1. PROJECT HYDROCARE SLOVAK HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE (Partner No.9) 13 - 14. February 2006, Potsdam, Germany

2. SHMI SHMI is a governmental organization directed by the Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic. The dominant mission: -Monitoring quantity and quality, the state of the air and waters, -Collection, validation, assessment, archiving and interpretation of data,

3. SHMI -Providing data and information on the state - air and water regime, -Study and description of the atmosphere and hydrosphere phenomena, -Preparation of weather forecasts and warnings about dangerous meteorological phenomena, -Forecast and warnings for surface water courses - a hydrological forecasting services.

4. Project Hydrocare - WP 3.3. -Analysis of hydrological and meteorological data, which be used as inputs for hydrological models. -Assessment of presently used flood forecasting methods by SHMI for application of the standardized hydrometeorological data collection and exchange in the Cadses Region. Project Hydrocare - WP 3.4.

5. -Assessment of a collaboration system on the transboundary waters management (Czech Republic, Germany, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Russian Federation). Project Hydrocare - WP 4.5.

6. Slovakia - Bratislava region Bratislava district (2053 km 2 )

7. WP 3.3 -collection and preparation of meteorological and hydrological data for analysis and modelling -collection, preparation and transformation of GIS layers

8. WP 3.4 Base for WP 3.4 - Flood Monitoring System Development of the Flood Information Service in the Danube River Basin Development of the Flood Forecasting Service

9. Description of the meteorological monitoring network State monitoring system -network of meteorological stations (24 synoptic, 10 additional synoptic stations), -network of climatologic stations (a daily report from 59 stations sending to the centre), -network of rain gauge stations (voluntary precipitation network with 568 stations); 76 stations represent automatic precipitation network with year-round measurements, -network of meteorological radar (at present 2 radars).

10. Distribution of precipitation stations by altitude altitude interval [m a. s. l.] percentage [%] 100 – 20029.8 201- 30019.1 301- 40014.1 401- 60019.3 601- 80011.3 801- 10004.3 1001- 15001.2 1501 - 20000.6 More than 20000.3

11. Description of the hydrological monitoring network - measurements of water stages in 386 stations, -evaluation of discharge in 375 stations, -measurements of water temperature in 172 stations, -suspended solids measurements in 17 stations, -80 hydro forecasting stations, -addition: 14 purpose - build water gauge stations.

12. Distribution of water gauge stations in the Danube subcatchments in Slovakia BasinNumber of stations among them (number of telemetric stations) Morava2513 Dunaj1714 Váh11470 Nitra2720 Hron5030 Ipeľ2620 Slaná2820 Bodva86 Hornád34 Bodrog42 Total371190

13. WP 4.5 International monitoring network, bilateral and multilateral agreements Signed treaties: -Slovakia - Austria (Danube and Morava) -Slovakia - Hungary (Danube, Ipeľ, Tisa) -Slovakia - Ukraine (Tisa, Uh, Latorica) -Slovakia - Czech Republic (Morava) -Slovakia - Poland (Čierna Orava, Dunajec, Poprad)

14. Memorandum of Understanding between the Institute for the Environment and Sustainability Join Research Centre (JRC EU) and SHMI WP 4.5 International monitoring network, bilateral and multilateral agreements

15. Thank you for attention.