Towards a Mediterranean GEWEX
Appendix
MEO-HYCOS
371
According to an information by Tommaso Abrate, WMO, the MED-HYCOS project
is organized and operates as follows:
1 The first phase is being executed by WMO with the financial support of the
World Bank. Twenty countries of the Mediterranean basin are participating in
this project. The Pilot Regional Centre (PRC) is located in Montpellier in
France, hosted by the IRD (Research Institute for Development, formerly
ORSTOM).
2 The major output of the first phase has been the establishment of the
Mediterranean Hydrological Information System (MHlS), which has been
developed by the PRC with the contribution of experts seconded from
participating countries. The following types of information are available through
the MHlS:
• Information on the project (project document, progress reports, meeting
reports, etc), on its status of implementation and the PRC staff, including
seconded experts;
• Information on the participating NHSs (descriptions of the NHS, national focal
points, other staff involved in the project activities);
• Information on the stations forming the project network (location, channel
characteristics, hydrological regime, length of the historical series, quality and
quantity of the information available);
• The regional data bank
• Information about water resources availability and policy in the countries;
3 The most important feature of the MHlS is represented by the regional data bank
and the related tools for data retrieval and display. The regional database
contains data from 94 stations, including 31 equipped with DCPs. These DCPs
are located as follows: Albania (2), Bosnia and Herzegovina 0), Bulgaria (3)
Croatia (2), Cyprus (3), Italy (6), Jordan (\), Malta (2), FYR Macedonia (I),
Morocco (2), Slovenia (I), Turkey (3), Tunisia (4). Data from conventional
stations are updated weekly or monthly, based on the information supplied by
participating countries. Data from DCP are retrieved three-hourly from
EUMETSAT Web site.
4 Three software applications have been developed for accessing the database:
• MED-DAT: allows tabular and graphic representation of data, overlapping of
diagrams from different years or different stations, automated routine
download process of data from EUMETSA T;
• MED-MAP: allows access to data through a cartographic interface, providing
basic GIS facilities;
• MED-CLIM: allows areal analysis and cartographic representation of
climatological series.
Appendix
MEO-HYCOS
371
According to an information by Tommaso Abrate, WMO, the MED-HYCOS project
is organized and operates as follows:
1 The first phase is being executed by WMO with the financial support of the
World Bank. Twenty countries of the Mediterranean basin are participating in
this project. The Pilot Regional Centre (PRC) is located in Montpellier in
France, hosted by the IRD (Research Institute for Development, formerly
ORSTOM).
2 The major output of the first phase has been the establishment of the
Mediterranean Hydrological Information System (MHlS), which has been
developed by the PRC with the contribution of experts seconded from
participating countries. The following types of information are available through
the MHlS:
• Information on the project (project document, progress reports, meeting
reports, etc), on its status of implementation and the PRC staff, including
seconded experts;
• Information on the participating NHSs (descriptions of the NHS, national focal
points, other staff involved in the project activities);
• Information on the stations forming the project network (location, channel
characteristics, hydrological regime, length of the historical series, quality and
quantity of the information available);
• The regional data bank
• Information about water resources availability and policy in the countries;
3 The most important feature of the MHlS is represented by the regional data bank
and the related tools for data retrieval and display. The regional database
contains data from 94 stations, including 31 equipped with DCPs. These DCPs
are located as follows: Albania (2), Bosnia and Herzegovina 0), Bulgaria (3)
Croatia (2), Cyprus (3), Italy (6), Jordan (\), Malta (2), FYR Macedonia (I),
Morocco (2), Slovenia (I), Turkey (3), Tunisia (4). Data from conventional
stations are updated weekly or monthly, based on the information supplied by
participating countries. Data from DCP are retrieved three-hourly from
EUMETSAT Web site.
4 Three software applications have been developed for accessing the database:
• MED-DAT: allows tabular and graphic representation of data, overlapping of
diagrams from different years or different stations, automated routine
download process of data from EUMETSA T;
• MED-MAP: allows access to data through a cartographic interface, providing
basic GIS facilities;
• MED-CLIM: allows areal analysis and cartographic representation of
climatological series.
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