CAWa Summer School at German-Kazakh University in Almaty
From May 12th to 24th, 2014, the CAWa Summer School on „Methods and tools for the assessment, modeling and monitoring of Central Asian water and land resources“ was held at the German-Kazakh University (DKU), Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan. In the Summer School particpated 22 bachelor and master students but also young university teachers from the five countries Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan.
Mass balance measurements on Tien Shan and Alay glaciers 2013
Following-up on the mass balance measurements during the previous years 2010-2012, new accumulation and ablation measurements at Abramov, Golubin, Akshiirak and Suek Glaciers were taken in July/August this year by a multi-national team of researchers from Kyrgyzstan, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark and Sweden. The data will be used to compute the 2012/2013 mass balances of the visited glaciers.
Monitoring station at Golubin Glacier installed
In the end of July 2013, an international team of researchers from Kyrgyzstan, Germany and Switzerland installed a hydrometeorological monitoring station near the Golubin Glacier in the Ala-Archa National Park (Kyrgyzstan). This is the 9th station installed in the frame of the CAWa project in Central Asia.
CAWa at the World Water Week 2013
At this year’s World Water Week in Stockholm dedicated to the topic of “Water cooperation – building partnerships”, the CAWa project co-convened the session “Collaboration in Networks for Water Capacity Development”, which was organized in cooperation with UNDP’s CapNet programme.
CAWA Training Course "Statistical Analysis in Hydrology: Introduction into R"
From December 9th to 13th, 2013, a training course on statistical analysis in hydrology using the free software R will be hold at Central Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences CAIAG in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic. R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. The CAWa project invites Ph.D-students, young scientists, academic staff of research institutions and specialists from water management organisations in Central Asia to participate in the course. This course is organized in cooperation with the University of Potsdam and the Centre for International and Environmental Research (ZEU) at Giessen University.
CAWA Training Course "Remote Sensing for Hydrological Monitoring"
From August 5th to 9th, 2013, a training course with focus on Remote Sensing for Hydrological Monitoring will be hold at Central Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences CAIAG in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic. The CAWa project invits specialists of the Central Asian hydrometeorological services, research institutions and water management organisations to participate in the course. This course is organized in cooperation with the and the University of Würzburg Faculty of Geography and Geology Department of Remote Sensing.
CAWa experts support transboundary river basin authorities
Between October 2012 and March 2013, CAWa experts from the University of Wuerzburg supported initial steps towards the establishment of transboundary river basin authorities envisaged in the Isfara river basin, shared by Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, and the Murghab-Tedjen river basin, shared by Turkmenistan and Afghanistan. In the frame of the Transboundary Water Management in Central Asia Programme (TWMCA) implemented by the “Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit” (GIZ) as part of the “Berlin Process”, the researchers assisted in the generation of detailed land use maps, as well as the assessment of climate change impact and natural hazards.
Training Course "Technical Equipment for River Runoff Monitoring: Sensors, handling and applications"
From April 22nd to 26th, 2013, a training course with focus on Technical Equipment for River Runoff Monitoring was hold at GFZ in Potsdam. The CAWa project invited specialists of the Central Asian hydrometeorological services, research institutions and water management organisations to participate in the course. This course was organized in cooperation with the Central Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences CAIAG.
Technical Training "Installation, Operation and Maintenance of CAWa HyMet Hydrometeorological Monitoring Stations"
From 15th to 19th April 2013 the techncal training "Installation, Operation and Maintenance of CAWa HyMet Hydrometeorological Monitoring Stations" will take place in Potsdam. The CAWa project invites engineers and technical staff of organizations intending to build up and run hydrometerological monitoring stations in their countries.
First CAWa monitoring station in Uzbekistan installed
With the installation of the first CAWa monitoring station in Uzbekistan, the regional hydrometeorological monitoring network covers now three Central Asian states. The 7th station of the network was installed in early November 2012 jointly with the Ulugh Beg Astronomical Institute (UBAI) of the Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences on the territory of the Maidanak high-mountain Observatory.