Regional Activities in Hydrology
Decisions concerning the implementation of the regional activities are taken by the WMO Regional Associations at their four-yearly meetings. The six Regional Associations of WMO have each established a working group on hydrology (WGH), and a Regional Hydrological Adviser (RHA) represents his/her entire Region and authoritatively represents the regional hydrologic concerns, problems or expectations, particularly as based on regional consultations. At the national level, the Hydrological Adviser (HA) is the ambassador of WMO hydrology.
RA I - Africa
Current RA I Hydrological and Water Coordination Panel
- Terms of reference for Hydrological and Water Coordination Panel (Resolution 3.2/1 (RA I-18) 2021) en - fr
- Regional progress on Hydrological and Water Resources Services components (Resolution 4.1/3 (RA I-18(II)) 2021) en - fr
Hybrid Forums
- Second Hydrological And Water Coordination Panel Region I - Africa, 5-7 April 2022, Yaounde, Cameroon
- Third Hydrology And Water Coordination Panel Region I - Africa, 7-9 February 2023, Swakopmund, Namibia
Virtual Forums
- Sixth Hydrological Advisors Forum and HWCP Region I- Africa, 26 December 2024
- Fifth Hydrological Advisors Forum and HWCP Region I- Africa, 14 December 2023
- Fourth Hydrological Advisors Forum and HWCP Region I- Africa, 15 March 2023
- Third Hydrological Advisors Forum and HWCP Region I- Africa, 02 August 2022
- Third Hydrological And Water Coordination Panel Region I - Africa, 16 December 2022
- Second Hydrological Advisors Forum Region I - Africa, 29 January 2021
- First Hydrological Advisors Forum Region I - Africa, 16 June 2020
Activities
- African Continental Climate Outlook Forum, 29th Oct to 01st Nov 2024, Accra, Ghana
- RA I Training on "Installation, Configuration and Measurement in Operational Hydrometry", 6-10 October, 2024
- RA I Training on "Assessment of National Needs and Capabilities in End-to-End Flood Forecasting and Early Warning Systems", 13-17 October 2024
- RA I Training on "Installation, Configuration and Measurement in Operational Hydrometry", 13-24 May, 2024
- Workshop on Hydrological Data Exchange, Standardization, and Interoperability (WHOS), 25 to 27 November 2024, Cape Town, South Africa
Former Working Group on Hydrology
- WMO RAI Working Group on Hydrology
- Report of the eleventh session of the WMO RA I Working Group on Hydrology (WGH) 16 – 20 November 2015, Accra, Ghana
RA II - Asia
Current RA II Working structure in hydrology and Water Resources
- Terms of reference for Coordination Panel on Hydrology and Water Resources (Resolution 2 (RA II-17) 2021) ar - ch - en - ru
- Terms of reference for Substructure of Working Groups in RA II en
- Regional priorities for hydrology and water resources in RA II (Resolution 6 (RA II-17) 2021) ar - ch - en - ru
- RA II Operating Plan (Resolution 10 (RAII-17) 2021) ar - ch - en - ru
RA II Coordination Panel on Hydrology and Water Resources (RA II CP-Hydrology)
- Third face-to-face meeting (hybrid format), 1 and 2 July 2024
- Typhoon Committee Integrated Workshop (IWS) with RA II CP Hydrology, 29 November 2023
- Second face-to-face meeting (hybrid format), 27 and 28 November 2023
- Second virtual meeting, 6 September 2023
- First face-to-face meeting (hybrid format), 31 October and 1 November 2022
- First virtual meeting, 29 September 2022
Virtual Forums
- Eighth Hydrological Advisers Forum Region II - Asia, 28 November 2024
- Seventh Hydrological Advisers Forum Region II - Asia, 30 April 2024
- Sixth Hydrological Advisers Forum Region II - Asia, 24 August 2023
- Fifth Hydrological Advisers Forum Region II - Asia, 15 December 2022
- Fourth Hydrological Advisers Forum Region II - Asia, 29 March 2022
- Third Hydrological Advisers Forum Region II - Asia, 30 November 2021
- Second Hydrological Advisers Forum Region II - Asia, 26 March 2021
