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UNEP Questionnaire for
Earthwatch Partners |
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PROGRAMME
NAME |
Global Terrestrial Network for Hydrology (GTN-H)
GCOS - a Programme co-sponsored
by WMO, UNESCO/IOC, UNEP and ICSU
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URL/
Website |
http://www.fao.org/gtos/gt-netHYD.html |
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Description |
The Global Terrestrial
Network-Hydrology aims to fulfil a critical need for improved global
hydrological data, information and products for assessing environmental
change, identifying significant trends and developing response strategies
through the bringing together of existing networks, global databases and
global data product centres which have data on key hydrological variables.
It has been initiated under the leadership of the WMO Hydrology and Water
Resources Programme and the GCOS/GTOS Terrestrial Observations Panel for
Climate (TOPC). The GTN-H is intended to provide users with timely access
to global hydrological data and metadata, to generate relevant products
and documentation in a time frame and of a quality that is required by
users, and to promote standardization of methodologies and the use
of best practices in taking observations and developing the products.
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Agenda
21 - Areas of particular focus or interest |
Agriculture - Biodiversity -
Climate Change - Desertification - Forests - Health - Human Settlements -
Land Resources - Sustainable Development - Water and Sanitation
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Regions |
Worldwide |
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Data
collection, Observation, Monitoring
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The TOPC has identified ten hydrologic
variables of importance to climate change monitoring: Surface water
discharge, surface water storage fluxes, groundwater storage fluxes,
precipitation, evapotranspiration, relative humidity, transport of
biogeochemical materials from land to ocean, soil moisture, and snow water
equivalent.
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URL/
Data collection., Observ., Monitor. |
http://www.fao.org/gtos/gt-netHYD.html |
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URL/Assessment and Analysis |
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URL/Indicators |
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URL/Modelling |
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URL/Early warning mechanisms |
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URL/
Reports, Information dissemination |
http://www.fao.org/gtos/gt-netHYD.html
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/gcos/publications.htm
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Major
Assessment Reports |
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URL/
Network dev. and support |
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Networks
managed by Agency/Prog. |
GCOS/GTOS GTN-H
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URL/
Capacity building |
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Responsible
Office/Person
(for inquiries or follow-up) |
Dave Harvey
Meteorological Service of Canada
Environment Canada
373 Sussex Drive, Ottawa
Canada
Tel.: +(1
613) 992 2874
Fax: +(1 613) 992 4288
dave.harvey@ec.gc.ca |
