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Innovations in Predicting Ice Jam Flooding and Surface Reanalyses (Online)

March 6, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST

Free

The Canadian Water Resources Association (CWRA) is pleased to announce a webinar series in early 2025 in collaboration with Environment and Climate Change Canada’s National Hydrological Service (NHS). This series will highlight ground-breaking hydrology and hydraulics research conducted as part of the Flood Hazard Identification and Mapping Program (FHIMP) and showcase the latest advances in flood mapping science across Canada.

The webinars are targeted at flood mapping practitioners, researchers, interested parties, and the general public, offering an opportunity to tune in for presentations from subject matter experts at no cost to the participants. All webinars and accompanying materials will be offered in both official languages. Recordings of the presentations and resources will also be made available online after the sessions.

  • Tadros Ghobrial (Assistant Professor, Université Laval), “Multimethodology approach for predicting ice jam flooding”
  • Nicolas Gasset (Chercheur scientifique, Environnement et changement climatique Canada), “Réanalyse Canadienne de Surface (RCaS) version 3 : méthode, caractéristiques et résultats”

For more information, please contact manager@cwra.org

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Canadian Water Resources Association

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