Overview - Project Description

The working plan of the first RTF 2 / RTF 4 meeting should include 4 main tasks :
Task A :	Presentation of each National Data Base and Web Site (RTF 2/4)
Task B :	Objectives of Regional Data Base (RDB) and Web Site (WS) (RTFs 2/4)
Task C :	Establishment of a MED-HYCOS Regional Data Base (RTF 2)
Task D :	Implementation of a MED-HYCOS Information Infrastructure (RTF 4)
and miscellaneous questions related to RDB and WS.
The schedule of the meeting will be proposed by PRC and discussed on June 30th , 1997. At least, both RTF 2 and RTF 4 will work together on the first two tasks.

Task A : Presentation of the National Data Base and Web site

Presentation of each national management system for data bases and of hydrological existing web sites by the representatives of the countries attending the meeting.

Task B : Definition of the Regional Data Base and Web site Objectives


The participants will precise the objectives of the Regional Data Base, the Web site and all expected outputs.
	Beneficiaries
		Partner countries
		International community
			hydrologists, scientists, deciders, public, etc.
	Products
		Information on the project progresses
		Data on assessment, management and uses of water resources in the area
	Expected outputs
		for partners countries
			tools, methods and know how exchanges
			data exchange
			advertisement and funds
		for international community
			information
				on climatic trends
				on exceptional "special" phenomena
				on water uses
		for all of them
			Connection with other partners at a regional and international level.

Task C : Establishment of a MED-HYCOS Regional Data Base (RTF 2)


Type of Data
	Raw satellite data in real time from DCPs
		water levels, temperatures and rainfall (time step : 3 hours)
	Hydro-meteorological data validated by the countries
		from DCPs :
			discharges, temperatures, rainfall, and others (time step : day)
		from other data bases :
			daily discharges, other variables
	Spatial Data
		Digital terrain models, remote sensing spatial data, maps
		Geographical Information Systems
	Descriptive data
		Information on hydrometrical stations :
			localisation, description, measurement systems, historical information, etc.
		Information on catchments :
			Physical and environmental data,
			River basins development plans,
			Water uses,
			Socio-economical information, etc.
		Regional actors in water management :
			Institutions, Operational hydrologists, Universities and training institutes
		Hydrology Thesaurus,
		Normalisation and standards, etc.
Data base structure
	Data Base Management System : SGBDR Oracle
	Tcl/Tk interface
	Interface between DBMS and GIS (Arcview)
Tools
	Process, use and storage of satellite data
	Assessment of the available information
		Consultation of inventories,
		Elementary queries and statistics
		Visualisation through a cartographic data representation
		Qualitative and comparative analysis of available data
	Specific Data Treatment Tools
		Statistical analysis
		Modelling of water production and management
Maintenance and update procedures
	Satellite data
		importation through GTS, Internet, SRDM (Direct Meteosat Reception Station)
	Hydro-meteorological Data :
		conventional standards for the chronological and punctual data
			Excel : one page for one variable type, others
		Internet, e-mail, etc.
	Spatial Data : Maps and GIS
	Descriptive data
Security
	Data access : memory cards, encoding, etc.
Agreements between countries and PRC
	Data update
	Data Access
	Legal aspects
	Data policy
DBMS Implementation
	Planning of the implementation of software tools.
	Trainees hosting in PRC
Elaboration of CD-ROM
	Regional data base
	National data bases
Co-operation with other programs
	Data Exchanges
	Common and/or shared activities
Funds raising
	European Union
	Agencies supporting the development of new technologies related to DBMS

Task D : Implementation of a MED-HYCOS Information Infrastructure (RTF 4)


WEB Site
	Technology survey :
		WS architecture, data bases management system,
		Map and GIS tools, etc.
	Web site architecture :
		Project activities
			administrative and institutional information
		Data base and related tools access
		Bibliographic data bases, legal data bases, etc.
	Expected Products
		inventories / consultation / edition / extraction
		cartography et spatial data
		hydrological and statistical software, etc.
	Links :
		National hydrological sites
		Other HYCOS projects
		GRDC and FRIEND data bases
		Other scientific and operational networks
CD-ROM
	Data File Formats, common tools with Web site and specific applications
	Targets : hydrological services ; scientists ; decision makers, key players in water management ; public ;
	Transfer of regional data from the Web Site to CD-ROMs
	Transfer of a national daily data base to a CD-ROM
	Transfer of tools from the Web Site to a CD-ROM
Newsletters edition
	Contribution of experts in the field of newsletter edition
	Concerned public
	Establishment of an editorial policy
	Type of information
Funds raising for the co-operation infrastructure
	European Union, etc.
	Agencies supporting the development of new technologies related to :
		Web site / Newsletters / Electronic link, etc.
Funds raising for the project as a whole
	New acquisition and processing technologies
	Training
	Equipment purchase

MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS related to RTF 2 and RTF 4


Technology transfer from PRC to countries
	Hardware purchase
	Acquisition of licence for software
	Training
Elaboration of a software for data management
	Comparison between the various software used by the countries.
	Standardisation of the procedures for the acquisition and the processing of data.
Co-operation with the ESIMEAU Project
	"Information technologies and water ressources"
		France, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Lebanon, Greece
Remote sensing contribution to Med-Hycos Project
	Co-operation with the Centre for Remote sensing in Montpellier.

Marc Morell
Montpellier, June 20th

Med-Hycos - the Project

Report n°7 RTF2 and RTF4

Proposals for a provisional work program

Report n°7
RTF2 and RTF4