Hydrologic ensemble prediction experiment focuses on reliable forecasts

The Hydrologic Ensemble Prediction Experiment (HEPEX), an effort involving meteorological and hydrological scientists from research, operational, and user communities around the globe, is building a research project focused on advancing probabilistic hydrologic forecasting. HEPEX was launched in March 2004 at a meeting hosted by the European Centre for Medium‐Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), in Reading, United Kingdom http://www.ecmwf.int/newsevents/meetings/workshops/2004/HEPEX/). The goal of HEPEX is “to bring the international hydrological and meteorological communities together to demonstrate how to produce reliable hydrological ensemble forecasts that can be used with confidence by the emergency management and water resources sectors to make decisions that have important consequences for the economy, public health, and safety.”