{"id":157431,"date":"2022-04-07T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T18:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=157431"},"modified":"2022-04-06T15:59:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T01:59:35","slug":"360m-noaa-award-manage-national-water-hazards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/04\/07\/360m-noaa-award-manage-national-water-hazards\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> part of $360M<\/abbr> NOAA<\/abbr> award to manage national water hazards, resources"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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The grant will support a consortium of 28 institutions that will help improve the nation\u2019s ability to predict water-related hazards, such as flooding, that caused major storm damage in Hanalei, Kauaʻi<\/span> in 2018. (Photo credit: UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Coastal Geology Group)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa is part of a consortium of 28 institutions awarded $360 million by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration<\/a> (NOAA<\/abbr>) over the next five years to improve the nation\u2019s ability to predict water-related hazards, such as flooding, and effectively manage water resources.<\/p>\n

The effort establishes the Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in Hydrology (CIROH<\/abbr>) that consists of a consortium of 22 institutions of higher education along with non-profit organizations and government and industry partners, and creates a team of hydrologic researchers across the U.S and Canada. The mission is to help realize NOAA<\/abbr>\u2019s vision of a water-and-weather-ready nation by developing and delivering national hydrological analyses, forecast information, data, guidance and support services to inform essential emergency management and water resources decisions.<\/p>\n

The UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Water Resources Research Center<\/a> (WRRC<\/abbr>) will coordinate the Â鶹´«Ã½effort. The new NOAA<\/abbr> cooperative institute will focus much of its work on the National Water Model (NWM<\/abbr>), which provides vital information for purposes such as for flood forecasting.<\/p>\n

“Currently, the skill of the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> implementation of the NWM<\/abbr> is generally not sufficient to provide useful information to the National Weather Service to support their forecasting and extreme event warning responsibilities,” said WRRC<\/abbr> Director Thomas Giambelluca<\/strong>, the project lead for UH<\/abbr>. “In this project, the CIROH<\/abbr>–Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> team will conduct research to improve the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>-specific and more general performance of the current and future versions of the NWM<\/abbr>. UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa brings a wealth of expertise to the consortium regarding tropical weather and hydrological processes, especially for the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> region.”<\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> water projects<\/h2>\n

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The first round of UH<\/abbr> projects to be supported under CIROH<\/abbr> will be:<\/p>\n