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Māori rock art one of a dozen research areas to get $1.16m funding boost

📢 The Royal Society Te Apārangi announced the 12 recipients of its Mana Tūānuku Research Leader Fellowship for 2025 this week.

An #Hepex community paper led by Ilias

journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...

with @hepexorg.bsky.social @louiseslater.bsky.social @annie-yyc.bsky.social @jcbmmx.bsky.social @fpappenberger.bsky.social @antara-dasgupta.bsky.social @celinecattoen.bsky.social and others

New community paper on the future of hydrological prediction 👇

From Research to Operations: How HEPEX Is Shaping the Future of Hydrological Forecasting Across Scales and Horizons For two decades, HEPEX has been contributing to making hydrological forecasts better, more useful, and more widely available. However, the beginning of 2025 was marked for both the HEPEX workshop i…

🚨 New Blog Post 🚨
Our community paper from our 2023 workshop is out!
hepex.org.au/from-researc...

‘That still haunts me a little bit’: Decision-makers and information providers' experiences of recurring flood events Those working in emergency hazard forecasting and response management play essential roles in reducing risk from extreme weather events and yet the li…

🌊 How do emotions shape flood response?

Flood response teams face recurring high-stakes situations - but what emotional toll does this take? How do their experiences influence decision-making, well-being, and future flood responses?

📖 Read more here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The deadline for EGU abstracts is close... you have until 15 Jan!
Are you researching or working in operational forecasting and warning and have an innovative solution or application you want to share? AI/machine learning? Impact-based forecasting? Early warning systems? We'd welcome your abstract!

Interview with Beth Ebert: Forecast Verification, a decade of progress and impact Contributed by Tom Pagano, a former HEPEX guest columnist  Ten years ago, we interviewed Bureau of Meteorology scientist Beth Ebert about the meaning of ‘good forecast verification’ an…

🚨New #HEPEX blog post🚨
An interview with the retiring Beth Ebert, a legend of forecast verification hepex.org.au/interview-wi...

Researchers pen scathing open letter to Minister over Marsden Fund changes Dozens of Rutherford Discovery Fellows condemned "damaging changes" to the Marsden Fund's terms of reference.

Our letter to the Minister re: recent Marsden Fund changes

Joint Statement by 80 Rutherford Discovery Fellows Denouncing the Minister’s Decision to Cut Humanities, Social Science, and Fundamental Science Funding

RNZ coverage: www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

An image showing a lake from above overlaid with data and a grid.

We've got a PhD #scholarship available on our new project on predicting and monitoring lake health using spatio-temporal early warning signals → bit.ly/4i29gQs 🧪

🖼️ by Gasina Pornpitpatkul

I am looking for new students to join my team. Full description in English and French here (search for "hydrologie" or « hydrology") 👇
www.usherbrooke.ca/recherche/en...

Budget 2024 and the future of NZ's science sector - Expert Reaction Science has been notably absent from the coalition government's messaging around their first budget. It comes as a major funding source, the National Science Challenges, wrap up next month after 10 ye...

I can’t recall a grimmer time for science in Aotearoa. Commentary from @lcsnz.bsky.social and @nicgaston.bsky.social here www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2024/05/30/b...

Advancing impact-based early warning systems for riverine flooding by Husain Najafi and co-authors of the Najafi et al. (2024) “It is no longer enough to provide a good weather forecast or warning – people are now demanding information about what to do to ensure t…

New #HEPEX blog post is up! Advancing impact based early warning systems for riverine flooding hepex.org.au/advancing-im...

We are looking for a new colleague! Prof. position at #usherbrooke, in hydraulics. All the information on how to apply is in the link 👇https://www.usherbrooke.ca/emplois/offre/no/06942

How well can global ensemble forecasts predict tropical cyclones in the southwest Indian Ocean? The southwest Indian Ocean (SWIO) recently experienced its most active, costliest and deadliest cyclone season on record. The anticipation and forecasting of tropical cyclones are crucial to preparin....

How well can global ensemble forecasts predict #TropicalCyclones in the SW Indian Ocean? How have forecasts improved? How does the MJO affect cyclones and their forecasts? 🌀

We evaluated 10 years of forecasts from ECMWF & UK Met Office to find out: rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

We compared different ways to measure the strength of international research collaborations. Our case study is on the CANZUK group of countries. "Absolute and relative measures of CANZUK research partnerships’ strength since the 1950s" doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Call for chapters: If you have done complex systems research, we are looking for case studies, reflecting on how research teams came together, developed questions, made methodological choices, undertook work, disseminated results www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/2024/04/12/c... /cc @juniperlov.bsky.social

Are you going to #EGU24 and wanting to connect with other early careers working on hydrological ensemble prediction? Then join us at the EC-HEPEX Networking Lunch on Wed. 17 April! 👥🍝 (bring your own lunch, serving suggestion only)

How can complex systems research make a difference? What does a complex systems methodology look like?

We are delighted to invite proposals for chapters for an edited book that will provide a comprehensive and practical introduction to complex systems research → bit.ly/3Q1QaNP 🧪

How’s the jetlag treating her?

I miss fresh snow like this

#EGU24 abstract deadline 10 January 2024!
Join our PICO session Operational forecasting and warning systems for natural hazards and climate emergency: challenges and innovations. Calling scientists, practitioners, early career professionals/researchers working in multidisciplinary projects.