Blueprint for a Flood and Drought Research Infrastructure
Lead Research Organisation:
British Geological Survey
Department Name: Groundwater
Abstract
This 15-month scoping phase project will deliver the blueprint for a Flood and Drought Infrastructure Investment (FDRI). It will provide the evidence for, and recommendations on how the intended programme of infrastructure could be established and managed in order to deliver benefits to society. The scoping will involve extensive consultation with relevant stakeholders and collate evidence and experiences from other similar initiatives worldwide. It will seek the views of the broad community to agree upon the initial driving science challenges that can only be addressed through a significant investment in data and observing networks. Through consultation we will seek answers to questions such as what new measurements are required, where and how the data can be gathered and what new technology might be be required. The blueprint will develop a series of costed investment strategies (including the implications of "do nothing") and plans for the networks longer term sustainability. A open, near real-time data and IT framework will be proposed to ensure that the data are made available in a quick and simple manner.
Organisations
Publications
Wagener T
(2021)
Knowledge gaps in our perceptual model of Great Britain's hydrology
in Hydrological Processes
| Description | FDRI Community Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The workshop held virtually on-line on 14th Jan 2021, enabled the project team to understand further the community's requirements for an FDRI, their rationale and to identify and document common views after exploring the diversity of opinions. Science questions related to the FDRI were discussed and dissected to enable the identification of observation and data infrastructure needs and to consider their societal benefits and sustainability. The workshop was also used to identify the need for further targeted consultations to address gaps in knowledge to enable the FDRI prioritisation. Documentation of the results of the workshop will be made available to participants and through the project website at https://www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/projects/floods-and-droughts-research-infrastructure-project-fdri |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/projects/floods-and-droughts-research-infrastructure-project-fdri |
| Description | FDRI Webinar - public webinar to introduce the project to the stakeholder and wider community |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Introduction to the Flood Drought Research Infrastructure (FDRI) Scoping Study webinar on Wednesday 14th October 2020. The aim of the webinar was to introduce the project to the stakeholder and wider community. A number of questions were raised by those attending and details of the questions and responses can be found here https://www.ceh.ac.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Webinar%20Questions%20and%20Responses%20-%20FINAL.pdf . Through the engagement, the project team added to the list of consultees who have now been drawn in to a more detailed consultation a part of the FDRI Scoping Study, including a questionnaire and subsequent a day long workshop. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/mQnWe4Du5tQ |
| Description | FDRI community consultation questionnaire |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | FDRI community consultation questionnaire from January 2021 to March 2021, eliciting information from practitioners on their views on the needs for new UK-based infrastructure to monitor and quantify flood and drought episodes. Data and results are still being compiled but wil be reported back to the community at https://www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/projects/floods-and-droughts-research-infrastructure-project-fdri . Preliminary results were presented to ~40 members of the community who took part in workshop on 14th Jan 2021 to discuss the results. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/projects/floods-and-droughts-research-infrastructure-project-fdri |
| Description | Poster presentation at Fourteenth National Hydrology Symposium of the British Hydrological Society, Lancaster University 12-13 September 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Poster presentation at conference of foundational work related to the Scoping phase of the FDRI project. Aim was to engage with stakeholder community and to encourage their future participation with and use of the planned Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure. There was extensive interest in the initiative and 10's of stakeholders expressed an interest in using the infrastructure once deployed. Title of poster: Lessons learned from catchment observatory and network design in the UK, Europe and North-America Authors: Gemma Coxon (1), John Bloomfield (2), Wouter Buytaert (3), Nick Everard (4), Matt Fry (4), Gareth Old (4), Gwyn Rees (4), Thorsten Wagener (5). Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol (1), British Geological Survey (2), Imperial College London (3), UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (4), University of Potsdam (5) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lec/sites/qnfm/bhs/BHS2022_Book_of_Abstracts_19082022.pdf |