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National Hydrological Associations - a new network to advance science, practice and capacity
Over the years, hydrologists in many countries have joined together to form National Hydrological Associations (NHAs). On many occasions the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) has collaborated with many of these and, by the start of the twenty-first century, it had come to realize that much could be gained if these NHAs were to be in contact with each other as well as with IAHS and from this arose the idea of establishing a Network of NHAs.
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The new IUGG Union Working Group on History
The IUGG Union Working Group on History (WGH) was established in November 2012. Its purpose is to raise the historical consciousness of IUGG Association members and to help preserve IUGG scientific and institutional history.
Questionnaire on the role of social sciences and humanities (SSH) in Hydrology
Dear IAHS members
Interdisciplinarity in research teams and projects is becoming a more frequent occurrence, with increasingly recognized importance. Some of the challenges in international sustainability research are assumed to be only solvable through joint efforts between several disciplines. Hydrology (and its sub-disciplines) is also involved in such interdisciplinary work, particularly with social scientists. You may have heard of concepts such as Socio-Hydrology or the Panta Rhei initiative, which aim at integrating knowledge from social sciences and hydrology.
Whether you work(ed) in interdisciplinary teams or not, we would like to know what you expect from the cooperation between the social sciences and the humanities (SSH) and hydrological sciences. We prepared a short questionnaire (four blocks of questions and some basic demographics) and would be very thankful to receive your answers. It should not take more than 10 minutes.
Click the following link to start the questionnaire in your browser (Alternatively you may copy/paste the address into your browser): https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/73WVFHK
Please answer before June 30, 2014. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
Many thanks in advance and with best regards
Roman Seidl (ETH Zurich)
Roland Barthel (University of Gothenburg)
Michael Stauffacher (ETH Zurich)
Hydrological Sciences Journal link
As part of your membership of IAHS you have been given a link providing you with access to the Hydrological Sciences Journal at Taylor & Francis (by logging into the IAHS web site membership area using your email address and the password you set up when you joined as an IAHS member)
However, you may have recently encountered problems with access to the journal link due to technical updates at Taylor & Francis.
These problems are now fixed and you will now be able to access the journal via the web site as before.
GEORISK2014, Improving Geophysical Risk Assessment, Forecasting and Management
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IUGG COMMISSION ON GEOPHYSICAL RISK AND SUSTAINABILITY 2014, IUGG CONFERENCE ON GEOPHYSICAL RISK |
November 18-21, 2014, Madrid, Spain
Scientific program
- Session 1: Global Risks assessment for natural hazards: methods and practices
- Session 2: Modelling and assessment of geophysical hazards
- Session 3: Monitoring and early warning systems for geophysical hazards
- Session 4: Quantitative forecasting of geophysical hazards
- Session 5: Vulnerability assessment methodologies
- Session 6: Decision-making models
- Session 7: Communication protocols and practices
Abstract submission
Submit abstract(s) specifying the scheduled session(s) to which it (they) should be
included, to: [email protected]
Abstracts without registration will not be accepted.
Deadlines
Deadline for Abstract Submission September 15, 2014
Acceptance of Abstract September 30, 2014
Early Bird Registration September 15, 2014
Final Program October 15, 2014
Contacts
Prof. Joan Marti, [email protected] or [email protected]
Dr. Alicia Felpeto, [email protected]
Conference web site
New co-editor of Hydrological Sciences Journal
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Mike Acreman joins Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz and Demetris Koutsoyiannis as a co-editor of the Hydrological Sciences Journal Mike Acreman is science area lead on natural capital at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK and visiting Professor at University College London. His work focuses on the flows of ecosystem services from natural assets of the environment. His previous expertise is in environmental flows in rivers and wetland hydrology. In the UK he is advisor to the Defra, Environment Agency and Natural England, with recent work focusing on defining environmental flows for the Water Framework Directive and hydrological functions of wetlands. He was a lead author on freshwater systems in the UK National Ecosystem Assessment and on the science committees of Natural England and WWF-UK. Internationally he is an advisor to IUCN, the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar) and the World Bank. He has recently edited Special Issues of Hydrological Sciences Journal on Ecosystem Services of Wetlands and Environmental Flows. He is currently leading work for the Conventions on Biological Diversity and Wetlands (Ramsar) on the role of ecosystems in the water cycle. |
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11th Kovacs Colloquium, Paris, 16-17 June 2014, final programme
HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES AND WATER SECURITY: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
16-17 June 2014, Room IV (Fontenoy), UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France
Jointly organised by UNESCO IHP and IAHS
Extended abstract submission deadline, Remote Sensing and GIS - RSHS'14 and ICGRHWE'14
NEW ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 30 April
The 3rd Remote Sensing and Hydrology Symposium (RSHS’14) and the 3rd International Conference of GIS/RS in Hydrology, Water Resources and Environment (ICGRHWE’14)
Guangzhou, China, 24-27 August 2014
Organized by the International Commission on Remote Sensing (ICRS) of IAHS and Sun Yat-Sen University, China. Co-organizers are the University of Swansea, UK and the University of Nebraska, USA.
