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The Imperative of Water Resources Assessment
Bulletin nº Vol 57 (3) - 2008
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Publish Date: 1 July 2008
As populations grow and economies expand, competition for water to meet household, municipal, agricultural and industrial needs continuously increases. Moreover, laws and regulations aimed at keeping water in rivers and streams to meet environmental and recreational objectives are similarly increasing.
Developments in Hydrometric Technology: New and Emerging Instruments for Mapping River Hydrodynamics
Bulletin nº Vol 57 (3) - 2008
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Publish Date: 1 July 2008
New demands on surface-water resources from an increasing world population and rising global living standards are requiring water managers to improve river flow measurements. Water managers are requiring flow instrumentation to measure those resources more accurately, in more detail and at lesser cost.
Fifty years ago ...
Bulletin nº Vol 57 (3) - 2008
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Publish Date: 1 July 2008
One of the most spectacular achievements of the International Geophysical Year (IGY) is the establishment of over 25 meteorological stations on the Antarctic continent through the cooperative efforts of 12...
News from the WMO Secretariat
Bulletin nº Vol 57 (3) - 2008
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Publish Date: 1 July 2008
The Secretary-General, Michel Jarraud, recently made official visits to a number of Member countries as briefly reported below. He wishes to place on record his gratitude to those Members for the kindness and hospitality extended to him.
Capacity-Building Needs for National Hydrological Services
Bulletin nº Vol 57 (3) - 2008
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Publish Date: 1 July 2008
In broad terms, a hydrological service is an institution whose core business is the provision of information about the water (or hydrological) cycle and the status and trends of a country’s water resources.
Evolving Role of WMO in Hydrology and Water Resources Management
Bulletin nº Vol 57 (3) - 2008
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Publish Date: 1 July 2008
http://www.icsu.org In the late 1950s, the time when the Commission for Hydrology was coming into being, our world was very different. There were several thousand million fewer people living on the globe and nature was much more “natural” than today.
Understanding the Hydrological Cycle: Key to Sustainable Development
Bulletin nº Vol 57 (3) - 2008
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The term “sustainable development” refers to economic and social development enabling current needs to be met without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs, as defined in the “Brundtland report” submitted to the United Nations General Assembly in 1987 by the World Commission on Environment and Development.
New Challenges of Water Resources Management: the Future Role of CHy
Bulletin nº Vol 57 (3) - 2008
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Publish Date: 1 July 2008
Karl Hofius in his article in this issue of the Bulletin entitled “Evolving role of WMO in hydrology and water resources management” ably describes the evolution of the Hydrology and Water Resources Programme in WMO over the past 50 years. These developments have seen the integration of operational hydrology into the activities of WMO and the recognition of this through the adoption of the slogan “Weather, climate and water” for WMO.
Obituary
Bulletin nº Vol 57 (3) - 2008
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Publish Date: 1 July 2008
Edward Norton Lorenz The curriculum vitae of Ed Lorenz is commendably brief. Apart from his list of publications, it more or less fits onto one page. Ed was born on...
Hydrology and Water Resources within WMO—the Birth of a Programme
Bulletin nº Vol 57 (3) - 2008
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Publish Date: 1 July 2008
Sociologists debate at great length the relevant importance of hereditary and environmental factors in the development of human beings. Likewise, much can be said on the relative significance for an institution of what it inherits from its origins and the scientific and administrative environment in which it has developed over the years.