FRM 1 - Theses

Masters theses of the FRM 1 group (2011-2013). Theses commenced in February 2013 and were completed in August 2013.

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Fabio Amador - UNESCO-IHE Development of a Methodology for Producing Probabilistic Flood Maps of River-Wetland Systems. Case Study Magdalena River, Colombia
	The objective of this study is to develop a methodology to produce probabilistic flood maps of river-wetland systems. The methodology will be applied in the wetlands of the lower Magdalena River catchment. The study will focus on the analysis of the uncertainty associated with the connections river-wetland.
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Katarzyna Bozek - University of Ljubljana Impacts of Floods on Natural Protected Areas in the Sava River Catchment
	Project objective is to analyse the effects of floods on natural protected areas of Lonjsko Polhe, Croatia and Obedska Bara, Serbia. Impact analysis will include vulnerability assessment and risk maps produced for animals in the protected areas as well as flood frequency analysis and hydraulic modelling.
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Lydia Cumiskey - Deltares Flood early warning communication using mobile services in Bangladesh
	The research will determine benefits of disseminating targeted flood early warning information through mobile services to different local level end user stakeholders groups, through measuring their hypothetical response. Research methodology - workshops (mock exercises/simulations).
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Nilay Dogulu - UNESCO-IHE From deterministic to uncertainty-based flood forecasting
	Uncertainty analysis (UA) of hydrological models is substantial for a better flood risk management in terms of decision-making in operational hydrology. In literature, there are several methods available to estimate predictive uncertainty of hydrological models. This thesis aims at comparing the performance of various UA methods on different case studies from Nepal, England, and Italy.
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Katya Fandakova - DHI Climate Change Impact Assessment of Flood Risk Using an Ensemble Modelling Approach
	The MSc project aims to develop and apply an ensemble modelling approach for climate change impact assessment of flood risk that includes assigning relative uncertainties in climate model projections, statistical downscaling and hydrological and hydraulic modelling. Case study orientated.
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Siobhan Gleeson - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona Complete Risk Mangement Plan for Girona City
	Objective is to create a 1D model for the Onyar river in Girona, identify and map hazards, complete a vulnerability assessment and develop a risk analysis with accompanying flood risk management plan. The project involves the field work and co-operation with the municipality of Girona city and the Catalunya water agency.
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Anthony Grady - UNESCO, Paris An Evaluation of the Disaster Management Institutional and Associated Policy Framework of Indonesia
	The thesis will investigate whether the current institutional and policy framework in Indonesia is sufficient to effectively realize disaster management. A gap analysis of the current situation will be conducted to identify shortcomings and as a foundation for recommendations to improve the current framework.
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Tamim Al Hosain - TUD, Dresden Analysis of Climate Model Output for Extreme Precipitation - 1962-2100, Central Saxony
	The study focuses on analysing observed precipitation data series and climate model outputs (both statistically and dynamically downscaled), developing a statistical correction function to correct the RCM outputs for inherent damping and statistical problems with extreme event outputs with emphasis on spatial correction and dynamic downscaling.
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Atiqul Islam - Center of Applied Research on Hydrometeorology (CRAHI), UPC Space-Time Blending of Radar Rainfall Products with Rain Gauge Measurements and TMPA Products.
	The goal of this project is to extend the concepts of the combination of radar observations with rain gauge records to include the temporal dimension in the blending. This research will also focus on the use of TRMM Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) products with radar and rain gauge measurements including case study area in USA and Bangladesh.
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Hadush Kidane - UWIG, Guadeloupe Knowledge Discovery and Optimization Techniques Applied to Flood Forecasting Models in Caribbean River Watersheds
	I plan to explore the relevance of modular and hybrid solutions in the particular case of flash flood phenomena in Caribbean watersheds. Different ways and criteria for partitioning an entire basin either geographically or logically will be trained.
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Patricia Lopez - Deltares Improving the Estimation of Predictive Hydrological Uncertainty Using Quantile Regression: Examples from the NFFS (England and Wales)
	An effective decision making process in flood early warning systems is only possible if the forecasting includes uncertainty. Quantile Regression is a post-processor method to estimate uncertainty that will be evaluated, improved and compared with other methods. The test case study is the Midlands region (River Severn), UK.
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Brian Sempijja - TUD, Dresden Stakeholder Analysis to Map Key Actors of Flood Risk Management and Their Activities: A Case Study of Kampala, Uganda
	Could poor stakeholder involvement and collaboration in flood risk management activities be one of the causes of continued increase of flood risks in communities? The researcher will identify stakeholders of FRM in general; analyse the roles and responsibilities of key actors in FRM and derive recommendations for further research and actions.
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Tegegne Tarekegen - UNESCO-IHE A Bayesian Approach to Estimate Rainfall from Rain Gauges and TRMM Data
	Satellite rainfall product (TRMM) and ground based raingauge rainfall measurements will be merged using the Bayesian data fusion method and the quality of the new fused rainfall data will be tested using a hydrological model. This study will also to try to find out the optimum time and space resolution for the comparison of the two data sets.
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Shristi Vaidya - TUD, Dresden Risk Perception of Stakeholders in Flood Risk Management
	The research objectgive is to find the means by which experts can contribute to reduce the gap between risk perceptions of experts and those of lay people in flood risk management. The discrepancies in risk perception will be observed based on several risk factors using semi-structured interviews.
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Maria Vasilyeva - DHI Flood Modelling Using Weather Generators
	The objectives of the project is to develop and apply a continuous modelling approach using weather generators for flood frequency estimation and flood mapping. Weather generators will be applied for generating long time series of weather variables, later used for the hydrological and hydraulic modelling of a case study.
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Richard Vause - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig The Communication and Visualisation of Uncertainty in Flood Hazard Maps: User-specific Representations for the UK Public
	The inclusion of uncertainty, inherent in flood mapping, can provide a more appropriate representation of flood hazard, facilitating more-informed decision making. A participatory methodology is adopted for a UK case study, assessing how uncertainty communication and visualisation can be improved for the public. Working alongside Flood Hazard Research Centre, UK.
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Duc Vu Minh - University of Ljubljana & University of Brescia Hydrological and Hydraulic Uncertainties in Flood Hazard Mapping
	This works investigates the flooding problem of Vipava/Vipacco river basin shared by Slovenia and Italy. The final results are flood hazard maps (velocity, depth, duration) for different return periods.
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