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Report of the Rapporteur on Water monitoring and
Assessment Prof. Valery Vuglinsky (Russia).
April 2007 December 2008.
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RA-VI Strategic Plan FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF
METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL SERVICES IN THE
REGION (2008-2011)
Expected Result IV Integration of WMO observing
systems.

• Themes
• Improve existing practice
• Broaden use of more advanced technologies
• Join in existing or planned projects
• Develop new capabilities or products

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• Establishing standards for the Terrestrial
  Essential Climate Variables (ECVs)
• Development of International Data Centre on
  Hydrology of Lakes and Reservoirs

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Establishing standards for the Terrestrial
Essential Climate Variables (ECVs)
The work has been done in line with the
activities of the Terrestrial Observing Panel for
Climate (TOPC) with the participation of the WMO
CHy and WGH RA representatives. . TOPC
identifies global data sets for climate-related
terrestrial applications.
One of aims of TOPC is a development of
terrestrial observation networks Including
hydrological network
One of the TOPS most important
activities has been a preparation of the report
reviews the terrestrial Essential Climate
Variables (ECVs) (including river discharge,
water use, ground water and lake level ECVs
which refer to the field of hydrology). A
standard review of each ECV has been given
involving terms and definitions, the observed
parameters, measurement methods, both in-situ and
satellite ones, existing standards and
recommendations on Improvement of monitoring of
individual ECVs.
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The Report on ECV T1 River discharge has been
prepared by Ulrich Loozer (Germany), the Director
of the Global Runoff Data Centre (GRDC).
The Report on ECV T4 Water level in lakes and
reservoirs, water storage has been prepared by
Valery Vuglinsky with the participation of
Tatyana Gronskaya (Russia), Jean-Francois Cretaux
France) and Reuben Sessa (FAO).
( the description of existing measurement
methods, protocols and standards are given. The
contributing networks and data availability are
analysed. The recommendations for improving of
water level observation are suggested).
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Development of International Data Centre on
Hydrology of Lakes and Reservoirs
In accordance with the recommendation of the
XIIth Session of CHy (Genewa, Switzerland, 20-29
October 2004) and the Agreement between WMO and
Roshydromet signed in June 2008, the
International Data Centre on Hydrology of Lakes
and Reservoirs (HYDROLARE) was established at
the State Hydrological Institute (Russian
Federation), which is operated under the auspices
of WMO.
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Milestones until December 2008 The Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) between ROSHYDROMET and WMO
is expected to be ready for signature by
September 2007. As soon as this is the case,
ROSHYDROMET will send a formal letter to WMO. The
following milestone should be achieved in
parallel to this administrative formality
Milestones until December 2008
Milestone Deadline
1 Preparation of questionnaire for data collection, in collaboration with WMO September 2007
2 Development of encoding system for database, taking into account WMO requirements September 2007
3 Development of encoding system for data baselt take into account WMO requirements September 2007
4 Preparation of metadata for lakes and reservoirs of Russia and other former USSR countries, for loading into the prototype data base December 2007
5 Preparation of requests for historical observational data from foreign countries, and distribution of these requests and the questionnaire via WMO December 2007
6 Loading of available metadata for lakes and reservoirs of Russia and other former USSR countries into the database since January 2008
7 Preparation of historical observational data for lakes and reservoirs of Russia, for loading into prototype data base January 2008
8 Selection of the HYDROLARE database software, and design and development of the database to a prototype level February 2008
9 Loading of historical observational data for lakes and reservoirs of Russia into the prototype database since February 2008
10 First test operation of HYDROLARE March 2008
11 Preparation of historical observational data for lakes and reservoirs of former USSR countries, for loading into the data base June 2008
12 First review of HYDROLARE functions and activities June 2008
13 Loading of historical observational data for lakes and reservoirs of former USSR countries into the database since July 2008
14 Loading of available metadata for lakes and reservoirs of foreign countries into the database since July 2008
15 Loading of historical observational data for lakes and reservoirs of foreign countries into the data base since October 2008
16 Second meeting of HYDROLARE Steering Committee November 2008

It is expected that the full HYDROLARE
functionality will be achieved by December 2008
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On 1 January 2009 the HYDROLARE began to operate
in accordance with the WMO protocol to meet WMO
requirements. Metadata and historical
observational data for Russia and other FSU
?ountries was formed and loaded into the data
base . First test operation of HYDROLARE was
carried out.
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Thank you for your attention !
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