River Flow Forecasting System (RFFS)
The RFFS suite of software produces forecasts of river level and flow in real-time from telemetered data and provides model calibration tools for off-line use.
The generic design of the RFFS’s Information Control Algorithm (ICA) for forecast construction allows:
- application to any river network without recoding
- easy adaptation of an existing model configuration to accommodate new forecast or measurement sites
- a socket-style interface, allowing new models to be introduced with ease.
Forecasting with the RFFS
The suite of RFFS models include:
- PDM rainfall-runoff model
- PSM rainfall-runoff model
- PACK snowmelt model
- KW channel flow routing model
- ISIS hydrodynamic river model
- Forecast updating models
These models feature within the standard set in use by the Environment Agency in support of flood warning throughout England and Wales.
Operational systems can use the observed and forecast rainfalls from HYRAD to extend the lead time of forecasts.
The RFFS has been used for forecasting throughout Northeast England, in the Thames basin, the White Cart (Glasgow) and in Hong Kong.
FloodWorks provides the RFFS within an advanced interface environment serving applications in Scotland, Belgium and South Java.
ISIS and FloodWorks are Wallingford Software supported products.
Contacts and further information
Bob Moore
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Wallingford, Oxon,
OX10 8BB, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44(0)1491 692262, email:rffs@ceh.ac.uk
