21st Canadian Hydrotechnical Conference: Modelling and Prediction

摘要

The rain poured down on folks arriving at the Banff Springs Hotel on May 14, 2013, for the Canadian Hydrotechnical Conference. The weather was fitting, as conference delegates were arriving to talk about recent extreme flood events in Canada, what we have learned from them, how we measure and model them, and how we can prepare for and manage them better in the future. In addition to the technical presentations, six keynote speeches summarized some of the major issues that hydrotechnical engineers in Canada are facing with respect to predicting, managing, and mitigating the effects of flooding.