- First Hydrological Advisers Forum Region II - Asia, 11 September 2020
Ongoing projects
- CREWS Cambodia and Lao PDR (Hydrological components: Flood Forecasting, Water Resources Assessments)
Former Working Group on Hydrology
- 2019 Meeting of RA II WGHS (7-9 October 2019)
- 2018 Meeting of RA II WGHS (26-28 November 2018)
- First Meeting of RA II WGHS (17-19 October 2017)
- Third Meeting of RA II WGHS (25-27 October 2016)
- Second Meeting of RA II WGHS (14-16 April 2015)
- First Meeting of RA II WGHS (30 September - 2 October 2014)
- Report of the RA II WGHS Session, 29-30 March 2007, Beijng, China
RA III - South America
Current RA III Working Group on Hydrology and Water Resources
- 2nd meeting of the RA III Working Group on Hydrology and Water Resources, 13-15 December 2023 eng
- First meeting of the RA III Working Group on Hydrology and Water Resources, 31 May 2022 eng - esp
- Terms of reference (Resolution 1 (RA III-18) 2020) eng - esp
- Regional hydrological priorities (Resolution 4 (RA III-18) 2020) eng - esp
- Composition and information about the group
Current Developments
- Enhancing Adaptive Capacity of Andean Communities through Climate Services (ENANDES)
- Hydrometeorological Forecasting and Early Warnings System in the La Plata Basin (PROHMSAT-Plata)
- Hydrological Status and Outlook System (HydroSOS) pilot implementation in Huallaga River and Uruguay River
- North West South America Flash Flood Guidance System (NWSAFFGS)
- WMO Hydrological Observing System in the La Plata Basin (WHOS-Plata) Portal
Virtual Forums
- RA III Virtual Hydrology Forum
- Hydrological Advisers Forums
- 10th Hydrological Advisers Forum Region III, 31 October, 2024
- 9th Hydrological Advisers Forum Region III, 18 June, 2024
- 8th Hydrological Advisers Forum Region III, 13 December, 2023
- 7th Hydrological Advisers Forum Region III, 10 May, 2023
- 6th Hydrological Advisers Forum Region III, 14 January, 2023
- 5th Hydrological Advisers Forum Region III, 27 July, 2022
- 4th Hydrological Advisers Forum Region III, 17 February 2022
- 3rd Hydrological Advisers Forum Region III, 26 August 2021
- 2nd Hydrological Advisers Forum Region III, 25 March 2021
- 1st Hydrological Advisers Forum Region III, 8 October 2020
Former Working Group on Hydrology
- Segunda Reunión Conjunta de los Grupos de Trabajo de la AR-III: Hidrología (GT-HRH), Clima (GT-CL) e Infraestructura y Desarrollo Tecnológico (GT-IDT), 4-6 Octubre 2017, Asunción, Paraguay
- Second joint meeting of the RA III Working Groups on Hydrology (WG-HWR), Climate (WG-CL) and Infrastructure and Technological Development (WG-ITD), 4-6 October 2017, Asunción, Paraguay
- Informe Final GT-HRH Décimo cuarta reunión, 4-6 Octubre 2017, Asunción, Paraguay
- Informe Final Décimo tercera reunión, Grupo de Trabajo sobre Hidrología y Recursos Hídricos, (octubre 2015)
RA IV - North America, Central America, Caribbean
Current RA IV Hydrological and Water Coordination Panel
- Sixth meeting of the RA IV Hydrological and Water Coordination Panel, 10-12 December 2024
- Fifth meeting of the RA IV Hydrological and Water Coordination Panel, 19 April 2024
- Fourth meeting of the RA IV Hydrological and Water Coordination Panel, 13 October 2023
- Third meeting of the RA IV Hydrological and Water Coordination Panel, 18 November 2022
- Second meeting of the RA IV Hydrological and Water Coordination Panel, 5 April 2022
- First meeting of the RA IV Hydrological and Water Coordination Panel, 11 March 2022
- Terms of reference (Resolution 5 (RA IV-18) 2020) eng - esp
- Hydrology and Water Resources (Resolution 3 (RA IV-18) 2021) eng - esp
- Composition and information about the Panel
- Groups working in coordination with the Panel:
Documents
Current developments
- Capacity and Needs Assessments for strengthening hydromet services in Costa Rica and Panama
