Name |
UN-Agency (other agencies) |
Cover |
Geographical Coverage |
Update |
Temporal Coverage |
Meta Data Available |
Access |
Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AQUASTAT | FAO | Rural water use with emphasis on irrigation | Global | 5 years - progressive | No | No restriction (charge for publication) Printout Internet www.fao.org/nr/ water/aquastat/ main/index.stm |
Land & Water Development Division, FAO, 00100, Rome, Italy |
|
| Hydrological Information Referral Service (INFO HYDRO) | WMO | International organizations & national agencies dealing with hydrology & water resources; national hydrological networks & data banks | Global | Continuously | 1973 - to date | Yes | No restriction, printout & diskette | Director, Hydrology & Water Resources Department, 41 Av. Giuseppe-Motta, P.O. Box 2300, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland e-mail: dhwr@gateway.wmo.ch |
| MEDHYCOS Regional DataBase (MEDHYCOS RDB) | WMO Or MED-HYCOS |
Real time & historical data from selected stations in the Mediterranean Basin | Regional | 3-hourly for realtime data | Historical data plus real-time data from 7/97 to data | No | No
restriction,
CD-ROM
& the
Internet http://medhycos.mpl .ird.fr/ |
Director, Hydrology & Water Resources Department, 41 Av. Giuseppe-Motta, P.O. Box 2300, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland e-mail: dhwr@gateway.wmo.ch Or MED-HYCOS Pilot Regional Centre, c/o Orstom, 24 Ave. Agropolis, B.P. 504, Montpellier, Cedex 1, 34032, France |
| Global Precipitation Climatology Dataset (GPCC gridded data sets) | WMO Or Deutcher Wetterdienst, Global Precipitation Climatology Centre |
Monthly precipitation, area means & precipitation anomalies | Global | Monthly | 1986 - Present | Yes | Printout (maps), diskette,
CD-ROM, Internet
link via Deutcher Wetterdienst, GPCC |
Director, Hydrology & Water Resources Department, 41 Av. Giuseppe-Motta, P.O. Box 2300, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland e-mail: dhwr@gateway.wmo.ch Or Postfach 100465, 63004 Offenbach/M., Germany |
| Global Runoff Data base | WMO Or Global Runoff Data Centre grdc.bafg.de/ |
Discharge data of rivers of the world (historical time series) | Global | Continuously | 1807 - present | Yes | Identified
access for
scientific
purposes, Printout, diskette, Internet grdc.bafg.de/ |
Director, Hydrology & Water Resources Department, 41 Av. Giuseppe-Motta, P.O. Box 2300, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland e-mail: dhwr@gateway.wmo.ch Or Dr. Wolfgang Grabs, Global Runoff Data Centre, Postfach 309, 56003 Koblenz, Germany grdc@koblenz.bfg. bund400.de |
| HICOS Bibliographic Data base (HICOS) | UNESCO - Uruguay www.unesco. org.uy/phi |
Bibliographic references to documents produced in the framework of the IHP (1985-1997) | Regional | Monthly | no restriction | Yes | No restriction
Internet www.unesco .org.uy/phi |
UNESCO, Regional Office for Science & Technology for Latin America & the Caribbean (ROSTLAC), Casilla 859, 11000 Montevideo, Uruguay e-mail: uhcfj@unesco.org.uy |
| Electronic Hydro meteorological Data Network for South, Central America & the Caribbean (R-Hydro NET) | UNESCO - Uruguay www.unesco. org.uy/phi |
Hydrometeoro- logical data & information |
Regional | Real time | 1967 - present | Yes | No restriction
Internet www.unesco .org.uy/phi |
UNESCO, Regional Office for Science & Technology for Latin America& the Caribbean (ROSTLAC), Casilla 859, 11000 Montevideo, Uruguay e-mail: uhcfj@unesco.org.uy |
| Hydraulics & hydrology (HIDRO) | UNESCO - Uruguay www.unesco. org.uy/phi |
References to research institutions etc. in hydraulics & hydrology in Latin America & the Caribbean | Regional | Monthly | Yes | No
restriction
Printout Internet www.unesco .org.uy/phi |
UNESCO, Regional Office for Science& Technology for Latin America & the Caribbean (ROSTLAC), Casilla 859, 11000 Montevideo, Uruguay e-mail: uhcfj@unesco.org.uy |
|
| Hydrologists & hydrogeologists in LAC (ESPE) | UNESCO - Uruguay www.unesco. org.uy/phi |
Specialists in hydrology & hydrogeology following the standards of the American Institute of Hydrology | Regional | Monthly | Yes | No restriction Printout Is being digitized | UNESCO, Regional Office for Science & Technology for Latin America & the Caribbean (ROSTLAC), Casilla 859, 11000 Montevideo, Uruguay e-mail: uhcfj@unesco.org.uy |
|
| HYD Directory | UNESCO - Uruguay www.unesco. org.uy/phi |
References to institutions carrying out scientific & technological research & development etc in hydrology & water resources in Latin America & the Caribbean | Regional | Real time | Yes | No
