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| R Number: R6865 |
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| Contractor: Institute of Hydrology | |
| Dates: ? to 2002 | |
| Operation of free help service to improve hydrological practices and data collection in developing countries. | |
| Executive Summary |
| Objectives |
| To assist the World Meteorological Organisation to have better methodologies available and adopted to improve hydrological practices and data collection in developing countries. |
| Methodology |
| Maintenance of up-to-date set of UK HOMS hydrological packages (handbook, computer programmes, reports, etc.); encouraging development of more UK packages; handling requests, especially from developing countries; Publicising HOMS within the UK and overseas. |
| Results |
| Number of requests processed and incorporation of new packages increases every year. |
| Conclusions |
| Valuable technology-transfer service provided to aid the management of water resources all over the world. |
| Further Information |
| List of Publications |
| Promotional brochures |
| Follow-up Activities |
| Annual improvements to the quality and quantity of available HOMS packages. |
| Contact Details for Further Information |
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Dr H.R. Oliver HOMS Manager Institute of Hydrology Wallingford Oxon OX10 8BB Email: hro@mail.nwl.ac.uk |