System Requirement Document (SRD) - H-SAF

H-SAFSystem Requirement DocumentDoc. No: SAF/HSAF/SRD/2.1Issue: Version 2.1Date: 20/06/2008Page: 20/102operational hydrology, by generating, centralizing, archiving anddisseminating the identified products:precipitation (liquid, solid, rate, accumulated);soil moisture (at large-scale, at local-scale, at surface, in the rootsregion);snow parameters (detection, cover, melting conditions, waterequivalent);b. to perform independent validation of the usefulness of the newproducts for fighting against floods, landslides, avalanches, and evaluatingwater resources; the activity includes:downscaling/upscaling modelling from observed/predicted fields tobasin level;fusion of satellite-derived measurements with data from radar andraingauge networks;assimilation of satellite-derived products in hydrological models;assessment of the impact of the new satellite-derived products onhydrological applications.2.2 Outlines of the H-SAF consortiumThe H-SAF participants and their roles are reported as follows (see also [AD 2]:No. Country Units in the Country Role in the Project01 AustriaZentralanstalt für Meteorologie undGeodynamikVienna University of Technology, Inst. ofPhotogram. & Remote SensingLeader for soil moisture02 BelgiumRoyal Meteorological Institute of Belgium Contributor for validation ofPR, SM and SP products andfor Hydro validation03 ECMWF04 FinlandEuropean Centre for Medium-rangeWeather ForecastsFinnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)Helsinki University of Technology,Laboratory of Space TechnologyFinnish Environment InstituteContributor for “core” soilmoistureLeader for snow parameters.Contributor for developmentand validation of SN productsand for Hydro validation