1. WAMM - Water Management Model Innovative Application of SAR Technology to Real Time Flood Forecasting Systems EUROPEAN COMMISSION - DIRECTORATE GENERAL XIII THE INNOVATION PROGRAMME LESSE & DENDRE TAGLIAMENTO Luz Sainz SGI SpA(Italy)

2. INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO TACKLE FLOODING (JULY 1998 - JULY 2000)

3. PARTNERS S G I S P A Autorità di Bacino ALTO ADRIATICO Ministero dell’Ambiente gembloux facultè universitaire des sciences agronomiques Danish Hydraulic Institute Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri Servizio Idrografico e Mareografico

4. HOW THE RIVER AUTHORITIES WILL USE WAMM ALARM WAMM DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL RAINFALL GAUGES FLOODED AREAS LEVEL METERS SOIL MOISTURE RAINFALL RADAR SATELLITE D.S.S. BASED ON REAL TIME DATA MONITORING FLOODED AREAS MODULE SOIL MOISTURE MODULE WARNINGS TO POPULATION AND INFORMATION TRANSFER FORECAST

5. WHAT ARE THE KEY POINTS OF WAMM ? “cloud piercing capability” SAR DETECTS THE EXTENT OF FLOODED AREAS DURING NIGHT AND CLOUDY CONDITIONS Soil Moisture Information BASED ON SAR IMAGERY (Synthetic Aperture Radar) h1h1 h2h2 h3h3 h4 IS TO ENHANCE FLOOD FORECASTING: Innovative monitors SMALL PORTABLE SENSORS FOR FAST INSTALLATION OF FLOOD EXTENTS

6. AIMS OF THE WAMM PROJECT Provide river authorities, civil protection bodies, etc with a DSS allowing for: 1. Facilitate flood warning alarms 2. Improve management of floods 3. Provide reliable flood defence programs 4. Plan remediation measures to account for climatic change

7. TELEMETRY & GMI SENSORS DATA MANAGEMENT FACILITIES DEM DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL SAR IMAGES SOIL MOISTURE FLOOD MAPS MODEL CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION FACILITIES (WAMM MODULE) - MIKE 11 GIS FLOOD MAPS - SAR FLOOD MAPS - GMI&TELEMETRY DATA - SOIL MOISTURE DATA MIKE 11: HYDROLOGICAL AND HYDRODYNAMIC MODELS IMPROVED FORECAST PRESENTATION WAMM STRUCTURE VERIFICATION USING AERIAL PHOTOS HISTORICAL FLOOD EXTENT KEY WAMM INPUT WAMM DSS

8. ENHANCEMENT OF EXISTING FLOOD FORECASTING SYSTEMS Ministère Wallon de l’equipement et des trasports-Direction generale des voies hydrauliques SETHY

9. TAGLIAMENTO SITE CURRENT MONITORING SYSTEM TAGLIAMENTO BUT DEGANO FELLA TAGLIAMENTO Rain gauge Level meter Sea level meter Rating curve

10. TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT BASED ON Earth Observation Technologies - SAR Flood Forecasting Numerical Modelling

11. Backscattering coefficient (dB) Unsaturated soilSaturated/inundated soil Soil saturation Volumetric soil moisture (%)Water level WAMM : soil moisture evaluationWAMM : flood mapping SAR signal SAR IMAGE PRINCIPLES

12. SAR IMAGE PROCESSING Lesse river - December ‘93 flood

13. SAR IMAGE PROCESSING Tagliamento river - November ‘96 flood

14. Real-time rainfall and flow Sutron stations MIKE 11 Flood Forecasting Flood maps Meteoro- logical forecasts forecasted Time of forecast observed Forecasted hydrographs

15. MIKE11 DEVELOPMENT - WAMM MODULE Integration of MIKE11 & SAR

16. PILOT STUDIES Lesse Tagliamento Dendre

17. LESSE PROTOTYPE PILOT Left tributary of Meuse 70 Km long 1400 Km2 Flat topograhy

18. TAGLIAMENTO PILOT North East Italy flowing into Adriatic Sea 178 Km long 2870 Km2 Torrential river

19. DENDRE PILOT Rising from Walloon region flowing into Flemish region 40 Km long 800 Km2

20. CLIMATE CHANGE (CO 2 DOUBLING) GCMSTemperature Increase (°C) Precipitation Increase (%) GISS4.211.0 GFDL4.0 8.7 UKMO5.215.0 OSU2.8 7.8

21. DISSEMINATION OF RESULTS TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION INTERNATIONAL NATIONALREGIONAL BY MEANS OF: MULTIMEDIA (CD ROM & WEB PAGE) PUBLICATIONS OF RESULT (NEWS LETTER, PRESS RELEASE SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES) CONFERENCES 99 (DHI SOFTCON, HYDROTOP, ISPRA JRC ADVANCED GIS)

22. Focusing on: drought water quality Research topics: SAR data new hydraulic and WQ sensors Search for interested parties Proposal retained for funding by the EC Sgi@sgi-spa.it EC 5TH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME EXPLORATORY AWARD New ACUAWAM Project