🚨New Blog Post🚨 One of our former co-chairs @fpappenberger.bsky.social has recently been appointed Director-General of the ECMWF, and he talked to Gwyn Matthews, one of our new EC-HEPEX co-chairs, about his background in hydrology and HEPEX. Enjoy! hepex.org.au/from-uncerta...

From Uncertainty to Action: an interview with Florian Pappenberger, the Director-General of ECMWF – HEPEX

By Gwyn Matthews At the beginning of 2026, Florian Pappenberger, a HEPEX founding member and former co-chair, became Director-General of ECMWF. Florian’s background in hydrology, where working with…

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🚨New Blog Post🚨 One of our former co-chairs @fpappenberger.bsky.social has recently been appointed Director-General of the ECMWF, and he talked to Gwyn Matthews, one of our new EC-HEPEX co-chairs, about his background in hydrology and HEPEX. Enjoy! hepex.org.au/from-uncerta...

From Uncertainty to Action: an interview with Florian Pappenberger, the Director-General of ECMWF – HEPEX

By Gwyn Matthews At the beginning of 2026, Florian Pappenberger, a HEPEX founding member and former co-chair, became Director-General of ECMWF. Florian’s background in hydrology, where working with…

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Heading to EGU this year? Here’s a HEPEXers guide of what not to miss hepex.org.au/highlights-e...

Highlights @EGU26: What Not to Miss – HEPEX

Heading to EGU 2026 Annual General Assembly, either in Vienna or joining online? This guide will help you get the most out of the week. The HEPEX community will once again be strongly represented a…

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Heading to EGU this year? Here’s a HEPEXers guide of what not to miss hepex.org.au/highlights-e...

Highlights @EGU26: What Not to Miss – HEPEX

Heading to EGU 2026 Annual General Assembly, either in Vienna or joining online? This guide will help you get the most out of the week. The HEPEX community will once again be strongly represented a…

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Excited to announce Groundsource - an open-source dataset of historic flood events! This has easily been one of the coolest projects I've worked on recently! Thread 🧵 for details and all relevant links. 1/n

📣 OpenIFS is now open source! The move will make it easier to collaborate and generate new ideas. ➡️ www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...

Expressing probabilities could be the key for improved weather-based decision-making, according to new Met Office research. Read more in our news release ⬇️ bit.ly/4qfyZYv

Excited to unveil Caravan-Qual! 🌊 We've expanded the Caravan framework to bridge the gap between water quantity and quality. This new open dataset features: 🔹 ~70M observations 🔹137k stations 🔹 100 constituents 🔹 Linked streamflow, forcing & attributes Links in 🧵

Integrating mobile CRNS soil-moisture data into the mHM model greatly boosts its ability to capture spatial and temporal moisture patterns. Forests remain challenging, but results show strong gains and good transferability for better hydrological forecasts. www.frontiersin.org/journals/wat...

Frontiers | On the value of mobile cosmic-ray neutron measurements for spatio-temporal soil moisture simulations

High-resolution soil moisture measurements are indispensable for advancing hydrological modeling and improving environmental risk assessments at regional sca...

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If you are going to attend EGU 2026 and are interested in statistical ML-based forecasting / nowcasting / post-processing in the geosciences, consider sumitting an abstract to our session NP 5.1, www.egu26.eu/session/55791 ⏰ Deadline: January 15, 2026

Soil moisture shapes droughts, floods, and heat extremes, yet is hard to observe from space. Our new paper offers the first structured review of how AI is transforming soil moisture remote sensing, and where hybrid physics-AI approaches can take us next. doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... #AI4SoilMoisture #EO

Next week, we will mark our 50th anniversary in Reading, UK, following events earlier in the year at our sites in Germany and Italy. Join us online on 3 December for the Showcase of European capabilities in machine learning and weather forecasting. For details ➡️ www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...

So, your forecasts are sharp and reliable, but are they valuable? Our new EMS paper on RUVPY is out - reference implementation of RUV. Honest assessment needs to be tailored to the specific decision. RUV is general enough to model almost any context. Go forth and tinker. doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

EGU Hydrological Sciences is looking for its next Early Career Scientist Rep! If you’re an ECS passionate about hydrology, science communication & community building, apply by 30 Nov. Send CV + 1-page motivation to ecs-hs@egu.eu blogs.egu.eu/divisions/hs...

Are you our next HS Early Career Scientist Representative?

It’s time to grow the Early Career Scientists (ECS) team of the Hydrological Sciences Division! We’re looking for the next ECS representative to contribute to coordinating social media, our newsletter...

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Are you looking for a #PhD in #Climate, #Earth or #Environmental science? Oxford's ILESLA programme could be for you. Its a four year funded degree meaning you get chance in the 1st year to learn essential skills and to work with potential supervisors to refine your research topic.

