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The link below will provide you all information regarding the third session of the Advisory Working Group in WMO in Geneva.
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/hwrp/chy/chy13/AWG3.html
Dear All
As part of the work programme for the Commission for Hydrology for 2009-2012, a draft document on the climate and meteorological information requirements for water management has been prepared by James E Dent under the guidance of Ms Ann Calver (CHy-AWG). The draft document is accessible at the link below. We are seeking, prior to publication, feedback from people who may make use of this publication.
www.whycos.org/hwrp/climate/Climate_and_WaterFinalRevisedDraft.pdf
As part of the CHy Project for the Assessment of the Performance of Flow Measurement Instruments and Techniques, a collection of international and national standards and guidelines regarding field discharge measurement instrumentation and techniques has been put together, on the basis of the contributions of several NHSs.
This database has now been uploaded on the web, and it is available at: http://www.whycos.org/chy/flowprojectx/index.php
The Management Committee of the Project consider that this website would be useful to Hydrological Services interested in adopting standards for flow measurement techniques, as it helps assessing which approaches to flow measurements are taken in different parts of the world. Please note that most entries have links either to the document containing the standard (when it is freely available) or to the webpage where it can be purchased (if it has a commercial value).
As the website is in its initial stages, we invite you to visit it and send us your comments, corrections, contributions. The value of the collection would certainly increase if it contained a sample of standards and guidelines as wide as possible.
1) Which are the aims of this Project? It is a WIGOS Pilot Project under the follow up of the Commission for Hydrology (CHy). Its general purpose is to develop a tool that improves the effectiveness of both the SADC-HYCOS (Southern Africa Developing Community – Hydrological Cycle Observing System) project and the SARFFGS (Regional Flash Flood Guidance System – Southern Africa Component), by means of the integration of (1) the flux of real time data from the SADC-HYCOS project, (2) the SARFFGS products which are time sensitive, and (3) the products generated by the Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) from the Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project (SWFDP). Such opportunity will offer a show-case to the WIGOS/WIS, as far as the Hydrologic aspects are concerned.
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Organisers: IAHS (ICSW, ICWRS), IAMAS, WMO, BOM Australia
Lead Convenor: Bruce Stewart (Australia)
Co-convenors: Gabriel Arduino (WMO), Hege Hisdal (Norway)
Scope: Settling on flood plains has enormous advantages, as is evident from the very high densities of human settlement in, for example, the Netherlands and Bangladesh. Disaster mitigation approaches that restrict the occupation of flood plains and wetlands can limit the potential of these lands for socio-economic development. The balanced management of floodplain areas is thus important element to flood management. Integrated Flood Management (IFM) integrates land and water resources development in a river basin, within the context of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), with a view to maximizing the efficient use of flood plains and minimizing loss to life. Thus, occasional flood losses can be accepted in favour of a long-term increase in the efficient use of flood plains. End-to-end IFM initiatives will require combinations of flood management practices including structural and non-structural approaches working in harmony with flood plain development activities. This session will focus on Integrated Flood Management in general and in particular advances in flood forecasting and warning capabilities.
Please submit abstracts through:
http://www.iugg2011.com/program-iahs.asp