restriction
Printout Internet www.unesco .org.uy/phi |
UNESCO, Regional Office for Science & Technology for Latin America & the Caribbean (ROSTLAC), Casilla 859, 11000 Montevideo, Uruguay e-mail: uhcfj@unesco.org.uy |
|
| Hydrogeological maps | UNESCO - Uruguay www.unesco. org.uy/phi |
Identify ground water resources available in the region by establishing hydrogeological cartography appropriate for the countries, indicating water quantity & quality | Regional | Periodic | Yes | No
restriction
Printout Is being digitized |
UNESCO, Regional Office for Science & Technology for Latin America & the Caribbean (ROSTLAC), Casilla 859, 11000 Montevideo, Uruguay e-mail: uhcfj@unesco.org.uy |
|
| Surface Water Balance | UNESCO - Uruguay www.unesco. org.uy/phi |
Quantify the region's available water resources, establishing their distribution in time & space through the assessment of the parameters of the water balance equation | Regional | Periodic | Yes | No
restriction
Printout Is being digitized |
UNESCO, Regional Office for Science & Technology for Latin America & the Caribbean (ROSTLAC), Casilla 859, 11000 Montevideo, Uruguay e-mail: uhcfj@unesco.org.uy |
|
| WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) | WHO www.who.org |
Water supply & sanitation monitoring (coverage, performance, indicators) | Global, Regional, National | Every 2
years: Coverage Every 5 years: Comprehensive assessment of them WSS Sector Status |
No
restriction
Printout |
Jose Augusto Hueb, World Health organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland e-mail: huebj@who.org |
||
| Damage estimates reported by Governments of Asia & the Pacific: tropical cyclones, floods & other natural disasters | UN Economic & Social Commission for Asia & the pacific, ESCAP www.un escap.org |
Damage estimates reported by Governments of Asia & the Pacific: tropical cyclones, floods & other natural disasters | Regional | Annually | No
restriction
Printout |
Chief, Water Resources Section, ENRMD, United Nations Economic & Social Commission for Asia & the pacific, ESCAP, United Nations Building, Rajadamnern Avenue, Bangkok, 10200, Thailand e-mail: iida.unescap@un.org |
||
| Isotope Hydrology Information System (ISOHIS) | International Atomic Energy Agency nucleus.iaea.org |
Chemical, isotope & geographical data from sampling sites around the world related to projects on isotope hydrology | Global | Daily | 1960 - present | Yes | No
restriction
Internet (Address to be announced) |
Dr. Klaus Froehlich, Head, Isotope Hydrology Section, Wegramer Strasse 5, P.O. Box 100, A-1400, Vienna, Austria e-mail: k.froehlich@iaea.org |
| The Database of the Global Network for Isotopes in precipitation (the GNIP Database System). In cooperation with WMO |
International Atomic Energy Agency nucleus.iaea.org |
Historical & current data of Oxygen-18, Deuterium & Tritium in precipitation (rain & snow) & related meteorological parameters from more than 550 meteorological stations | Global | Once every 2 years | 1961 - present | Yes | No
restriction
Printout Internet nucleus.iaea.org |
Dr. Klaus Froehlich, Head, Isotope Hydrology Section, Wegramer Strasse 5, P.O. Box 100, A-1400, Vienna, Austria e-mail: k.froehlich@iaea.org |
| Global Environment Monitoring System/ Water (GEMS/Water) | WHO UNEP GEMS/Water Collaborating Centre www.cciw.ca/gems |
Addresses global issues of water quality through a network of stations in rivers, lakes, reservoirs, & ground water | Global | Frequently |
1976 to present | Yes | Access
restricted, sometime a charge Internet www.cciw.ca/gems |
Andrew S. Fraser, 867 Lakeshore Road, Burlington, Ontario, Canada, L7R4A6 GEMS@cciw.ca |
| UNICEF Corporate Database | UNICEF
www.unicef .org |
Indicators for wellbeing of children & women | Global | Annually | 1980 to present | Access
restricted
until publication, no charge for the data. Available on printout or the Internet www.unicef.org/ statis/ |
Gareth Jones, UNICEF, 3 UN Plaza, TA-27A, New York, NY 10017, USA gjones@unicef.org |
|
| In the process of planning & designing an ESCWA Water Resources Database | UN Economic & Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA) www.escwa. org.lb |
Water Resources Assessment, Capacity Building | Regional National |
No | No restriction, available through printout only | Omar Touqan, ENRE Division, UN-ESCWA, P.O.Box 11-8575, Riad El-Solh Square, Beirut, Lebanon touqan,escwa@un.org unescwa@escwa.org.lb |