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A Global High-resolution Hydrological Model for Flood Monitoring and Forecasting (GH2MF2) Ezio Todini (1), Enrique Ortiz (2), Carlo De Michele (3), Enrique Cifres (4), Giovanni Bat...

Poster · June 2016

DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.35401.13928

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E. OrEz , C. de Michele , E. Todini ; Enrique Cifres and G.B. Chirico

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1. Idrologia e Ambiente Srl; 2. Ariespace Srl; 3. University of Bologna; 4. Free consultant; 5. University of Naoles Federico II

The GH2MF2 Project The Hydrological Model The Uncertainty

The Global system for High-resolution Hydrological Monitoring and Flood Forecasting
(GH2MF2) is a Non-Profit project aiming at real time high resolution (1x1 km2)
TOPKAPI-X Processor: MCP
hydrological monitoring and forecasting in real time at Global Scale by continuously Evapo1transpira4on+

coupling Weather Forecast of GFS-0.25° to the hydrological distributed model To account for the large prediction
Infiltra4on+
TOPKAPI-eXtended and the uncertainty post-processor MCP. Snowmelt+ uncertainties in the forecasting chain,
Upper+Soil+Layer+ Overland+Flow+ predictive probability assessments, based
Deeper+Soil+Layer+
Sub1Surface+Flow+
on the Model Conditional Processor, will be
provided to the users to be used as part of

Percola4on+
rational decision making.
Aquifer+Layer+

Channel+Flow+

Groundwater++Flow+

The hydrological model TOPKAPI-eXtended

whose physically based parameters allow an
easy settung-up using world-wide availablebase
maps. TOPKAPI-X has already accumulated a
long history in the literature as well in operation
all over the world. The simulations are meant to be
The DSS performed at hourly temporal resolution on spatial
scales of 1x1 km2.

The system will be integrated into a Decision

The Data Sources
Support System (DSS) platform, based on HydroSHEDS 30 arc-sec Soil Type Harmonized World Soil Database (HWSD)
geographical data. The DSS is a classical
client-server web application
(for Pcs,Tablets, Mobile Phones) not
requiring installation (a web browser and
an internet connection only) or updating
(all upgrading being deployed on the
remote server

The Platform Discharge: Global Runoff Data Centre and others as

well as data from participating institutions
Global Land Cover
DSS is a classical client – server application. The client side is an HTML 5 – CSS 3
application, it runs in one of the most common browser (Mozilla Firefox, Google
Chorme, Safari). The server side consist in:
•  A web server (Apache Web Server);
•  A map server (Geoserver);
•  A Geographical Relational Database Management Sytem (Postgresql +
Postgis);
•  Tools based on GDAL Lybraries.

GFS 0.25°

GH2MF2 PLATFORM TOPKAPI-X

Cloud Compu3ng
The Forcing
Precipitation and temperature forcing will be provided by assimilating remote sensing
TRMM observed rainfall as in NASA product TRMM 3B42RT as well as using reanalises such as
TOPKAPI-X Basin 1
TOPKAPI-X Basin i
ERA-Interim (ECMWF), CFSR (NCEP) and other products. Local interested
TOPKAPI-X Basin 2 communities might also provide their oun records and products.
TOPKAPI-X Basin n

OTHER
DATA

GLOBAL USERS

The proposed platform is meant to be participative and interactive. To meet this

objective, all information used in the system must be freely accessible to users,
including the hydrological models, and allowed to set-up the models for the benefit of
the community.

The novel aspect of the proposed project and its platform is that any user will be CONTACTS
allowed set-up, calibrate and validate hydrological models, by downloading from the
platform the base maps (DEM, Flow Directions, Flow Accumulation, Soil Types and
Enrique Ortiz enrique.ortiz@idrologiaeambiente.it
Land Use) and the hydro-meteorological forcing data.
Ezio Todini ezio.todini@gmail.com

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