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FFIR research

@NERC_FFIR

NERC’s Flooding From Intense Rainfall (FFIR) Research programme: reducing risks from surface water & flash floods. Projects FRANC, SINATRA & TENDERLY

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met.reading.ac.uk/flooding/
Joined March 2014
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"In England, there's over 3 million households at risk of surface water flooding" - Sue Manson @EnvAgency on the importance of #FFIR #floods research:
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NERC_EvoFLOOD@EvoFlood13 Jul 2021
Check out the recording of @EvoFlood's @hancloke ⚡Lightning Lecture ⚡ ...@royalsociety addressing why floods happen and how the latest advances in weather prediction and forecasting can help: xitter.cf/hancloke/status/141340… #SummerScience
Hannah Cloke (@hancloke) profile pictureHannah Cloke@hancloke9 Jul 2021
⚡️Lightning Lecture⚡️ Join me today at 12:45 BST as I take you on a journey of imagination to explore why #floods happen 🌊🌧️🌍 @royalsociety #SummerScience ⤵️ royalsociety.org/science-eve…
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Our paper on operational capabilities for surface water flood forecasting with @Michaelcranston, @Dr_Chris_White & Laura Kelly is now available in @WIREs_Reviews doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1517 A short summary below ⬇ @HEPEX @NERC_FFIR @UniRdg_water @ScottishEPA @StrathCivEng (1/5)
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Hannah Cloke@hancloke13 Aug 2020
Was it too hot to sleep last night? Is it thundering there? 🥵⛈️ My thoughts on heatwaves, thunderstorms and floods in @ConversationUK #heatwave #thunderstorm #PreparingForFloods ⤵️ theconversation.com/heatwave…
Heatwaves often end with spectacular thunderstorms and lethal floods – but where and when they’ll...

Heatwaves often end with spectacular thunderstorms and lethal floods – but where and when they’ll...

Volatile, unstable air means that it is very tricky to work out exactly where each thunderstorm will be.

theconversation.com
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How to improve distributed hydrologic model🍉 by assimilating high resolution remotely sensed soil moisture🌍? An excellent way forward presented in new #TechMemo collaboration between @UniofReading & @CopernicusECMWF 👇 ecmwf.int/en/elibrary/19548-…
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Our latest paper led by @rpallanuk and part of @NERC_FFIR just out!
Richard Allan (@rpallanuk) profile pictureRichard Allan@rpallanuk16 Jun 2020
Atmospheric precursors for intense summer rainfall over the UK: rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.co…
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Hannah Cloke@hancloke11 May 2020
As sea levels rise are we ready to live behind giant walls? 🌊 We know the climate is changing 🌊 We will need a combination of more concrete clever natural solutions & better flood forecasts to prepare for what’s ahead 🌊 My thoughts in @ConversationUK ⤵️ theconversation.com/as-sea-l… – at Reading, England
As sea levels rise, are we ready to live behind giant walls?

As sea levels rise, are we ready to live behind giant walls?

A new study suggests raising dykes along a third of Europe’s coastline, but there are more cost-effective options.

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Studying #ClimateChange & #Flooding at #GCSE or #ALevel #Geography ? Have a read of this @ConversationUK article by @UniofReading #Geographer @hancloke As sea levels rise are we ready to live behind giant walls? theconversation.com/as-sea-l…
As sea levels rise, are we ready to live behind giant walls?

As sea levels rise, are we ready to live behind giant walls?

A new study suggests raising dykes along a third of Europe’s coastline, but there are more cost-effective options.

theconversation.com
Hannah Cloke (@hancloke) profile pictureHannah Cloke@hancloke11 May 2020
As sea levels rise are we ready to live behind giant walls? 🌊 We know the climate is changing 🌊 We will need a combination of more concrete clever natural solutions & better flood forecasts to prepare for what’s ahead 🌊 My thoughts in @ConversationUK ⤵️ theconversation.com/as-sea-l…
As sea levels rise, are we ready to live behind giant walls?

As sea levels rise, are we ready to live behind giant walls?

