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Third meeting
The third meeting of the Steering Committee of HYDROLARE took place at the State Hydrological Institute (SHI) in St. Petersburg on 5–7 July 2011 with the participation of the representatives of WMO, GRDC, ILEC, GCOS and LEGOS/CNES. The meeting reviewed progress against activities agreed at SC-II in July 2009. The Committee noted substantial progress in development of the HYDROLARE database, data retrieval system for displaying information about database content on the Website and preparation of the HYDROLARE information product. List of activities until December 2012 was adopted. Report on the SC-III will be available on the HYDROLARE Website in September 2011.
The visit to GRDC
In accordance with the recommendation of the Second HYDROLARE International Steering Committee meeting (15–17 July 2009) HYDROLARE – GRDC Workshop took place in GRDC, Koblenz, Germany from 15th to 18th June 2010. During the meeting parties informed each other about their current activities. The issues of mutual interest were discussed: database support and development, technological and methodological solutions, website maintenance, data receiving and providing, preparation of the information products etc. The visit to GRDC was very useful for the HYDROLARE development. After the meeting parties exchanged electronic information materials with each other.
Second meeting
The second meeting of the International HYDROLARE Steering Committee to be held at the State Hydrological Institute – SHI (St. Petersburg, Russia) from 15 to 17 July, 2009. The International Data Centre on the Hydrology of Lakes and Reservoirs (HYDROLARE) has been established at the SHI in St. Petersburg, in accordance with the initiative of the Russian Federal Service of Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (ROSHYDROMET) under the auspices of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). More...