Webpages tagged with «Water Resources»

Map of Euro-Mediterranean water use regions in LISFLOOD.
Published Mar. 6, 2023 3:27 PM

LISFLOOD is a distributed hydrologic and water resources model that has been developed by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission. It is used by the Copernicus Emergency Management Service for operational flood forecasting and drought monitoring. LISFLOOD has also been applied for integrated water resources assessments.

Published Mar. 2, 2021 11:23 AM
Photo: A mountain lake receives water from melting snow in the summer. Landscape in the western part of Norway. Photo: G.K. Tjoflot
Published Mar. 7, 2011 11:11 AM

Hydrology is the study of the distribution and movement of water above, on and in the ground, including flow in streams and rivers. Knowledge in hydrology is of great importance for both the protection and exploitation of our freshwater resources.