Drought data exchange PlatformActivity 1.3

Gregor Gregorič, EARS/DMCSEELuka Honzak, BO-MO LTD.

4rd IDMP CEE WorkshopBucharest, 21 & 22 April 2015

Activity list

Drought management platform (an information architecture and an intelligent infrastructure that enables exchange of data, relevant for drought analysis, as well as continuous automated sensing, monitoring, and decision support for drought risk management operations) is considered within the IDM CEE project

Work chronology• preparation of draft version of Implementation guide

– needed by partners in order to start preparations of their own data– started in autumn 2013, finished in the beginning of 2014

• survey about existing operational products for drought monitoring in their countries– send to partners in the beginning of 2014 with draft version of

Implementation guide - 7 surveys received until 2nd IDMP CEE Workshop

• organization of training session during 2nd IDMP CEE Workshop in Ljubljana – based on surveys and draft version of Implementation guide

Work chronology• preparation of final version of Implementation guide with detailed

description how to prepare metadata for Drought Metadata Catalogue– based on input from training and remarks from PRG– finished in June 2014 and send to partners

• integration of data provided by partners into EDO– work with JRC staff– finished in the beginning of 2015

• preparation of Implementation report– finished in the beginning of 2015

• presentations have been prepared for all IDMP CEE workshops and training has been given on second one

IDMP Platform – EDO (JRC)• Several options for selection of

data exchange platform for IDMP CEE project have been studied

• Main consideration was in decision to develop new services or to attach IDMP CEE project to one of the existing systems

• Due to available time and resources, also after the project end, the decision to use existing platform has been made

http://edo.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

EDO• EDO MapViewer

– a web mapping service– http://edo.jrc.ec.europa.eu/edov2/php/index.php?id=1120

• Drought Metadata Catalogue– a web application for

searching and updating the drought catalog

– http://vap-xjedo.jrc.it/Search/Search.html

Overview of received data  Product

Bulgaria Monthly weather bulletin, Precipitation anomaly, SMI, SPI

Czech R.Amount of usable water in loam soils in Czech Republic, Basic water balance of grasslands in the Czech Republic, Potential evapotranspiration of grassland, comparison with the long-term average 1961 – 2010, Weekly amount

of precipitation, measured values

Hungary Agro-meteorological maps, Monthly integrated water balance report and forecast, WAHASTRAT

Lithuania Selianinov hydrothermal coefficient (HTC)

Moldova SPI

Poland SPI: Standardized Precipitation Index

Romania Agrometeorological Bulletin, Seasonal Meteorological Forecast, Soil Moisture map, SPI Index Map, Weather

warnings

Slovakia Forecast of forest fire risk index

Slovenia

Agriculture Soil Water Balance Bulletin in SloveniaDrought Bulletin for SE EuropePrecipitation Percentiles map

Standardized Precipitation Index map

UkraineHTCSPI

Bulgaria

• Monthly weather bulletin• Precipitation anomaly• SMI• SPI

Public available (http://www.meteo.bg/)

Drought Metadata Catalogue: NO

• HU, RO – please provide metadata!

• MD, UA – we are not looking for data!, but metadata about your products, so please provide them.– Help: Chapter 5.1, Appendix B in

Implementation Guide

• Some countries could prepare more metadata

– SK (SPI, PDSI, available via email)– PL– etc.

Hungary• Agro-meteorological maps

– Hungarian Meteorological Service – actual precipitation, temperature

anomalies, soil moisture, and surface temperature data

• Monthly integrated water balance report and forecast– General Directorate of Water

Management

Public available (www.met.hu/idojaras/agrometeorologia/, http://www.vizugy.hu/)

Romania

• Agrometeorological Bulletin• Seasonal Meteorological Forecast• Soil Moisture map• SPI Index Map• Weather warnings

Public available (http://www.meteoromania.ro/anm/?lang=ro_ro)

Conclusions and outlook• In this activity we established and completed first step in

interoperability• 26 products from 10 countries and imported them into the Drought

Metadata Catalogue• Almost all countries use operational products for monitoring drought

conditions; all countries have capacity to implement common set of drought indicators– a lot of different products are used due to historical reasons => it is

difficult (and, in fact, we are not sure if it is also wise) to force implementation of common indicators

Conclusions and outlook• Significant amount of work remains to be done.

• Logical next step would be continuation of integration of services to EDO MapViewer– At that time (besides regional DMCSEE products) only one product

from Slovenia has been integrated fully into EDO MapViewer.

• Further integration should be relatively easy, since main information (including links to products) is already available. – However for integration purposes additional work effort and

specific expertise (GIS/IT) should be planned

Conclusions and outlook

• EDO has proved to be an appropriate platform for exchange of data, relevant for drought analysis in Europe

• Remaining questions– Is EDO prepared for integration of new data, specially national

drought monitoring and early warning indicators from eastern and south-eastern Europe

– Legal requirements for cooperation (bilateral/multilateral agreement?)

– Future EDO strategy