FRMRC priority areas and work packages
| Priority area 1: Programme integration | Leader: Dr Stephen Huntington, HR Wallingford Limited |
| Priority area 2: Land-use management | Leader: Professor Howard Wheater, Imperial College, London |
| Work package | Description |
| 2.1 | Multi-scale experimental programme |
| 2.2 | Development of multi-scale modelling tools |
| 2.3 | Whole Catchment Integration and Case Study Guidance |
| 2.4 | Policy |
| Priority area 3: Real-time forecasting | Leader: Professor Ian Cluckie, University of Bristol |
| Work package | Description |
| 3.1 | Uncertainty framework in real-time modelling |
| 3.2 | Artificial intelligence applied to real-time flood forecasting |
| 3.3 | Weather radar and remote sensing |
| 3.4 | Real-time updating |
| Priority Area 4: Infrastructure management | Leader: Paul Sayers, HR Wallingford Limited |
| Work package | Description |
| 4.1 | Detailed failure mode analysis (1) geotechnical instability—desiccation and fissuring of clay fills |
| 4.2 | Detailed failure mode analysis (2) shoreline and foreshore change (coasts) |
| 4.3 | Improve condition assessment methodologies |
| 4.4 | Time-dependent defence reliability analysis and option searching |
| 4.5 | System-based scoping study |
| Priority area 5: Towards whole systems modelling | Leader: Professor Gareth Pender, Heriot-Watt University |
| Work package | Description |
| 5.1 | Framework for whole systems modelling |
| 5.2 | Exploitation of new data types |
| 5.3 | Next-generation models for inundation prediction |
| 5.4 | Uncertainty handling |
| Priority area 6: Urban flood management | Leader: Professor Adrian Saul, University of Sheffield |
| Work package | Description |
| 6.1 | Integrated urban flood model and decision support tool |
| 6.2 | Assessment of environmental and public health risks due to urban flooding |
| Priority area 7: Stakeholder and policy | Leader: Dr Joe Howe, University of Manchester |
| Work package | Description |
| 7.1 | Stakeholder involvement |
| 7.2 | Policy |
| 7.3 | Risk communication |
| 7.4 | Integrated sustainable development of floodplains and wetlands |
| 7.5 | Socio-psychological dimensions of flood risk management |
| Priority Area 8: Sediments, geomorphology and habitats | Leader: Professor Colin Thorne, University of Nottingham |
| Work package | Description |
| 8.1 | Quantitative fluvial audit technique |
| 8.2 | Morphology, habitat and infrastructure interactions |
| 8.3 | Contaminated sediments: assessing environmental and public health risks |
| 8.4 | Sustainable development of floodplains and wetlands |
| Priority Area 9: Risk and uncertainty | Leader: Professor Keith Beven, Lancaster University |
| Work package | Description |
| 9.1 | Assessment of uncertainty estimation methods |
| 9.2 | Implementation of uncertainty and risk assessment and use in decision making |
| Priority area 1: Programme integration | Leader: Dr Stephen Huntington, HR Wallingford Limited |
| Priority area 2: Land-use management | Leader: Professor Howard Wheater, Imperial College, London |
| Work package | Description |
| 2.1 | Multi-scale experimental programme |
| 2.2 | Development of multi-scale modelling tools |
| 2.3 | Whole Catchment Integration and Case Study Guidance |
| 2.4 | Policy |
| Priority area 3: Real-time forecasting | Leader: Professor Ian Cluckie, University of Bristol |
| Work package | Description |
| 3.1 | Uncertainty framework in real-time modelling |
| 3.2 | Artificial intelligence applied to real-time flood forecasting |
| 3.3 | Weather radar and remote sensing |
| 3.4 | Real-time updating |
| Priority Area 4: Infrastructure management | Leader: Paul Sayers, HR Wallingford Limited |
| Work package | Description |
| 4.1 | Detailed failure mode analysis (1) geotechnical instability—desiccation and fissuring of clay fills |
| 4.2 | Detailed failure mode analysis (2) shoreline and foreshore change (coasts) |
| 4.3 | Improve condition assessment methodologies |
| 4.4 | Time-dependent defence reliability analysis and option searching |
| 4.5 | System-based scoping study |
| Priority area 5: Towards whole systems modelling | Leader: Professor Gareth Pender, Heriot-Watt University |
| Work package | Description |
| 5.1 | Framework for whole systems modelling |
| 5.2 | Exploitation of new data types |
| 5.3 | Next-generation models for inundation prediction |
| 5.4 | Uncertainty handling |
| Priority area 6: Urban flood management | Leader: Professor Adrian Saul, University of Sheffield |
| Work package | Description |
| 6.1 | Integrated urban flood model and decision support tool |
| 6.2 | Assessment of environmental and public health risks due to urban flooding |
| Priority area 7: Stakeholder and policy | Leader: Dr Joe Howe, University of Manchester |
| Work package | Description |
| 7.1 | Stakeholder involvement |
| 7.2 | Policy |
| 7.3 | Risk communication |
| 7.4 | Integrated sustainable development of floodplains and wetlands |
| 7.5 | Socio-psychological dimensions of flood risk management |
| Priority Area 8: Sediments, geomorphology and habitats | Leader: Professor Colin Thorne, University of Nottingham |
| Work package | Description |
| 8.1 | Quantitative fluvial audit technique |
| 8.2 | Morphology, habitat and infrastructure interactions |
| 8.3 | Contaminated sediments: assessing environmental and public health risks |
| 8.4 | Sustainable development of floodplains and wetlands |
| Priority Area 9: Risk and uncertainty | Leader: Professor Keith Beven, Lancaster University |
| Work package | Description |
| 9.1 | Assessment of uncertainty estimation methods |
| 9.2 | Implementation of uncertainty and risk assessment and use in decision making |