Transcript Project - INFORMAL CONFERENCE OF SOUTH

Institute of Hydrometeorology and Seismology
of Montenegro
15th ICSEED
Zagreb, Croatia
6 – 7 October 2016
www.meteo.co.me [email protected] +38220655183
Institute of Hydrometeorology and Seismology of
Montenegro is formed by Decree on the organization and
manner of work of Public Administration, 23 January 2012,
by merging two institutions:
Mandate of IHMS MNE
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Observation and measurement of meteo, hydro, eco and agrometeo parameters
Analysis, processing, archiving of measured and observed parameters
Production of studies, elaborates, analysis and information about climate,
condition of the soil, air, surface and ground water and coastal sea
Forecasting and dissemination data (meteo, hydro, eco and agrometeo)
Establish IT system with databases (climate, hydrology, ecology,
agrometeorology)
Establish and Maintain of Network Station (meteo, hydro, agrometeo) to monitor
weather condition, water, air, soil
Climate Monitor and Assess
Analysis of Extremes through Climate Indexes counting
Production of information, announcements and analysis of meteorological
parameters for certain period for electronic and writing media
Control and Assess of surface and ground water quality, precipitation, air, soil on
the basis of physico-chemical, biochemical and radiological parameters
Membership
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WMO - full member
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IHO - full member
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IPCC - full member
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EUMETNET- full member
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ECMWF - cooperating state
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EUMETSAT - not member yet
MAIN STATIONS
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ULCINJ
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BAR
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H.NOVI
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PODGORICA
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NIKŠIĆ
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KOLAŠIN
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ŽABLJAK
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PLJEVLJA
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CETINJE
Observations on main stations are done hourly, and every
10 minutes on automatic station. Data in real time are
available on www.meteo.co.me.
In Montenegro there are also Aeronautical
Meteorological Stations at Tivat and Golubovci
Hydrological station network – Master plan
of hydrometric measurements
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Plavnica
Ckla
Brodska njiva
Fraskanjel
Međuriječje
Pernica
Zlatica
Podgorica - M
Podgorica - R
Trgaj
Gornje polje
Nikšić
Duklov most
Dučice
Rošca
Danilovgrad
Vranjske njive
Šasko jezero
Nudo
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Rožaje
Bać
D.Vusanje
Gusinje
Plavsko jezero
Plav
Meteh
Murino
Andrijevica - Lim
Andrijevica – Zlor.
Berane
Ravna rijeka
Bijelo Polje
Gubavač
Dobrakovo
Crna poljana
Trebaljevo
Mojkovac
Bistrica
Brštanovica
Timar
Bijela
Šavnik
Duži
Ribnjak
Ćirovići
Pljevlja
Zabrđe
Gradac
Biogradsko jezero
Crno jezero - malo
Crno jezero – vel.
Hydrological station network – Current status
Dobrakovo,
Lim
river
New
automatic
station installed in
December 2015
Rožaje, Ibar river
New automatic
station installed in
December 2015
Adriatic Sea watershed
Black Sea watershed
Sector of Air and Water Quality Testing
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Department of Air Quality
Department of Water Quality
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IHMS Laboratory is accredited according to MEST ISO/IEC 17 025 by the
Accreditation Authority of Montenegro, 17 December 2010. This certificate was
renewed in 2014 and it is valid until 15 December 2018. Accreditation Authority of
Montenegro every year conduct surveillance visit of Laboratory in accordance with
the rules of accreditation. Last visit was in June 2016.
Modification of IHMS website – Home page
Modification of IHMS website – Forecast
for 5 days
Modification of IHMS website –
Meteograms
Modification of IHMS website – Hydrology
Meetings
 43th Session of the
IPCC, Nairobi,
Kenya, 11-13 April
2016
 RA VI WIGOS
Workshop, Belgrade,
Serbia, November
2015
 5th MedCOF,
Marrakech, Morocco,
November 2015
South East European Consortium for Operational weather
Prediction (SEECOP)
 27 June 2016 in Bar, Montenegro.
 Financial support from WMO.
 The participants officially established the SEECOP Council
(comprising of Members’ Directors) and Coordination Experts
Team.
 Members nominally adopted the proposed annual and mid-term
SEECOP work plans 2016-2021.
 The proposal that the NHMS of Belarus becomes a new
SEECOP Member was unanimously adopted.
 The next meeting will be held in the autumn of 2017 in
Belgrade, Serbia.
