Feb 14, 2025 · CIROH, a partnership between NOAA and The University of Alabama, is a national consortium committed to advancing water prediction – the forecasting of streamflow entering water systems, extreme events such as floods and droughts, and water quality – and building community resilience to water-related challenges.

CIROH is a leading translator of world-class water science research to operations, putting actionable water intelligence in the hands of those managing floods, droughts, and water quality.

Discover groundbreaking studies, peer-reviewed papers, and technical reports authored by CIROH and NOAA experts. Dive into cutting-edge research on hydrological forecasting, water quality, and the impacts of a changing climate.

CIROH will serve as an integrator of research-to-operations-to-research (R2O2R) interactions connecting researchers, operators, modelers, data scientists, social scientists, decision makers, and communication and policy experts in a cooperative hydrologic research and …

Water resources modeling – To investigate water resources modeling advances with observing, analysis, and forecasting capabilities to improve forecasting of water resources from summit to sea, including coupling with coastal and ocean processes.

Dive into our comprehensive documentation to access in-depth information about various CIROH products, including but not limited to NextGen, Snow model, Tethys, and more.

The developed NWM Research Apps Portal is hosted at https://portal.ciroh.org and serves as a platform that links and organizes together a curated selection of publicly-facing NWM visualization and analysis tools developed by CIROH and NOAA.

CIROH, a partnership between NOAA and The University of Alabama, is a national consortium committed to advancing water prediction – the forecasting of streamflow entering water systems, extreme...

The Water Prediction Node (WPN) website is a collaborative effort between CIROH, NOAA CoastWatch, and the National Water Center. The purpose of the website is to intake and disseminate remote sensing data relevant to hydrological modeling, prediction, and analysis.

The Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in Hydrology (CIROH) is a national consortium of science and services to provide actionable water resources intelligence to improve a national water model and flood forecasting.