LIVE (Logistic and Infrastructure Visual Evaluation)

Team:

• Paul Barnard (Python software developer at JBA Consulting)
• Albert Chen (Senior research fellow at University of Exeter on hydraulic modelling and risk assessment)
• Sam Griffiths (Python Developer for JBA Consulting)
• Laura Ludwinski (Software developer for JBA Consulting)
• Li-Pen Wang (Postdoc researcher at KU Leuven)
• Peter Watson (Postdoc at Oxford University)

Inspiration:

• To summarise GloFAS forecast information into a 'Time to respond' map that helps decision making before/during flood emergency. This is present in a user friendly way with key statistics which could help decision making.

What it does:

• Obtains all 51 ensembles for a forecast over the next 30 days
• Processes these against the static return period discharge thresholds
• Allows the plotting of flood probability for each day
• This allows us to do further processing to highlight how long LLFAs, charities or any flood response teams have to respond to a potential flood.

How its built:

• Python code

Challenges:

• Data manipulation

Accomplishments:

• Data was finally downloaded and we produced the start of our final product

What was learned:

• What a hack-a-thon involves

What's next for LIVE (Logistic and Infrastructure Visual Evaluation):

• More map processing!!

Built With

• python