SEECOP webpage
For the purposes of SEECOP activities Institute of Hydrometeorology and
Seismology (IHMS) designed webpage.
http://seecop.meteo.co.me
Completed projects
Environment and Climate Regional Accession Network (ECRAN)
ECRAN WG4 Climate change adaptation to promote actions in order to be capable of taking the
necessary measures to adapt as region most affected by climate change.
Partner states: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro,
Serbia, Turkey and Iceland
 Project leader in Montenegro: Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism
Government of Montenegro is dedicated to deal with climate change and dedication has expressed
last several years and also trough the document National Strategy on Climate Change until 2030,
recently adopted (24/09/2015). In that sense Government of Montenegro has established National
Council for Sustainable Development and Climate Change. Also, Montenegro submitted two
National Communications on Climate Change and is ready to start with preparation of third National
Communication.
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Completed projects
ECRAN WG1 Capacity building on modelling, scenario development, Long-range Energy
Alternative Planning (LEAP)
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LEAP, the Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning System, is a widely-used software tool for energy policy
analysis and climate change mitigation assessment developed at the Stockholm Environment Institute.
This project is successfully finished. Modeling in the field of climate change started in November 2014 and
ended in April 2016.
Beneficiaries of this project are all the countries of the Western Balkans and Turkey.
For the beneficiaries of the project four workshops on modelling were organized Human Dynamics' ECRAN
project team (Skoplje, Istanbul, Zagreb, Tirana).
The aim of the regional training seminars on modeling in the field of climate change using a software solution
LEAP, provided the exchange of knowledge and experiences between countries in the region and raising the
capacity of institutions.
Ongoing projects
Climate of the Danube Region - DANUBECLIM
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The aim of this project was the spatial and temporal examination the climate of the Danube region using
harmonized data and standard methodology. Carrying out the project was based on the data
homogenization method MASH (Multiple Analysis of Series for Homogenization) and the interpolating
method MISH (Meteorological Interpolation based on Surface Homogenized Data Basis) that were developed
by Hungarian Meteorological Service. In order to apply these software's two workshops were held for all
partner in the project in Bar, Montenegro
At the end of the project the digital grid of the region will be produced, that can be the basis of regional
climate change studies and other climatological research.Results will be used by the JRC (Joint Research
Center Institute for Environment and Sustainability
Name of partners in the Action: JRC – Joint Research Centre, OMSZ – Hungarian Meteorological
Service, RHMSS – Republic Hydro-meteorological Service of Serbia, Republic Hydrometeorological
Service of Republic of Srpska, IHMS - Institute of Hydrometeorology and Seismology of Montenegro
The data rescue activities have begun since the 26th November 2015.
Digitization of the data and their quality control are accomplished. The data for 8 measured variables for 8
main meteorological stations and 38 precipitation stations are prepared together with near border data for
exchange.
The total number of records that have been converted into electronic format is 422 670, or expressed as percent
of digitized records to the total amount of data used in the project it is 14% for main stations and 22% for
precipitation stations.
All data for the project purpose are reviewed and validated.
Ongoing projects
Cross border joint research and awareness raising action in detecting environmental
conditions. Establishing higher safety and protection measures of Maritime domain parts
(emphasise on coast) of Croatia and Montenegro – CoRE
Project „CoRE“ is Cross-Border Programme of Croatia and Montenegro under the Instrument for PreAccession Assistance (IPA). This project belongs to the Measure 1.1: Joint actions for environment, nature and
cultural heritage protection.
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Location of the action is Dubrovačko-neretvanska County (Croatia) and Montenegrin coastal area.
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Overall objective of this project is to contribute to improvement overall protection and preservation of eastern
Adriatic coastline.
Specific objectives are:
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to establish safety protocols and new hydrographical maps (for waterway safety / habitat preservation
researches) based on research and gathered date, concerning natural changes of coastline border in Croatia and
Montenegro influenced by erosion from mainland and wave power from open sea
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to increase general knowledge of wide groups of stakeholders on Maritime property (maritime demesne)
component coast and its sustainable littoralisation .
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The project started in January 2016. The estimated duration is 23 months. The total value of the project for
both sides is 569.876,39EUR.
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Ongoing projects
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Through this project IHMS recently (end of September) purchased Multibeam Echo Sounder,
new advance equipment for hydrographic measurements.
Total price of this equipment which was produced in Norway was 137,250.00 EUR.
