NSERC Canadian Floodnet

在加拿大，洪水被认为是最常见的，主要分布在生命，财产， 经济、社区/工业用水系统和环境。建议的主要目标 NSERC Canadian FloodNet旨在为全国范围内的协调努力创造一个工具，以提高对 洪水过程及其影响，并提高加拿大的洪水预报和管理能力。这是一 特别具有挑战性的任务，因为大的地理和水文气候条件的多样性， 加拿大，但通过建立一个结构化的研究网络， 科学家/专家，用户/业务预报员和私营部门，以解决复杂和基本的 研究问题和需要解决的技术差距，以显着提高洪水 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 这是一个解决加拿大日益严重的洪水问题的专业知识。一些主要的研究任务包括（i） 分析和描述加拿大各地的极端事件（洪水和风暴）; ㈡量化和减少 洪水预测的不确定性;（三）为加拿大开发先进的洪水警报系统;（四）评估 洪水的物理、社会经济和环境影响，以加强洪水管理政策， 加拿大目前，没有类似于欧洲的先进洪水警报系统（欧洲洪水警报系统 系统）或美国（高级水文预报系统）可在加拿大使用。 FloodNet将汇集学术界和工业界的资源和最佳专业知识， 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， 管理是巨大的，包括减少损失的成本，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.