Regional cooperation for flood disaster mitigation in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region. Technical Papers. Report of the 2nd High Level Consultative Meeting on Establishment of a Regional Flood Information System, Kathmandu, Nepal, 10-13 March 2003

These proceedings contain nine technical papers focusing on data and information management for integrated hydrological and meteorological networks, flood management and local adaptation strategies (case studies in Bangladesh, India and Nepal), and development of the flood forecasting and warning system in Bangladesh. An integrated hydrometeorological network design and operation for flood forecasting, flood management in integrated river basin development, as well as the use of short- and long- term meteorological information in flood forecasting are also covered. Finally, the uses of integrated hydrological-hydraulic modelling, telecommunication systems, and state-of-the-art methods of hydrological and meteorological data acquisition systems for flood forecasting, are discussed.