Hydrological Forecasts Section

The Hydrological Forecasts Section is the federal service responsible for short-term forecasting of water supply and for 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 forecasting system FEWS 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
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Karsten Jasper
Position: deputy head of section
Tasks: Hydrological forecasts, models
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Coralie Amiguet
Tasks: Hydrological forecasts, customer advice and products
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Emmanuel Brocard
Tasks: Hydrological forecasts, monitoring parliamentary and Federal Council transactions
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Robert Diezig
Tasks: Hydrological forecasts, forecasting systems
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Martin Ebel
Tasks: Hydrological forecasts, models, forecasting systems
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Philippe Gyarmati
Tasks: Hydrological forecasts, quality assurance
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Andreas Helbling
Tasks: Hydrological forecasts, Quality assurance
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Christophe Hug
Tasks: Hydrological forecasts, Forecasting systems
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David Volken
Tasks: Hydrological forecasts, customer advice and products
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Last modification 06.04.2020