Subcommittee on Hydrology
Goal- To improve the availability and reliability of information needed for:
- Hazard mitigation
- Water supply and water use management
- Environmental protection
Function - Analyze relevant issues and prepare position
papers or recommendations for ACWI deliberation
Membership
- Organizations that collect, analyze, disseminate or use hydrologic
and related data and those that develop monitoring technology,
guidelines and standards
Subordinate groups - May be established to gather information, conduct research, and analyze relevant issues for the Subcommittee
Subcommittee on Hydrology
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Subcommittee on Hydrology
Issues
Flood Frequency Analysis
Two recent NRC reports have identified research needs
- Improved measurements of extreme floods
- Assessment of long-term stationarity of floods
- Improved methods for flood-frequency estimation
- Coordinated and cooperative flood risk reduction management
Subcommittee on Hydrology
Responsibilities
| Chair | Tom Yorke |
| Vice Chair | Glenn Austin |
| Flood Frequency | Don Woodward |
| Don Woodward | |
| Models | Ming Tseng |
| Don Frevert | |
| Ron Spath | |
| Networks | Tom Yorke |