|
Name |
UN -Agency
(other
agencies) |
Cover |
Geographical Coverage |
Update |
Temporal coverage |
Meta
data
avail
able |
Access |
Information |
|
AQUASTAT |
FAO
www.fao.org |
Rural
water
use
with
empha-
-sis
on
irrig-
-ation
|
Global |
5
years - progres-
sive |
|
No |
No
restriction
(charge for
publication)
Printout
Internet
www.fao.org
/waicent/
FaoInfo
/Agricult/
AGL/AGLW/
aquastat/
aquastat.htm |
Jean-Marc Faures,
Land and Water
Development
Division, FAO,
00100, Rome,
Italy
e-mail:
jeanmarc.faures@
fao.org |
Hydrol
ogical
Infor
mation
Referral
Service
(INFO
HYDRO) |
WMO
www.wmo.ch |
Inter-
national
organiz-
ations
and
national
agencies
dealing
with
hydrology
and water
resources;
national
hydro-
logical
networks
and
data-
banks
|
Global |
Contin-
uously |
1973 - to date |
Yes |
No
restriction,
printout
and
diskette |
Director,
Hydrology and
Water Resources
Department
, 41 Av. Giuseppe-Motta,
P.O. Box 2300,
1211 Geneva 2,
Switzerland e-mail:
dhwr@gateway.
wmo.ch |
MED-
HYCOS
Regional
DataBase
(MED-
HYCOS
RDB) |
WMO
www.wmo.ch
Or
MED-HYCOS
antares.rio.net/
medhycos/
homepage/
index100.html |
Real
time
and
histo-
rical
data
from
selected
stations
in the
Medite-
rranean
Basin |
Regional |
3-hourly
for real
-time
data |
Historical data plus real-time data from 7/97 to data |
No |
No
restriction,
CD-ROM
and the
Internet
antares.rio.
net/medhycos
/homepage/
index100.html |
Director,
Hydrology and
Water Resources
Department,
41 Av. Giuseppe-Motta,
P.O. Box 2300,
1211 Geneva 2,
Switzerland
e-mail:
dhwr@gateway.
wmo.ch
Or
M. Marc Morell
MED-HYCOS
Pilot Regional
Centre,
c/o Orstom,
24 Ave. Agropolis,
B.P. 504,
Montpellier,
Cedex 1,
34032, France
e-mail:
marc.morell@mpl.
orstom.fr
|
Global
Precipi
tation
Climato
logy
Dataset
(GPCC
gridded
data
sets)
|
WMO
www.wmo.ch
Or
Deutcher
Wetterdienst,
Global
Precipitation
Climatology
Centre
www.dwd.de
/research/gpcc |
Monthly
precipi-
tation,
area means
and
precipi-
tation
anomalies
|
Global |
Monthly |
1986 - Present |
Yes |
Printout
(maps),
diskette,
CD-ROM,
Internet
link via
www.dwd.de/
research/gpcc |
Director,
Hydrology and
Water Resources
Department,
41 Av. Giuseppe-Motta,
P.O. Box 2300,
1211 Geneva 2,
Switzerland
e-mail:
dhwr@gateway.
wmo.ch
Or
Dr. Bruno Rudolf,
Postfach 100465,
63004
Offenbach/M.,
Germany
e-mail:
brudolf@dwd.
d400.de |
Global
Runoff
Data
base
|
WMO
www.wmo.ch
Or
Global Runoff
Data Centre
www.bafg.de
/grdc.htm
|
Discharge
data of
rivers
of the
world
(histor
ical time
series) |
Global |
Contin-
uously |
1807 - present |
Yes |
Identified
access for
scientific
purposes,
Printout,
diskette,
Internet
www.bafg.de
/grdc.htm |
Director,
Hydrology and
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
Biblio
graphic
Data
base
(HICOS)
|
UNESCO -
Uruguay
www.unesco.
org.uy
/phi
|
Biblio-
graphic
refere
-nces 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,
Carlos A. Fern疣dez-
J疼regui,
Regional Office
for Science
and Technology
for Latin America
and the Caribbean
(ROSTLAC),
Casilla 859,
11000 Montevideo,
Uruguay
e-mail:
uhcfj@unesco.org.uy |
Electr
onic
Hydro
meteoro
logical
Data
Network
for South,
Central
America
and the
Carib
bean
(R-Hydro
NET)
|
UNESCO - Uruguay
www.unesco.
org.uy
/phi |
Hydro-
meteoro-
logical
data
and
inform
ation |
Regional |
Real
time |
1967 - present |
Yes |
No restriction
Internet
www.unesco.
org.uy/phi |
UNESCO,
Carlos A. Fern疣dez
-J疼regui,
Regional Office
for Science
and Technology
for Latin America
and the Caribbean
(ROSTLAC),
Casilla 859,
11000 Montevideo,
Uruguay
e-mail:
uhcfj@unesco.org.uy |
Hydraulics
and
hydrology
(HIDRO)
|
UNESCO -
Uruguay
www.unesco.
org.uy
/phi
|
Refer
ences to
research
instit
utions
etc. in
hydraulics
and
hydrology
in Latin
America
and the
Caribbean
|
Regional |
Monthly |
|
Yes |
No
restriction
Printout
Internet
www.unesco.
