Preliminary ARW Program

May 4, 2005
arrival

Day 1 (May 5, 2005)
Session 1. Remote sensing in flood management
Workshop topic introduction; Overview of flood management; Utilization of Earth Observation (EO) derived data for flood management; EO databases and image processing; Algorithms for cloud removal; Land use maps, Comprehensive thematic maps at various spatial scales with the extent of the flooded areas and the affected zones for flood management, derived from satellite data; Discussion of remote sensing applications.
Session 2. Sources and collection of data for flood management
Use of geographic information and GIS-tools in flood management; Automated meteorological data collection; Integration of various types of data for flood forecasting; Data sharing in transboundary basins; Discussion of flood data management.

Day 2 (May 6, 2005)
Session 3: Flood hydrology and propagation
Advances in and experience with flood hydrology and routing; Analysis of recent floods; Regional flood models; Flood hydrology and forecasting - regional experiences; Floods and urban water management; Discussion of flood modelling.
Field excursion (The Crisuri River flood works - reservoirs).

Day 3 (May 7, 2005)
Session 4: Transboundary flood management
Regional experiences with managing transboundary floods in various countries of Central and South-Eastern Europe and elsewhere; Discussion of transboundary flood management.
Session 5: Flood defence
Territorial organization of flood defence; Flood defence in the Crisuri/Koros River system; Discussion of flood defence measures.
Session 6: Closing
Workshop summary and closure; Next steps.

Day 4 ( May 8, 2005)
Participant departures