Successful Approaches to Building Hydromet Data Networks – The Russian Federation Introduction San Diego, January 7, 2005 International Session AMS Annual Meeting

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 San Diego, January 7, 2005 International Session AMS Annual Meeting

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. San Diego, January 7, 2005 International Session AMS Annual Meeting

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. San Diego, January 7, 2005 International Session AMS Annual Meeting

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. San Diego, January 7, 2005 International Session AMS Annual Meeting 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 San Diego, January 7, 2005 International Session AMS Annual Meeting

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) San Diego, January 7, 2005 International Session AMS Annual Meeting

Economic analysis of the value of weather forecasts (findings are very preliminary) San Diego, January 7, 2005 International Session AMS Annual Meeting

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 San Diego, January 7, 2005 International Session AMS Annual Meeting

if the government sees that hydromet capacity supports national development goals. San Diego, January 7, 2005 International Session AMS Annual Meeting 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 … San Diego, January 7, 2005 International Session AMS Annual Meeting