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Flood Event Model

Winner of the STFC/ODI Open Data Prize 2014

chris.Cooper@kn-i.com 

mailto:chris.Cooper@kn-i.com

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How did we get here?

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The Project - WUDoWUDWeather U Do or Whether U don’t

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Different Fire Service Events areconcentrated in different areas

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Open Data Providers

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What is a flood event?

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Areas of focus

Where can I place my emergency resources to better effect during

• Paramedics

• Signage

• Sandbags

• Fire and Rescue

• Respite Centres

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Flood Events by Time of Day

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Geology of Hampshire

The red crosses indicateboreholes with availabledata

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Surface Water

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Spot Heights

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Flood Extents

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Road/Rail Interactions

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Road/River Interactions

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First Pass at a Predictive Model

White represents areas with ahigh probability of floodingGreen represents areas with alow probability of floodingRed crosses indicate known floodcallout locations (positivetargets)Blue crosses indicate non-floodedlocations (negative targets)

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Visualisation

The model has been deployed on th

STFC’s 40 foot 3d screen which enayou to zoom into the areas of intere

An application is currently indevelopment which will allow peopvisualise the data using real-timeforecasts from the Met Office and f

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What next?• Resilience Direct have agreed to help KnowNow identify a path for inclusion into this do

• Ongoing support from Hampshire County Council to develop the new proactive processnew Flood Event Model triggers.

• Collaborating with Network Rail to better understand if we can predict flood events assorail infrastructure.

• Working with a large multi-national taking FEM outside the UK - investigating a Brushfire

• Adoption of ‘Time Machine’ to access historic events

• Scale up - providing more predictions by using more data sets

•river silting

•new-build sites

•river abstraction

• Scale out - by adopting model for other UK regions

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Winner of the STFC/ODI Open Data Prize 2014

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