6th RA II Hydrological Advisers Forum
The 6th Hydrological Advisers Forum for Region II (Asia) was held virtually through videoconference on 24 August 2023. Dr. Sung Kim, Regional Hydrological Adviser for RA II chaired the meeting which saw the participation of Hydrological Advisers and other experts from 17 Members in the region along with the staff from WMO.
The main objective of the 6th Forum was to update Members on outcomes from the 3rd Hydrological Assembly (HA-3) and the 19th session of the World Meteorological Congress (Cg-19). The meeting also touched upon WIGOS Station Identifiers (WSIs), WHOS implementation in RA II and distance learning courses in hydrology.
Agenda
1. Opening Remarks (Dr. Sung Kim, Regional Hydrological Adviser, RA II and Co-Chair RA II Coordination Panel on Hydrology and Water Resources)
2. Introduction of new participants and RA II experts (Round the table)
3.Outcomes from HA-3 and Cg-19 (Mr Giacomo Teruggi, Scientific Officer, Hydrological and Water Resources Services (HWR) Division, WMO)
4. RA II CP-Hydrology progress and updates (Dr Hyo Seob Cho, Chair, RA II CP-Hydrology)
5. WIGOS Station Identifiers (WSIs) and testing of OSCAR/Surface (Mr Washington Otieno, Scientific Officer, Earth Systems Monitoring (ESM) Division, WMO)
6. WHOS/WIS 2.0 Implementation in RA II (Mr Washington Otieno)
7. RA II Distance Learning Course - Basics in hydrology (Mr Nirina Ravalitera, Scientific Officer, HWR Division)
8. Any other business (suggestions for future topics)