A new study suggests raising dykes along a third of Europe’s coastline, but there are more cost-effective options.

theconversation.com
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SO SO HAPPY to share the link to my #PhD thesis. My project was part of @NERC_FFIR with @FloodSkinner @hancloke et al completed at @UniOfHull @GeographyHull @pgrhub with supervisors @Tom_Coulthard & @MikeRogerson7 hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/h…
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Hannah Cloke@hancloke28 Mar 2020
Extraordinarily excited to be rescuing Rainfall data from 1937 collected at Forbury Gardens 🦁 🌳 in Reading ☔️ Volunteer for #RainfallRescue & you too can have such excitement ⤵️ Visit rainfallrescue.org
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Hannah Cloke@hancloke26 Mar 2020
Want to make a difference in understanding floods? 🌊 Help @ed_hawkins with #RainfallRescue 🌧 👉🏼 rainfallrescue.org ☔️ #COVID19 #StayHomeSaveLives – at Reading, England
Rainfall Rescue | Zooniverse - People-powered research

Rainfall Rescue | Zooniverse - People-powered research

Help climate scientists understand past rainfall variations

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Ed Hawkins (@ed_hawkins) profile pictureEd Hawkins@ed_hawkins26 Mar 2020
Stuck at home looking for something useful to do? We’re looking for volunteers to help us recover 4 million rainfall observations dating back to the 1820s! #rainfallrescue rainfallrescue.org
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Ed Hawkins@ed_hawkins26 Mar 2020
Stuck at home looking for something useful to do? We’re looking for volunteers to help us recover 4 million rainfall observations dating back to the 1820s! #rainfallrescue rainfallrescue.org
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Hannah Cloke@hancloke23 Mar 2020
Try this virtual reality demo to see how floods can change river valleys 🌊 #HomeSchool @SeriousGeoGames @NERC_FFIR – at Reading, England
SeriousGeoGames (@SeriousGeoGames) profile pictureSeriousGeoGames@SeriousGeoGames23 Mar 2020
We want to share our resources as widely as possible, especially for those of you teaching your own children at home. Today's post shows you how to try our Flash Flood! activity at home. Please share widely. seriousgeo.games/2020/03/23/…
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"Most types of flooding are likely to get worse." Flooding and climate change expert Professor Hannah Cloke says "it's a tiny fraction of 1% of the problems we're storing up for ourselves unless we take some serious action" on climate change. #ClimateDebate
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Hannah Cloke@hancloke27 Feb 2020
Housebuilding ban on floodplains isn't enough – flood-prone communities should take back control 🌧 My thoughts in ⁦@ConversationUK⁩ ⤵️ theconversation.com/housebui…
Housebuilding ban on floodplains isn’t enough – flood-prone communities should take back control

Housebuilding ban on floodplains isn’t enough – flood-prone communities should take back control

Residents need the necessary support to adapt their homes and make collective decisions about flood prevention.

theconversation.com
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Our Flash Flood! research paper by @FloodSkinner has been published in @EGU_GC - go check it out! How video games, virtual reality, and science festivals can all come together to engage people with flood risk and geomorphology. geosci-commun.net/3/1/2020/g…
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Hannah Cloke@hancloke25 Feb 2020
“trying to prevent flooding is only half the battle. Critically, we also need to make our communities more resilient to flooding so that when it does happen it does less damage & we can get back to normal quicker” @JamesBevanEA ⤵️ – at Reading, England
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Hannah Cloke@hancloke22 Feb 2020
This is a great opportunity for the government to commit to a more flood and climate resilient future ⤵️ – at Reading, England
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@theCCCuk21 Feb 2020
#ICMYI - Baroness Brown, Adaptation Committee Chair, along with @natinfracom and @floodre, have written to @defragovuk to highlight need to think beyond traditional #flood protection measures given increasing #climate risks. Read the letter here: bit.ly/37EU32k [1/2]
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Ed Hawkins@ed_hawkins14 Feb 2020
New stripes are red Old stripes are blue Our planet’s climate is changing All because of me and you #climatevalentine #showyourstripes showyourstripes.info
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Really pleased that David and myself won this award. #flashfloods are still underresearched @NERC_FFIR
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Hannah Cloke@hancloke16 Dec 2019
Fabulous opportunity here ⤵️ – at Reading, England
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