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Viewing cable 08GENEVA1033, WMO Commission for Hydrology, USDEL Readout

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08GENEVA1033 2008-11-24 13:04 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED US Mission Geneva
VZCZCXRO7948
RR RUEHAST RUEHHM RUEHLN RUEHMA RUEHPB RUEHPOD RUEHTM
DE RUEHGV #1033/01 3291304
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 241304Z NOV 08
FM USMISSION GENEVA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 7622
INFO RUEHZN/ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLECTIVE
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 2877
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 GENEVA 001033 
 
STATE FOR IO/T FOR MGOLDSTEIN 
STATE PASS NOAA FOR GENERAL J. KELLY, CBARRETT, NOAA IA FOR 
SWAREHARRIS, NOAA OAR FOR REPPI, NOAA NWS FOR GCARTER and PRESTREPO 
STATE PASS USGS FOR MLARSEN 
STATE PASS US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS 
STATE PASS US BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
STATE PASS NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: SENV EFIN WMO UN ECOSOC
SUBJECT:  WMO Commission for Hydrology, USDEL Readout 
 
1.  SUMMARY:  At the WMO Commission on Hydrology (CHy) November 
4-13, the U.S. delegation achieved USG objectives of becoming a 
member of the Advisory Working Group (WWG), getting technical 
experts on the working teams, and advancing the coordination with 
UNESCO/IHP on climate issues.  END SUMMARY. 
 
2.  The United States participated in the WMO Hydrology Commission 
(CHy) November 4-13 in Geneva.   52 CHy members participated.  Bruce 
Stewart (Australia) and J. Wellens-Mensah (Ghana) were elected CHy 
president and vice president, respectively.  Outputs & activities 
are presented below by topic areas. 
 
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Climate and Water Issues 
------------------------ 
 
3.  Regarding climate and water issues, the Commission decided to 
actively participate in the development of the WMO initiative to 
encourage provision and dissemination of climate and hydrological 
information in support of adaptation to climate variability and 
change, and to provide feedback to WMO from the water community.  It 
further decided that its collaboration with the water tasks of GEO 
be facilitated largely through the Integrated Global Water Cycle 
Observations (IGWCO) theme.  The Commission also recommended 
establishing a joint CHy-CCl (Commission for Climatology) task team 
to guide hydro-climatic activities that would replace the World 
Climate Program (WCP)-Water, including issuing an invitation to 
UNESCO to participate.  A recommendation was also made to promote 
the active involvement of water managers and members of CHy in the 
Third World Climate Conference (WCC-3). 
 
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Hydrologic Forecasting and Flood Management 
------------------------------------------- 
 
4.  The Commission adopted the text of the "Hydrologic Forecasting 
and Flood Management" document following discussions on the need to 
move the WMO statement on the "scientific basis for, and limitations 
of, hydrologic forecasting" to the quality management framework. 
Several interventions indicated that such a document needed review 
before its incorporation.  In addition, there was concern from 
several countries to incorporate drought discussions into the 
document; thus, the commission recognized that hydrological aspects 
of drought are an important component of hydrological forecasting 
and prediction services provided by National Hydrologic Services. 
The Commission further expressed the need to better integrate 
Quantitative Precipitation estimates and probability factors into 
flood forecasting practices together with multi-model forecasting 
techniques and numerical weather predictions.  The adopted report is 
consistent with U.S. interests and goals. 
 
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Statement on Hydrological Forecasting Limitations 
--------------------------------------------- ---- 
 
5.  The Commission was presented with a statement on the limitations 
of hydrological forecasting.  Delegates welcomed the information as 
useful for explaining uncertainties affecting hydrological 
forecasting to government officials.  However, many delegations 
expressed the opinion that the document should be improved, and so a 
special working party was established to redraft the statement. 
Members of USDEL, through the special working party, drafted a new 
statement considering the input of the special working party and 
written contributions from the Canadian delegation.  The draft will 
be reviewed by commission members and submitted to the AWG for 
adoption in February 2009.  The redrafted statement is consistent 
with U.S. interests and goals. 
 
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WMO Quality Management Framework (Hydrology) 
------------------------------------------- 
 
6.  The Commission adopted a Quality Management Framework-Hydrology 
(QMF) that provides strategy and tools for National Hydrological 
Services to use in gaining efficiency and effectiveness in the 
conduct of their operations.  It also adopted a peer review process 
for all CHy Technical Guidance Documents, including a call to 
collaborate with the Inter-Commission Task Team on Quality 
Management Framework (ICTT QMF).  It further recommended that the 
Executive Council (EC) review the concept of mandatory publications 
in light of the WMO QMF, and that EC adopt a revised glossary on 
terminology related to QMF including the term 'standard.' 
 
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GENEVA 00001033  002 OF 002 
 
 
Future Program of Work and Structure of the Commission 
--------------------------------------------- --------- 
 
7.  Four thematic areas were adopted by CHy as the focus of its work 
for the forthcoming inter-sessional period:  quality management 
framework - hydrology; water resources assessment; hydrological 
forecasting and prediction; and water, climate and risk management. 
To manage the activities associated with each theme, the Commission 
re-established the Advisory Working Group (AWG) with nine members 
(including the CHy President and Vice-President) supported by five 
Open Panels of CHy Experts (OPACHE).  A member of the U.S. 
Delegation, Dr. Harry F. Lins (USGS), was approved by the Commission 
as a member of the AWG with responsibility for Quality Management 
Framework - Hydrology.  This is Lins' second term on the AWG.  All 
elements of the program approved by the Commission are consistent 
with U.S. interests and goals. 
 
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WMO Strategic Plan 2012-2015 and Monitoring and Evaluation of HWRP 
--------------------------------------------- -- 
 
8.  With respect to the WMO Strategic Plan 2012-2015, the Commission 
recommended that its members, particularly the Advisory Working 
Group, continue involvement in all stages of the development of the 
Strategic Plan, including the identification of Key Performance 
Indicators (KPI's) and the monitoring and evaluation process for the 
Hydrology and Water Resources Program.  It also encouraged the WMO 
hydrological community to take advantage of every opportunity to 
provide prioritized proposals and suggestions to the formulation of 
the Strategic Plan for the period 2012-2015 through, for example, 
the deliberations of such WMO bodies as Regional Working Groups on 
Hydrology and Regional Associations. 
 
Tichenor#