@ilesla.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Thinking about a research degree in life or environmental sciences? We offer 4-year PhD studentships that cover your course fees, provide a tax-free living stipend, and include additional funding for project costs and travel. Find out more and register for our virtual open day. www.ilesla.ox.ac.uk

50 years of #weather forecasting at the @ecmwf.int, read the interview with Dr. Florence Rabier, Director-General of the ECMWF, on the occasion of this important anniversary and what has been achieved until now. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

50 years of weather forecasting at the ECMWF - Nature Communications

The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. In celebration of this occasion, we are talking with Dr. Florence Rabier, Director-General...

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Calling all Geoscience Gamers! Abstract submission is now open for @egu.eu #EGU26 and the Games for Geoscience session. Your deadline is 15 Jan 26 and your time starts now! Details though the link in the comments.

Still some time to apply for a PhD position in my group @ufz.de in my group with the focus on streams, hydrometric and isotopic signatures and ML: recruitingapp-5128.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/32... Looking forward for your applications 🤩

PhD Researcher (f/m/x): Hydrometric and isotopic event signatures to evaluate functional resilience of diverse hydrological systems to global change

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Larisa Tarasova@lytarasova.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We are looking for 2 PhDs in our @dfg.de #HydroSIGNs project with @sub-heterogenty.bsky.social to study resilience of hydrological systems to #global change. Interested in merging large-sample analysis and field work to study these beautiful springs and the streams they feed? Apply via links below ⬇️

🚨New blog post🚨 Everyone needs more #HEPEX podcast content, including you 🫵 hepex.org.au/hepex-throug...

HEPEX through the Alabama Water Institute Podcast Series

In March 2025, the Alabama Water Institute (AWI) and CIROH hosted the 20th anniversary of HEPEX, a milestone event that brought together scientists, practitioners and decision-makers from around th…

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🚨New blog post🚨 Everyone needs more #HEPEX podcast content, including you 🫵 hepex.org.au/hepex-throug...

HEPEX through the Alabama Water Institute Podcast Series

In March 2025, the Alabama Water Institute (AWI) and CIROH hosted the 20th anniversary of HEPEX, a milestone event that brought together scientists, practitioners and decision-makers from around th…

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Excited to share our #AGU25 session: New Developments & Future Directions in Community Water Resources Modeling Topics include: 💻Open software, cloud computing 🌐Process representation, uncertainty, model coupling 🧠ML 👥Social hydrology 🔗Submit an abstract by July 30: agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...

Why we should and how we can use games for #geoscience youtu.be/_jGdu2RS8N8?...

Using Games for Geoscience

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Huge congratulations to former HEPEX co-chair @fpappenberger.bsky.social!!

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🔉 ECMWF has announced the appointment of Florian Pappenberger as its next Director-General. He will take up the post on 1 January 2026. Read more in our web article ➡️ www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med... @fpappenberger.bsky.social

We have taken the ensemble version of the Artificial Intelligence Forecasting System (#AIFS) into operations! It will run side by side with the traditional physics-based Integrated Forecasting System (IFS). Find out more here ➡️ www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...

Excited to share our new paper in @springernature.com Climate Dynamics exploring soil moisture–atmosphere coupling hotspots across the Northern Hemisphere in @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social #C3S #Seasonal forecasts. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #ClimateScience #SoilMoisture #ClimateResearch

Soil-moisture-atmosphere coupling hotspots and their representation in seasonal forecasts of boreal summer - Climate Dynamics

This study examines soil-moisture-atmosphere coupling “hotspots” across the Northern Hemisphere during the summer months and evaluates their representation in seasonal forecasting systems. Using hindc...

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🚨 New Blog Post 🚨 Early career Hepexers got together at our recent workshop to talk career paths in hydrological forecasting. Here’s what they came up with 👇 hepex.org.au/early-career...

Early Career HEPEX Activity at the HEPEX 2025 Workshop: An Interactive Discussion on Tools, Resources & Skill Gaps in Hydrological Forecasting

An Early Career HEPEX session on “Interactive Discussion on Tools, Resources, and Skill Gaps in Hydrological Forecasting” was organized on the last day of the HEPEX 2025 workshop. This session welc…

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Our forecastst for Thermal stress for fishes www.drought.ch/de/impakt-vo...

Very proud to have been involved in this. Fascinating and important study for drought (very) early warning, thanks for leading it @amulyachevuturi.bsky.social !

Amulya Chevuturi@amulyachevuturi.bsky.social · last yr.

North Atlantic Ocean patterns can signal UK summer droughts up to 1.5 years in advance; offering major potential for early drought forecasting. 📢 Published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment! Read it here doi.org/10.1038/s432.... #UKDroughts #Teleconnections #Forecasting

We are looking for a #Postdoc in 'hydrological modelling and climate impact assessments of extreme events'. Are you excited about #flood modeling and working on an applied project in the Canton of Valais? Apply here: apply.refline.ch/273855/1743/... @slfdavos.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social