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ERCIM - the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics - aims to foster collaborative work within the European research community and to increase co-operation with European industry. Leading European research institutes are members of ERCIM.

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Information Technologies for water resources management and modelling in semi-arid areas

Keywords:
IT , HPCN, information system, web, GIS, DBMS, numerical modelling, watersheds

Abstract:
The main objective of CruCID is to establish a demonstration project consisting in a concerted action, associated with accompanying measures, focused on the use of High Performance Computing and Networking in the modelling and simulation of flood wave propagation. The end users are organisations concerned with flood alert, inundation prevention, watershed planning and environmental impact studies, as well as institutions interested in HPCN platforms and the associated tools.

Partners:
INRIA (France), FORTH (Greece), Ecole Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Beyrouth (Lebanon), Ecole Mohammadia d'Ingénieurs (Morocco), Office National d'eau potable (Morocco), Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis (Tunisia), ERCIM

Duration:
1. December 1998 - 31 November 2000

ERCIM's role:
Project co-ordinator

Total budget:
200 000 Euro

Funding Agencies:
European Commission, INCO DC Programme: 200 000 Euro