Modernizing Weather, Water, and Climate Services : A Road Map for Bhutan

Modernizing Weather, Water, and Climate Services : A Road Map for Bhutan

The main objective of this technical assistance paper is to provide recommendations to the Royal Government of Bhutan for modernizing its hydrometeorological services, including capacity strengthening for disasterrelated early warning systems (EWSs). The DHMS does not have a national hydromet...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
FLOODING
WATER QUALITY
SATELLITE IMAGE
VISIBILITY
ALTITUDE
ALLUVIAL PLAINS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
TEMPERATURE
CALCULATION
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
PLANNING PROCESS
TOPOGRAPHY
SUSPENDED SEDIMENT
WIND SPEED
DAMS
PARKS
WMO
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
STORMS
WIND DIRECTION
DISCHARGE
METEOROLOGY
DATA COLLECTION
HYDROLOGY
WIND
MONITORING
RESERVOIRS
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
SURFACE WATER
RAINFALL EVENTS
FOREST AREAS
HUMIDITY
QUALITY
AIR
RAINFALL CHARACTERISTICS
SEVERE WEATHER
HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE
ONGOING BASIS
PUBLIC HEALTH
STREAM
SATELLITE DATA
SEDIMENT
PLANTS
WILDLIFE
CROP PRODUCTION
RESERVOIR
MONSOONS
MOUNTAINS
ECONOMIC BENEFITS
CLOUD HEIGHT
REGIONAL CLIMATE
SEDIMENTS
FLOODS
BASINS
CAPACITY
PLAINS
DATA QUALITY
CONSTRUCTION
FLOOD MITIGATION
CLIMATE ANALYSIS
WAVES
RAINFALL
DRAINAGE
GLACIERS
FORESTRY
MEADOWS
INDICATORS
CYCLONES
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
PRECIPITATION
RUNOFF
CROPS
LAND USE
WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
ECOSYSTEM
FROST
WATERSHEDS
LEAD
STUDIES
CLIMATE CHANGE
IPCC
DROUGHT
DRAINAGE BASINS
NATIONAL SCALE
ELECTRICITY
CLIMATE
FORESTS
CRYOSPHERE
PUBLIC AWARENESS
LAND AREA
MARSHES
CLIMATE STATIONS
AGRICULTURE
FOREST
AGRICULTURAL LAND
HYDROLOGISTS
BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
HYDROLOGIC ANALYSIS
FOREST FIRE
FOOD
QUALITY CONTROL
IMAGES
ISLANDS
WEATHER PATTERNS
ADMINISTRATION
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
HYDROLOGICAL REGIME
WIND SHEAR
EROSION
LAKES
LAND
GROWING SEASON
TURBULENCE
ANALYSIS
COAST
OBSERVATIONS
WATERSHED
RIVERINE
RESIDENTIAL AREAS
GROUNDWATER
MITIGATION
SAMPLING
CONSERVATION
HYDROGRAPHS
TROPICAL CYCLONES
WEATHER CONDITIONS
CLIMATE CONDITIONS
RAIN
FOREST FIRES
LESS
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS
CLIMATIC ZONES
WATER RETENTION
RIVER SYSTEMS
AGREEMENT
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY
RENEWABLE ENERGY
METEOROLOGICAL DATA
CLIMATIC VARIABILITY
WETLANDS
IMPLEMENTATION
SATELLITE IMAGES
RISING WATER LEVELS
BENEFITS
ENERGY
RIVER
REMOTE SENSING
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/08/24876533/moderinizing-weather-water-climate-services-road-map-bhutan
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22480

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/08/24876533/moderinizing-weather-water-climate-services-road-map-bhutan
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22480

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