Hydrological Forecasts Section

The Hydrological Forecasting Section is the federal service for short-term forecasting of water supply during normal and high water levels as well as issuing flood warnings

The section

• runs an operational forecasting service that prepares daily reports on water conditions and runoff forecasts for the whole country;
• provides continuous expert evaluations of current and forecasted situations of waterways of national interest;
• coordinates with other federal, cantonal and international forecasting services;
• is responsible for the technical operation of the FEWS system and all data flows;
• develops operational forecasting at FOEN and integrates new forecasting systems into its operational processes;
• participates in FOEN's critical situation control centre in the event of flooding and develops fundamental analyses for assessing situations;
• conducts studies to analyse floods;
• initiates, assists and conducts national and international hydrological forecasting research programs.

Section topic: current hydrological forecasts

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN: Water level and discharge forecasts

Personnel

Therese Bürgi
Position: head of section
Tel.: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Karsten Jasper
Position: deputy head of section
Responsibilities: Hydrological forecasts, models
Tel.: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Coralie Amiguet
Responsibilities: Hydrological forecasts, customer advice and products
Tel.: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Robert Diezig
Responsibilities: Hydrological forecasts, forecasting systems
Tel.: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Martin Ebel
Responsibilities: Hydrological forecasts, models, forecasting systems
Tel.: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Philippe Gyarmati
Responsibilities: Hydrological forecasts, quality assurance
Tel.: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Andreas Helbling
Responsibilities: Hydrological forecasting, Quality assurance
Tel.: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Christophe Hug
Responsibilities: Hydrological forecasting, Forecasting systems
Tel.: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

David Volken
Responsibilities: Hydrological forecasts, customer advice and products, climate change
Tel.: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Last modification 09.05.2019