Northern European FRIEND AMHY
JointLow Flow and DroughtMeeting
November 10 – 12, 2008
Faculty of Natural Sciences, ComeniusUniversity
Mlynska dolina
842 15 Bratislava
Slovakia
PRELIMINARYAGENDA
Sunday, November 09, 2008Arrival of NE-FRIEND & AMHY LF & D group participants
Monday, November 10, 2008
08.00 – 13.00 Arrivalof NE-FRIEND & AMHY LF & D group participants, Registration
14.00 – 17.30: JOINT NE-FRIEND & AMHY LF & D GROUPS administrative meeting
14:00-14:10 Opening ceremony, welcome of participants by representative of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava and by UNESCO representative
14:10-14:20Introduction of participants
14:20-14:45Minutes of previous NE-FRIEND Low Flow and drought group meeting (Perugia, July 2007)
14:45-15:30International activities (GEWEX, global change, FRIEND-HELP, FRIEND Fes conference, NE-FRIEND Coordinators meeting, Koblenz, NE-FRIEND other project groups, EU programs.....)
15:30-16:00 Coffee/Tea break
16:00-16:15New structure: merger of NE FRIEND and part of AMHY (EURO FRIEND)
16:15-16:45Recent research plans of NE FRIEND and AMHY Low flow and drought groups
16:45-17:15Discussion on the future of Low flow and drought groups
17:15-17:30Election of the new EURO FRIEND Low Flow and Drought coordinator
Tuesday, September 11, 2008
Session 1: Data –Indicators – drought monitoring
Chairperson: Fendekova Miriam
Rapporteur: Fleig Anne
08:30-08:50Tokarczyk Tamara: Widely applied indices for drought assessment and Polish application
08:50-09:10Wong Wai Kwok: A statistical study of drought characteristics in the Zhujiang region, China
09:10-09:30Rossi Giuseppe, Caporali Enrica: Regional analysis of low flow indices in Tuscany (Italy)
09:30-09:50Colleuille Hervé, Beldring, S., Mengistu, Z., Andersen, J., Overlie, T., Haugen, L.E., Wong Wai Kwok: The monitoring of groundwater conditions with real-time observations and modelling tools
09:50-10:10Coffee/Tea break
10:10-10:30Aksoy Hafzullah: Baseflow separation tool: AdUKIH
10:30-10:50Gregor Miloš, Fendeková Miriam: BFI 2+ program utilization for baseflow separation
10:50-11:20Discussion
Session 2: Drought generating processes and ModellIng
Chairperson: Caporali Enrica*
Rapporteur: Stahl Kerstin
11:20-11:40van Lanen Henny, tenDoeschate Anneke, Oostertwijk Jacob, Tallaksen Lena M.: Drought: climate and catchment control in various regions
11:40-12:00Querner Erik: Drought analysis using the Regional Hydrological Model SIMGRO
12:00-12:20van Loon Anne, Rakovec Oldřich, Horáček Stanislav, Tallaksen Lena M., Hisdal Hege, Perez Miguel C., van Lanen Henny, Novický Oldřich: Drought propagation in contrasting catchments in Norway, CzechRepublic and Spain: preliminary results
12:20-12:40Lang Claire:Low flow in the Rhein-Meuse basin: characterization, processes and forecasting
12:40-13:00Discussion
13:00-14:00LUNCH
Session 3: drought patterns and CHARACTERIZATION
Chairperson: van Lanen Henny*
Rapporteur: Querner Erik
14:00-14:20Stahl, Kerstin, Hisdal Hege, Tallaksen Lena M., Hannaford Jamie, Saquet Eric, Demuth Siegfried: Trends in low flows and droughts from streamflow records of an updated European Water Archive
14:20-14:40Jakubowski Wojciech: Trends of low flow characteristics in the UpperNysaKlodzkaRiver Basin
14:40-15:00Fiala Theodor: Trends of mean and low flows in the CzechRepublic
15:00-15:20Schumann Sybille, Bawol D., Herrmann A., Duncker D.: Changes in the flow regime of Lange Bramke basin (Harz Mts., Germany) towards elongated and intensified low flow period in summer
15:20-15:40Kasei Raymond: Drought frequency in West Africa, A pattern of Climate change
15:40-16:00Coffee/Tea break
16:00-16:20Fendeková Miriam, Stojkovová Michaela, Machlica Andrej: Influence of meteorological drought on groundwater in twocatchments of Slovakiawith different hydrogeological conditions
16:20-16:40Zorba Petrit, Pudja Migena, Bibe Brunilda: Drought in the Albanian Western Lowland
Session 4: Large-scale drivers - Teleconnections
Chairperson: Tallaksen Lena M.
Rapporteur: Hisdal Hege
16:40-17:00Fleig Anne, Tallaksen Lena M., Hisdal Hege, Hannah David, Stahl Kerstin: Regional hydrological droughts and weather types in N-W Europe
17:00-17:20Gudmundsson Lukas, Tallaksen Lena M., Stahl Kerstin, Lange Holger: Spatio-temporal correlations of inter-annual variability in European streamflow quantities
17:20-17:50Discussion
18:30Dinner
Wednesday, September 12, 2008
Session 5: Drought forecasting and prediction
Chairperson: Aksoy Hafzullah*
Rapporteur: Dakova Snejanna
08:30-08:50Hisdal Hege, Engeland Kolbjørn, Orthe Nils Kristian, Voksø Astrid: A low flow index map for Norway – From regression equations to a web-application
08:50-09:10Laaha Gregor: Applying the national low flow estimation procedure to the Austrianprovince Burgenland
Session 6: human impacts on drought- Global IMPACT
Chairperson: Laaha Gregor*
Rapporteur:Schumann Sybille*
09:10-09:30Tallaksen Lena M., Stahl Kerstin, van Lanen Henny:Climate change impacts on low flow and drought – an overview
09:30-09:50Dakova Snejanna: Identification and estimation of low flow and drought events in Bulgaria – present state and tasks
09:50-10:10Coffee/Tea break
10:10-10:30Saquet Eric, Dupeyrat Anne, Agosta Cécile, Hendrickx Frédéric:Impact of business-as-usual water management on low flows under modified climate for Garonne catchment (S-W France)
10:30-10:50Horáček Stanislav, Kašpárek Ladislav, Novický Oldřich: Estimation of climate change impact on water resources by using BILAN water balance model
10:50-11:10Slivová Valéria: Groundwater drought in a catchment affected by water abstraction
11:10-11:40Discussion
11:40-13:00Lunch
13:00-13:10Rapporteur Session 1: DATA –INDICATORS - DROUGHT MONITORING - Main Findings
13:10-13:20Rapporteur Session 2: DROUGHT GENERATING PROCESSES AND MODELLING - Main Findings
13:20-13:30Rapporteur Session 3: DROUGHT PATTERNS AND CHARACTERIZATION - Main Findings
13:30-13:40Rapporteur Session 4: LARGE-SCALE DRIVERS - TELECONNECTIONS - Main Findings
13:40-13:50Rapporteur Session 5: DROUGHT FORECASTING AND PREDICTION - Main Findings
13:50-14:00Rapporteur Session 6: HUMAN IMPACTS ON DROUGHT- GLOBAL IMPACT - Main Findings
14:00-14:30Discussion and Summarization: Conclusions and Recommendations for UNESCO-IHP VII Programme
14:30-15:00Closing session
Summary of Action points
Next meeting EURO FRIEND Low Flow and Drought group
Remark * - to be agreed