Themes:
- Theme A, GIS and Remote Sensing includes Data mining and assimilation, GIS and Remote sensing technologies and products, Hydroinformatics, Software and tools.
- Theme B, Hydrology Hydrological modelling, Flood management, Global hydrologic cycle, Urban hydrology, Eco-hydrology.
- Theme C, Water Resources Water resources modeling, Integrated water resources management and planning, Reservoir management, Water resources management system, Dam development, Water transfer.
- Theme D, Environment Water quality modeling, Pollutant fate and transport in reservoirs, rivers and lakes, Groundwater quality modelling, River and dam restoration, Ecosystem diversity and integrity.
Abstract submission: online, up to 300 words, before 30 April 2014. The abstract should clearly state the purposes, methods, preliminary results and conclusions, and indicate the conference topics and presentation method (oral or poster); figures, equations and tables are not allowed.
The accepted abstracts will be pre-published, and the full papers will be included in a CD-ROM and distributed to the conference participants during the conference. Selected papers will be further reviewed and be published in the IAHS Red Book series and other internationally-refereed journals as special issues.
Conference Chairman: Prof. Yangbo Chen
2014 International Hydrology Prize and Tison award medalists
Congratulations to the recipients of the International Prize (Dooge medal and Volker medal) and the Tison award for 2014!
DEADLINE Remote Sensing and GIS - RSHS'14 and ICGRHWE'14
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - deadline for submission 31 March
The 3rd Remote Sensing and Hydrology Symposium (RSHS’14) and the 3rd International Conference of GIS/RS in Hydrology, Water Resources and Environment (ICGRHWE’14)
Guangzhou, China, 24-27 August 2014
Organized by the International Commission on Remote Sensing (ICRS) of IAHS and Sun Yat-Sen University, China. Co-organizers are the University of Swansea, UK and the University of Nebraska, USA.
Themes:
- Theme A, GIS and Remote Sensing includes Data mining and assimilation, GIS and Remote sensing technologies and products, Hydroinformatics, Software and tools.
- Theme B, Hydrology Hydrological modelling, Flood management, Global hydrologic cycle, Urban hydrology, Eco-hydrology.
- Theme C, Water Resources Water resources modeling, Integrated water resources management and planning, Reservoir management, Water resources management system, Dam development, Water transfer.
- Theme D, Environment Water quality modeling, Pollutant fate and transport in reservoirs, rivers and lakes, Groundwater quality modelling, River and dam restoration, Ecosystem diversity and integrity.
Abstract submission (online, up to 300 words) before 31 March 2014. The abstract should clearly state the purposes, methods, preliminary results and conclusions, and indicate the conference topics and presentation method (oral or poster); figures, equations and tables are not allowed.
Abstract acceptance notification: before 30 April 2014
Full length paper submission: before 30 June 2014.
The accepted abstracts will be pre-published, and the full papers will be included in a CD-ROM and distributed to the conference participants during the conference. Selected papers will be further reviewed and be published in the IAHS Red Book series and other internationally-refereed journals as special issues.
Conference Chairman: Prof. Yangbo Chen