# Presentation: 244219

## Successful Approaches to Building Hydromet Data Networks –The Russian Federation 

- Introduction

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## Agrometeorology

**East Timor – 2004:**  Third Agricultural Rehab, **USD 0.35 mln** (<5%) for an agromet component
**Ecuador – 1997:**  Agricultural Census and Information System, **USD 0.56 mln** (<5%) for an agromet component
**Bangladesh – 1997:**  Agricultural Services Innovation and Reform, **USD 0.5 mln** (~10%) for an agromet component

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## Water Resources Management

**Afghanistan – 2003:**  Emergency Irrigation Rehabilitation, USD 10 mln (13%) for hydroposts, met stations, telecoms.
**Aral Sea – 1998:**  Water and Environmental Management, USD 3.2 mln (~15%) for hydrology, to support international water sharing agreements.
**Brazil – 1998,** Federal Water Resources Management, USD 12.5 mln (~6%).
**Mexico – 1996:**  Water Resources Management Project, USD 41 mln (~ 22%) for meteorology and a similar amount for hydrology.

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## Flood Recovery/Prevention

**Turkey – 1998:**  Emergency Flood and Earthquake Recovery, USD 40 mln (~20%) for improved forecasting.
**Dominican Republic – 1998:**  Hurricane Georges Emergency Recovery Project, USD 10 mln (7%) for forecasting.
**Latin America and Caribbean – 1997,**  Emergency Recovery and Disaster Management**, USD 0.5 mln ~**7% to collect and disseminate weather information and warnings.
**Poland – 1997:**  Flood Emergency Project, USD 70 mln (~27%) for monitoring, forecasting and warning.

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## Peru – 1997:  El Nino Emergency Assistance, USD 7 mln (~8.5%) for development of an up-to-date weather forecasting system.
Malawi – 1997:  Environmental Management Project, ~10% to increase capacity for seasonal forecasting for agriculture.

**Malawi – 1997:**  Environmental Management Project, ~10% to increase capacity for seasonal forecasting for agriculture.

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**El Ni****ñ****o/Seasonal Forecasting**

## Climate Change Adaptation

**Latin America and Caribbean** **– 1997:**  Planning for Adaptation to Climate Change
**Latin America and Caribbean – 2003:  **Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change

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## But the Russian Hydromet Modernization Projectis the start of something new

*A freestanding project aimed at overall upgrade and renewal of the Hydromet*
***USD $132 million (100% hydromet)***

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## Economic analysis of the value of weather forecasts (findings are very preliminary)

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## Pilot efforts to solvestrategic sectoral problems

- Automatic and semi-automatic networks
- New hydrological basin networks and models
- Pilot warning systems
- Web delivery of forecasts to clients

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## ifthe government sees that hydromet capacity supports national development goals.

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**Freestanding hydromet projects secure strong government support, **

## Linkages between hydromet capacityand national development goals...

- Avoid massive economic losses
- Increase competitiveness of economy
- Reduce energy costs
- Mitigate natural disasters
- Build ties with neighbors, participate in global initiatives
- Your own country’s goals...

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