NSERC Canadian Floodnet

在加拿大，洪水被认为是最常见、分布最广的对生命、财产、 经济、社区/工业供水系统和环境。建议的主要目标是 NSERC加拿大洪水网将创建一种工具，用于全国范围内的协调努力，以提高对 加强加拿大洪水过程及其影响，并加强洪水预报和管理能力。这是一个 这项任务特别具有挑战性，因为中国的地理和水文气候条件千差万别 加拿大，但通过创建一个结构化的研究网络，将 科学家/专家、用户/业务预报员和私营部门，以应对复杂和根本的 需要解决的研究问题和技术差距，以显著改善洪灾 加拿大的预测和管理。NSERC战略网络促进 大学、联邦/省级机构和私营部门，是优化资源和 解决加拿大日益严重的洪灾问题的专业知识。一些重点研究任务包括(一) 分析和描述加拿大各地的极端事件(洪水和风暴)；(2)量化和减少 洪水预报的不确定性；(3)为加拿大开发先进的洪水警报系统；(4)评估 洪灾对物质、社会经济和环境的影响，以加强洪灾管理政策 加拿大。目前，没有类似于欧洲(欧洲洪水意识)的先进洪水警报系统 系统)或在美国(高级水文预报系统)在加拿大可供业务使用。 FlodNet将通过汇集学术界和工业界的资源和最佳专业知识来填补这一空白 开发加拿大先进的洪水警报系统。加强洪水预报的直接好处和 管理是巨大的，包括降低损害成本，保护人和牲畜， 减少社会经济影响和人类痛苦，保护社区供水系统和环境。

In Canada, floods are recognized as the most common, largely distributed natural hazard to life, property, economy, community/industry water systems, and the environment. The main objective of the proposed NSERC Canadian FloodNet is to create a vehicle for a concerted nation-wide effort to improve knowledge on flood processes and their impacts, and enhance flood forecasting and management capacity in Canada. This is a particularly challenging task because of the large diversity of geographical and hydro-climatic conditions in Canada, but feasible through the creation of a structured research network that brings together scientists/experts, users/operational forecasters, and the private sector to tackle the complex and fundamental research questions and the technological gaps that need to be addressed in order to significantly enhance flood forecasting and management in Canada. NSERC Strategic Network facilitating collaborative work between universities, federal/provincial agencies and private sector, is the best approach to optimize resources and expertise to address the growing issue of floods in Canada. Some of the key research tasks include (i) Analyzing and characterizing extreme events (floods and storms) across Canada; (ii) Quantifying and reducing predictive uncertainty of floods; (iii) Developing an advanced flood alert system for Canada; (iv) Assessing physical, socio-economic, and environmental impacts of floods to enhance flood management policies in Canada. Currently, no advanced flood alert system similar to the one in Europe (European Flood Awareness System) or in the US (Advanced Hydrologic Prediction System) is available for operational use in Canada. FloodNet will fill this gap by pooling together resources and best expertise from academia and industry to develop the Canadian advanced flood alert system. The direct benefits of enhanced flood forecasts and management are tremendous and include the reduced cost of damages, the protection of people and livestock, the reduction of socio-economic impacts and human distress, and the protection of community water systems and the environment.