Transcript Hydrological cycle of the CADSES regions HYDROCARE
Hydrological cycle of the CADSES regions: HYDROCARE
Prof. Valerio Lucarini
Project part-financed by the EU
CINFAI University of Bologna
Technical Director Wroc ław, 28-29/06/2007
Basic Information
Programme:
INTERREG IIIB – CADSES – 3rd call
Priority/Measure 4 -
Environment protection, resource management and risk prevention
4.3 -
Promoting integrated water management and prevention of floods
Start/End date:
01/01/2006-31/12/2007
Total Budget:
2.466.200,00 € (ERDF Cofinancing: 1.441.625,00 €)
Lead Partner
National Consortium of Universities for the Physics of Atmospheres and Hydrospheres – CINFAI (IT)
Partnership
11 Project Partners from 6 countries (IT, GR, DE, SK, PL, RO)
1.
National Consortium of Universities for the Physics of the Atmospheres and of the Hydrospheres (
IT
) 2.
National Agency for the Environmental Protection and Technical Services Department of Internal and Marine Waters Protection (
IT
) 3.
Marche Region - Public Works Design Service (
IT
) 4.
University of Camerino - Department of Earth Sciences (
IT
) 5.
Autonomous Province of Trento - Service for Hydraulic Works (
IT
) 6.
7.
8.
9.
National Technical University of Athens Department of Water Resources, School of Civil Engineering (
GR
) Municipality of Argostoli - Kefalonia (
GR
) Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (
DE
) Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (
SK
) 10.
Institute of Meteorology and Water Management - Branch of Wroclaw (
PL
) 11.
National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management (
RO
)
Project Partners
11 PPs, 6 countries •Local Authorities •Technical Services •Scientific Institutions
Preamble
Integrated management of water as a finite and vulnerable resource and as a source of risks is a fundamental for sustainable development and for the future of Europe and of the planet. The planning and the management of spatial development require deep knowledge concerning some key hydro-meteorological and hydrological processes, assessing both the reconstruction of the mean hydrological cycle of the area and the extreme events.
Courtesy of NASA
The Hydrological Cycle
HYDROCARE
wishes to develop an integrated system capable of assessing the impact of hydro meteorological events on the water resources in the CADSES region.
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Objectives
Development of an integrated view of the water resource management, bridging the evaluation of the water resources of the CADSES area with the study of the large and basin scale hydrological cycle. Development of effective, internationally shared tools for public and private institutions for the correct management of the water resources as well as for planning future development of the CADSES area.
Development of set of standards at European level for the collection, evaluation, storage and interpretation of the hydro meteorological data, with particular regard to extreme events of great potential impact on the welfare of the population and on the state of the environment.
Work Packages
N.
1 2 3 4 5
NAME
Project set-up and management Reconstruction of the Hydrometeorological cycle Hydrological analysis and design Water resources management Dissemination and training
RESPONSIBLE PP
PP1 - CINFAI (IT) PP8 - PIK (DE) PP2 – APAT (IT) PP6 – NTUA (GR) PP1 – CINFAI (IT) 3 kinds of activities In-depth activities In-extension activities Outreach activities
Reconstruction of the Hydrological cycle
NCEP and ERA 40 reanalyses IPCC 4AR global climate models simulations Regional Climate Models simulations (e.g. PIK) Observative Network Stations, Georadar Definition of GIS Thematic Maps Mostly PP1, PP2, PP5, PP6, PP8 will be involved
River Basins Balances
ODER DANUBE ELBE
Hydrological data on basins and sub-basins
Main river basins in Poland (PP10) Danubian sub-basin in Slovakia (PP9) Watersheds in Kefalonia (PP6,7)
Bratislava district (2053 km 2 )
Seawater-freshwater interaction near estuaries (PP3) Data and Models Erosion and Badlands (PP4) GIS cartography
Web-site
HYDROCARE on line (10000 pages/year) Public Section (Technical Reports, Outreach, Links, Press) Private Section (Reporting, confidential documents, etc)
http://www.hydrocare-cadses.net
Outreach activities
Parliament Magazine 02/2006; Ideambiente 07/2006, 02/2007 Conferences Public Events Press Releases Workshops Publications
Radio Magazine
Radio Lotte
HYDROCARE Radio Magazine (December 2006) CD and Online
Outputs & Deliverables
2006: Web-site of the whole project with links to web sites of the PPs.
Preliminary results in hydrometeorological and water resources data collection and analysis (also extremes).
Tuning of the numerical models for the reconstruction of the large-scale hydrological cycle.
Technical and administrative project meetings and first conference.
2007: Web-site for data retrieval and bulletin for extreme hydrometeorological events.
Protocols for water management and flood prevention to be adopted by public institutions.
Electronic and paper publications, brochures, and reports on the activities of the project.
Calibrated models, databases, GIS tools, and thematic maps to be used in hydrological design of hydraulic works.
Collaboration system on transboundary waters management for the CADSES region.
Installation of instruments such as Georadar and Telemetering Stations.
Technical and administrative project meetings and final conference. Publicity, training, and dissemination.
Geographical limits to water transport?
The Mediterranean Sea play a relevant role in the hydrology of the CADSES region both for the mean state and the extreme events.
The largest impact in terms of precipitation of the Mediterranean water vapor is in the regions downwind of the Sea, thus including the bulk of the CADSES region.
The Danube depends almost entirely on precipitated water of Mediterranean origin. Similarly, a very strong Mediterranean influence exists for Elbe, Oder, and Vistula, since they or their main tributaries originate from mountains (Carpatians, Sudety, Erzebirge) which catalyze the precipitation of Mediterranean water
Most of the major floodings occurred in central-eastern Europe are due to a typical Mediterranean meteorological pattern, the Genoa cyclone.
Final Remarks
The water management is a critical issue in every society and a continuous improvement is needed. The integrated approach of HYDROCARE allows a relatively easy transfer to other regions. Extensions in time and space are possible. The project has many contacts with several EU initiatives INTERREG IIIB projects FORALPS, METEORISK, HYDROPTIMET, SEDEMED, AQUAMED, CADSEALAND, NETWET II, Framework projects such as VOLTAIRE, CRUE ERANET (VI FWP), and GLOWA projects.
HYDROCARE will decrease the fragmentation in the approach of EU countries to water as a resource and as a source of risks (EU Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC and the EU communication about the Flood Initiative).
Contact Information
Lead Partner :
CINFAI - National Consortium of Universities for the Physics of Atmospheres and Hydrospheres http://www.cinfai.it
Via Viviano Venanzi 15, 62032 Camerino (MC) Italy
Legal Responsible
Prof. Antonio Speranza Contact Point:
Dr. Janka Strakova
Email:
Tel:
+39-0737616803
Technical Direction of HYDROCARE
Prof. Valerio Lucarini Email:
Tel
: +39-3476141563
Home Page of HYDROCARE
http://www.hydrocare-cadses.net