Multibeam Echo Sounder offer the hydrographic surveyor the ability to measure and record
seabed bathymetry over a wide swath beneath the survey vessel. Multibeam data also provides
the surveyor with useful backscatter information which is building sonar mosaics of the seabed.
The Multibeam Echo Sounder is now a very useful tool for the environmental surveyor who can
use the system for environmental surveys and habitat mapping of the seabed.
The IHMS is the only institution in Montenegro who has Multibeam Echo Sounder. This is of
great importance for our sector of Hydrography and Oceanography.
Ongoing projects
Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity at Lakes Prespa, Ohrid and Skadar
(CSBL)
As signatories to the Convention on Biodiversity and as
European Union (EU) candidate countries, Albania,
Macedonia and Montenegro are committed to
undertaking measures that improve the ecological status
of the lakes and protect biodiversity. The legal and
strategic framework for these efforts is formed by the
EU Water Framework Directive (WFD), EU nature
conservation legislation and the EU Biodiversity
Strategy. Implementing these jointly requires close
regional cooperation.
Monitoring of: Chemical and Physico-Chemical
Elements, Biological Elements, Hydromorphological
Elements, Surface Water Status and Environmental
Objectives Assessment
Result achieved:
Study of initial-characterizationprespa-ohrid-shkodra-skadar
https://www.giz.de/en/downloads/giz2016-en-initialcharacterization-prespa-ohrid-shkodra-skadar.pdf
IHMS is responsible for monitoring Chemical and
Physico-Chemical Elements of Skadar lake
Ongoing projects
GEF-SCCF
West Balkans Drina River Basin Management (WBDRBM) Project
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„Strengthening Hydrometeorological Services with equipment WORLD BANK/
GEF-SCCF“
SCCF was established to support adaptation and technology transfer in all developing
country parties to the UNFCCC
Optimization of observing HM network stations in Drina River basin:
– to improve the existing meteorological and precipitation stations network,
– to provide conditions for the reliable rating curves at hydrological stations,
– to rehabilitate, modernize and complete hydrological stations facilities,
– to support modernization of the groundwater station monitoring network.
Ongoing projects
WBIF project: Improvement of Joint Flood Management Actions in the Sava River
Basin
Approved in June 2014 by WBIF and WB
 Geographical coverage: 5 countries (BA, HR, ME, RS, SI)
 „Direct” beneficiary countries: BA, ME, RS (14 institutions)
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„Indirect” beneficiary countries : SI, HR (5 institutions)
Components:
 Flood Risk Management Plan for the Sava River Basin (Component 1)
 Flood Forecasting and Warning System for the Sava River Basin (Sava FFWS) (Component 2)
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IHMS in C2:
 Project formally launched on June 21, 2016 (27 months)
 Inception phase ongoing
Benefits for IHMS:
 Exchange real time data meteo and hydro with neighboring country
 to develop new hydrological model for the Sava basin, i.e. for the basin parts belonging to direct
project beneficiary countries – BA, ME and RS
Extreme weather condition
November 2015 – October 2016
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November-December 2015– Extreme atmospheric stability in December. Anticyclone and the
strong temperature inversion and enormously high concentrations of pollution in Pljevlja (fog
during the 8 consecutive days)
January 2016 – A cold wave in Pljevlja and Žabljak, Tmin was -26C and -22C, respectively
8-13 February 2016 - As a result of heavy rains the water level of the Morača river in Podgorica
within 24 hours increased by 5m!
16 February 2016 - In Podgorica, Bar and Ulcinj Tmax reached a record of 27C
5 March 2016 – Heavy rain. Warning of abundant rainfall and a risk of Flash Flood. Red
meteoalarm. 224lit/m2 in Cetinje and 144lit/m2 in Podgorica. In Podgorica was registrated a
record (24h) of rainfall for the last 67 years! Snow cover on Žabljak was 41cm!
May 2016 – Most rainest with 269lit/m2 in Podgorica
12-13 June 2016 - Heavy rain, a record twenty-four-hour levels. Cetinje 242lit / m2 for 24
hours. Ulcinj 163lit/m2 for 24h.
Next steps
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To improve HM Observation Networks and to reconstruct meteo
buildings in north area of MNE
Greater use of satellite data & products
To strengthen the human capacity of IHMS
To ensure a greater financial support and national budget
allocations
Cost for maintenance, cost for education, annual salaries for
„voluntary“ observers
To purchase a meteorological radar and ensure all pre-conditions
for operational use of it
Thank you for your attention!!!