: Connect with potential partners for projects and initiatives.
Please be part of our community and help improve the reach of Earth Observation capacity building around the globe!
Photo credit: NASA Earth Observatory
