[Ica-osgeo-labs] Hackathon at ECMWF to improve the Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) | Reading, 16/17 Jan 2016

[Suchith Anand]

Hi Julia,

This hackathon for Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) that ECMWF is organising is very timely.

I am saddened to see the destruction caused by floods in Chennai, India over the last few days http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-35003353

It is a city where i lived many years back when i used to work for the Indian Institute of Technology Madras  https://www.iitm.ac.in   I have wonderful memories of the friendly and helpful people there  and i am praying that everyone there are safe.

It is very timely that as a global community, we need to pool together all our combined expertise to help mitigate extreme flood events.

Suchith



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Subject: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Hackathon at ECMWF to improve the Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) | Reading, 16/17 Jan 2016

Want to develop tools to save lives? ECMWF is organising a hackathon on the Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) to make the system more flexible and easier to use.
GloFAS provides global forecasts of extreme flood events and is used by international institutes like the Red Cross and World Food Programme as an information tool during crisis.

The hackathon will take place at ECMWF (Reading, UK) on 16/17 January 2016 - get more information under http://www.ecmwf.int/en/hackathon-announcement-global-flood-awareness-system.
Don't miss this unique opportunity and get registered for #FloodHack: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/floodhack-help-improve-the-global-flood-awareness-system-tickets-19819558834




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