CHY-14 Reference Material

Reference material for the fourteenth session of the Commission for Hydrology is provided in PDF format below. This material is provided for information.

Page contents

1. Report on the Hydrology and Water Resources Programme
2. Decisions of Congress and the Executive Council of Relevance to the Hydrology and Water Resources Programme (HWRP)
3. HWRP contribution to WMO priorities
   • Climate activities and Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) 
   • Disaster risk reduction 
   • Implementation of the WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS) and WMO Information System (WIS)
4. Quality management Framework - Hydrology
5. Data Operations and Management
6. Water Resources Assessment
7. Flood and Drought Management
   1. Associated Programme on Flood Management (APFM) annual reports
8. Water and Climate issues
9. Capacity Building in Hydrology and Water Resources Management
10. Cooperation with Water-Related Programmes of other Organizations

 

Report on the Hydrology and Water Resources Programme

 

• Report of the first meeting of the AWG
  (Annex to para. 3.1.1) Geneva, Switzerland, 16-20 February 2009
• Report of the Second meeting of the AWG
  (Annex to para. 3.1.1) Brisbane, Australia, 19-21 April 2010 
• Report of the Third meeting of the AWG
  (Annex to para. 3.1.1) Geneva, Switzerland, 12-16 December 2011

 

Decisions of Congress and the Executive Council of Relevance to the Hydrology and Water Resources Programme (HWRP)

 

• Final Report from the sixteenth World Meteorological Congress (Cg-16)
  (para. 4.1) WMO-No. 1077
• Final Report from the sixty-fifth session of the Executive Council (EC-65)
  (para. 4.5) WMO-No. 1092

 

HWRP contribution to WMO priorities

 

Climate activities and Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) 

• Agenda Item 4: Global Framework For Climate Services
  (para. 5.1.1) 2012. Cg-Ext.(2012)/Doc .4.1
   
• Exemplar To The Implementation Plan For The Global Framework For Climate Services On Water
  (para. 5.1.2) 2012.

 

Disaster risk reduction 

• WMO Disaster Risk Reduction Work Plan (2012-2015)
  (para. 5.2.1) Switzerland, 2012.

 

Implementation of the WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS) and WMO Information System (WIS)

• WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS) framework implementation plan
  (para. 5.4.1)
   
• Project and Implementation plan WMO Information System (WIS)
  (para. 5.4.1) 2010.

 

Quality management Framework - Hydrology

 

• Guide to Hydrological Practices
  (para. 6.11) 2008. WMO-No. 168
   
• Manual on Stream Gauging, Vol. I: Fieldwork
  (para. 6.11) 2010. WMO-No. 1044
   
• Manual on Stream Gauging, Vol. II: Computation of discharge
  (para. 6.11) 2010. WMO-No. 1044
   
• Informe del Workshops regional de America del Sur sobre Hidrometría en la ARIII (Spanish)

 

Data Operations and Management

 

• Report on selected Global Runoff Data Centre (GRDC) activities during the inter-sessional period 2008 - 2012
  by Ulrich Looser (paras. 7.1, 7.4, 7.5 and 7.7)

 

Water Resources Assessment

 

• Technical Material for Water Resource Assessment
  (para. 8.1) WMO-No. 1095.
   
• Final Report of the eighth meeting of the WHYCOS International Advisory Group
  (WIAG-VIII )
  (para. 8.5) 2009.
   
• Final Report of the ninth meeting of the WHYCOS International Advisory Group
  (WIAG-IX)
  (para. 8.5) 2011.
   
• Planning of Water Quality Monitoring Systems – Technical Document
  (Final Draft)

 

Flood and Drought Management

 

• Manual on flood forecasting and warning
  2011, Switzerland. WMO-No. 1072
   
• Manual on Low-flow Estimation and Prediction
  2008, Switzerland. WMO-No.1029
   
• Zambezi River Basin Flood Forecasting and Early Warning System (FFEWS) Strategy
  (para. 9.8) 2012.
   
• Zambezi Zambia report
  (para. 9.8) 2012.
   
• Limpopo River Basin, A proposal to improve the Flood Forecasting and Early Warning System
  (para. 9.8) 2012.

Associated Programme on Flood Management (APFM) annual reports

• Annual Report 2011-2012
  (para. 9.12) 2012. APFM Report No.29
   
• Annual Report 2010-2011
  (para. 9.12) 2011. APFM Report No.27
   
• Annual Report 2009-2010
  (para. 9.12) 2010. APFM Report No.24
   
• Annual Report 2008-2009
  (para. 9.12) 2009. APFM Report No.22

Water and Climate issues

 

• Climate and Meteorological Information Requirements for Water Management

  (para. 10.4) 2012. WMO-No.1094

 

Capacity Building in Hydrology and Water Resources Management

 

• Manual on the Implementation of Education and Training Standards in Meteorology and Hydrology, Volume I – Meteorology
  (para. 11.6) 2012. WMO-No. 1083
   
• Guidelines for the Education and Training of Personnel in Meteorology and Operational Hydrology, Volume II _ Hydrology
  (para. 11.6) 2003. WMO-No.258

 

Cooperation with Water-Related Programmes of other Organizations

 

• Integrated Global Water Cycle Observations (IGWCO) Community of Practice