- Central America Flash Flood Guidance System (CAFFGS)
- Community-Based Flood Management in Antigua & Barbuda and Costa Rica
- CREWS Caribbean 2.0 (hydrological component: WHOS, GEOGloWS implementation for HydroSOS)
- Early Warning Systems for Floods (EWS-F) in Central America and the Caribbean
- Haiti and Dominican Republic Flash Flood Guidance System (HDRFFGS)
- Project preparation: "Adapting National and Regional Water Resources Management to Climate Extremes through Hydro-climatic Information, Early Warning Systems and Decision Support Tools - Adaptation Fund"
- Strengthening seasonal hydrological prediction in Central America - HydroSOS
- Synergies between hydrometeorological systems in the Dominican Republic
Virtual Forums
- RA IV Virtual Hydrology Forum
- Hydrological Advisers Forums
- 10th Hydrological Advisers Forum RA IV, 19 November, 2024
- 9th Hydrological Advisers Forum RA IV, 20 August, 2024
- 8th Hydrological Advisers Forum RA IV, 20 October, 2023
- 7th Hydrological Advisers Forum RA IV, 12 May, 2023
- 6th Hydrological Advisers Forum RA IV, 2 December, 2022
- 5th Hydrological Advisers Forum RA IV, 8 July, 2022
- 4th Hydrological Advisers Forum RA IV, 12 August 2021
- 3rd Hydrological Advisers Forum RA IV, 26 April 2021
- Second Hydrological Advisers Forum RA IV, 5 October 2020
- First Hydrological Advisers Forum RA IV, 20 July 2020
Former Working Group on Hydrology
- Report Eleventh Meeting of RA IV WGH, 23-25 January 2018, Kingston, Jamaica
- Report Tenth Meeting of RA IV WGH, 23 February 2015, San Salvador, El Salvador
- Report Ninth Session of RA IV WGH, 4-7 December 2006, San Salvador, El Salvador
RA V - South-west Pacific
Current RA V Working Group on Hydrology and Water Resources
- Terms of reference for Working Group on Hydrology and Water Resources (Resolution 3.1/1 (RA V-18) 2021) en - fr
- Regional progress on Hydrological and Water Resources components in RA V (Resolution 4.1/1 (RA V-18) 2021) en - fr
RA V Working Group on Hydrology and Water Resources Meeting
- First RA V Working Group on Hydrology and Water Resources (WG-HWR) Meeting (hybrid format), 20 and 21 March 2023
Virtual Forums
- Seventh Hydrological Adviser Forum Region V - South-west Pacific, 12 December 2024
- Sixth Hydrological Advisers Forum Region V - South-west Pacific, 19 December 2023
- Fifth Hydrological Advisers Forum Region V - South-west Pacific, 23 February 2023
- Fourth Hydrological Advisers Forum Region V - South-west Pacific, 7 April 2022
- Third Hydrological Advisers Forum Region V - South-west Pacific, 2 December 2021
- Second Hydrological Advisers Forum Region V - South-west Pacific, 18 March 2021
- First Hydrological Advisers Forum Region V - South-west Pacific, 15 October 2020
- RA V Virtual Hydrology Forum
Former Working Group on Hydrology
- Report Ninth Session RA V WGH , 9-13 November 2015, Brisbane, Australia Final report
- Report Eighth Session RA V WGH , 25-29 November 2013, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Report Seventh Session RA V WGH, 14-18 December 2009, Bandung, Indonesia Final report
- Report Sixth Session RA V WGH, 17-21 October 2005, Nadi, Fiji
- Report meeting of experts on Hydrological needs of small islands, 4-6 October 1999, Nadi, Fiji
RA VI - Europe
Current RA VI Regional Hydrological Assembly
- Terms of reference for Regional Hydrological Assembly (Resolution 3.2/1 (RA VI-18) 2021) ar - en - fr - ru
Virtual Forums
- Sixth Hydrological Adviser Forum Region VI Europe, 10 December 2024
- Fifth Hydrological Adviser Forum Region VI Europe, 6 November 2023
- Fourth Hydrological Adviser Forum Region VI Europe, 20 April 2023
- Third Hydrological Adviser Forum Region VI Europe, 28 June 2022
- Second Hydrological Advisers Forum Region VI - Europe, 27 April 2021
- First Hydrological Advisers Forum Region VI - Europe, 15 September 2020