Fall 2017 Seminar Series

Dr. Yu Zhang, University of Texas at Arlington

Location

Technology Research Center (TRC) : 206

Date & Time

September 29, 2017, 2:00 pm3:00 pm

Description


UMBC 

Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education

Fall 2017 Seminar Series

presents


Dr. Yu Zhang
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Texas at Arlington


“Ensemble Hydrologic Prediction, Movement, Basic Mechanisms and Recent Developments"


Friday, September 29, 2017

2:00 PM

TRC 206, UMBC



This seminar series http://cuere.umbc.edu/seminar-series/fall-2017/ is free and open to the public.

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Parking policy

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Abstract

Ensemble hydrologic prediction has been widely adopted by water management and forecast agencies in US and abroad.  This talk introduces the basics of ensemble hydrologic forecast, and discusses its potential in improving water management and hazard preparedness. Basic components of the current hydrologic ensemble forecast system at National Weather Service, in particular the ensemble preprocessor, will be described.  Also discussed are recent improvements to the preprocessor, including the introduction of alternative shuffling mechanism and statistical processing paradigm.  The merits of ensemble prediction for reservoir management and flood prediction will be highlighted.