org.uy/phi |
UNESCO,
Carlos A. Fern疣dez
-J疼regui,
Regional Office
for Science
and Technology
for Latin America
and the Caribbean
(ROSTLAC),
Casilla 859,
11000 Montevideo,
Uruguay
e-mail:
uhcfj@unesco.org.uy |
Hydrolo
gists
and
hydrogeo-
-ogists
in LAC
(ESPE)
|
UNESCO -
Uruguay
www.unesco.
org.uy
/phi
|
Specia
lists
in
hydrology
and
hydro
geology
following
the
standards
of the
American
Institute
of
Hydrology
|
Regional |
Monthly |
|
Yes |
No
restriction
Printout
Is being
digitized |
UNESCO,
Carlos A. Fern疣dez-
J疼regui,
Regional Office
for Science
and Technology
for Latin America
and the Caribbean
(ROSTLAC),
Casilla 859,
11000 Montevideo,
Uruguay
e-mail:
uhcfj@unesco.org.uy |
HYD
Directory
|
UNESCO -
Uruguay
www.unesco.
org.uy
/phi
|
Refere
-nces
to
institu
tions
carrying
out
scientific
and
techno
logical
research
and
develop
ment etc
in
hydrology
and water
resources
in Latin
America
and the
Caribbean |
Regional |
Real
time |
|
Yes |
No
restriction
Printout
Internet
www.unesco.
org.uy/phi |
UNESCO,
Carlos A. Fern疣dez-
J疼regui,
Regional Office
for Science
and Technology
for Latin America
and the Caribbean
(ROSTLAC),
Casilla 859,
11000 Montevideo,
Uruguay
e-mail:
uhcfj@unesco.org.uy |
Hydrogeo
logical
maps |
UNESCO -
Uruguay
www.unesco.
org.uy
/phi
|
Identify
ground
water
resour
-ces
avail
able in
the
region
by
establi
shing hydro
geo
logical carto
graphy appro
priate for the
countries,
indicating
water
quantity
and
quality |
Regional |
Periodic |
|
Yes |
No
restriction
Printout
Is being
digitized |
UNESCO,
Carlos A. Fern疣dez-J疼regui,
Regional Office
for Science
and Technology
for Latin America
and 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
resour
-ces,
establi
shing
their
distri
bution
in time
and
space
through
the
assess
-ment
of the
para
meters
of the
water
balance
equation
|
Regional |
Periodic |
|
Yes |
No
restriction
Printout
Is being
digitized |
UNESCO,
Carlos A. Fern疣dez-J疼regui,
Regional Office
for Science
and Technology
for Latin America
and the
Caribbean
(ROSTLAC),
Casilla 859,
11000 Montevideo,
Uruguay
e-mail:
uhcfj@unesco.org.uy |
WHO/
UNICEF
Joint
Moni
toring
Pro
gramme
(JMP) |
WHO
www.who.org
|
Water
supply
and
sani
tation
moni
toring
(cover
age,
perform
ance,
indi
cators) |
Global, Regional, National |
Every 2
years:
Cover
age Every 5
years:
Compre
hensive
assess
ment
of them
WSS
Sector
Status |
|
|
No
restriction
Printout |
Jos・ Augusto Hueb,
World Health organization,
Avenue Appia 20,
1211 Geneva 27,
Switzerland
e-mail:
huebj@who.org |
Damage
esti
mates
reported
by
Govern
ments
of Asia
and the
Pacific:
tropical
cyclones,
floods
and
other
natural
disas
ters
|
United Nations
Economic and
Social
Commission
for Asia and
the pacific,
ESCAP
www.unescap.
org/enrw
|
Damage
esti
mates
reported
by
Govern
ments
of Asia
and the
Pacific:
tropical
cyclones,
floods
and
other
natural
disas
ters
|
Regional |
Annually |
|
|
No
restriction
Printout |
Chief,
Water Resources Section,
ENRMD,
United Nations
Economic and
Social Commission
for Asia
and the
pacific,
ESCAP,
United Nations
Building,
Rajadamnern
Avenue,
Bangkok,
10200, Thailand
e-mail: iida.unescap@un.org |
Isotope
Hydrology
Inform
ation
System
(ISOHIS)
(is being
developed
by the
IAEA
and the
software
is
expected
to
be ready
by
the end
of 1998 |
International
Atomic Energy
Agency
www.iaea.org
/worldatom
|
Chemical,
isotope
and
geogra
phical
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
precipi
tation
(the GNIP
Database
System).
In
coopera
tion
with WMO
|
International
Atomic Energy
Agency
www.iaea.org
/worldatom
|
Histo
rical
and
current
data of
Oxygen
-18,
Deute
rium
and
Tritium
in
preci
pitation
(rain
and snow)
and
related
meteoro
logical
para
meters
from
more
than
550
meteoro
logical
stations
|
Global |
Once
every
two
years |
1961 - present |
Yes |
No
restriction
Printout
Internet
www.iaea.org
/programs/
ri/gnip
/gnipmain.htm
|
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
Environ
ment
Monitoring
System/
Water
(GEMS/
Water)
|
WHO
UNEP
GEMS/Water
Collaborating
Centre
www.cciw.ca
/gems
|
Addres
ses
global
issues
of water
quality
through
a
network
of
stations
in
rivers,
lakes,
reser
voirs,
and
ground
water |
Global |
Freque
ntly |
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
|
Indi
cators
for
well-
being
of
children
and
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
and
designing
an
ESCWA
Water
Resources
Database |
United
Nations
Economic and
Social Commission
for Western
Asia
(UN-ESCWA)
www.escwa.
org.lb |
Water
Resour
ces
Assess
ment,
Capa
city
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
|
