Innovation of Flood warning and forecasting system on

the Slovak republic

POVAPSYSMartina Holubecká, SHMI Košice,Slovakia

January 2000

“Flood Protection Program in the Slovak Republic by the year 2010”

“Flood warning and forecasting system on the Slovak republic”

The Slovak Hydrometeorological institute (SHMU)

Objectives of POVAPSYS

to improve the level of meteorological and hydrological service outputs (forecasting, warnings)

increase of quality of life of the population in flood prone areas

protection of property and health of the local population in flood prone areas

more safety of population against flooding To reduce the damage caused by floods, especially loss

of life, injury to human health and property of citizens, towns and villages

The measures

Completion and upgrading of the existing data acquisition system, terrestrial stations, satellite data receiver, weather radars, lightning system, telemetry system

Integrated information system - better software and hardware to run flood forecasting which manages the data between all components

Database system Internet portal - data and informations deliver to relevant

stakeholders Meteorological and hydrologic forecasting models

The expected outputs of the POVAPSYS

The warning and forecasting system for Slovak republic

A new method for communication and information flow

A model structure coherent with Austria, the Czech republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland and Ukraine

Local warning system

Subsystem of POVAPSYS Integrated Information of POVAPSYS The Networks of the Terrestrial Stations Remote Methods of the Monitoring Forecasting Methods and Models Telecommunication Centre and Computer Techniques

Two levels: Procurement, realization, installation and setting into

operation of technical facilities for data monitoring, transmission and processing

Handling operational tasks, data management, conceptual tasks and research and development projects

1. Integrated Information System of POVAPSYS

Terrestrial stations

Remote systems

National

Data provided by the Institute Data from other Institutions

International

Verification, completion and archiving of the real time data

Time series of the real time data Other data and information

Data processing

Meteorological models

Presentation and distribution of data, information, forecasts and warnings

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1. Integrated Information System of POVAPSYS

1. Integrated Information System of POVAPSYS

requirements for a operative database manage and store operative data for a certain period of

time manage increasing number of different types and volume

of data from existing and new monitoring and forecasting systems

design it as an open system to which easily data types can be added or deleted

Operative data are: Data from monitoring networks in Slovakia and abroad:

(water stages, precipitation, air temperatures, water temperatures, ice phenomena)

Processed data(discharges, hydrological reporting, hydrological situation, processed

information for input into hydrological models)

Images

(observation from radar, observation from satellite)

Forecasted data

(quantitative precipitation forecasts, meteorological and hydrological forecasts)

Quasi-steady data(metadata about monitoring stations, rating curves, degrees of flood

activities, hydrological and climatologic characteristics)

2. Networks of the terrestrial stations

meteorological stations

(34 stations, air, terrain and

meteorological stations of

nuclear power scheme)

2. Networks of the terrestrial stations

precipitation stations

(77 automatic)

2. Networks of the terrestrial stations

hydrological stations

(265 automatic, 79 prognosis)

3. Systems of the remote methods of the monitoring

Malý Javorník (west) Kojšovská hoľa (east)

4. Forecasting methods and models Meteorological forecasting

ALADIN model

4. Forecasting methods and models Quantitative precipitation forecast

4. Forecasting methods and models Meteorological warnings

4. Forecasting methods and models Hydrological forecasting

4. Forecasting methods and models Hydrological forecasts regular for 15 hydrological

stations to stream Dunaj, Morava, Bodrog, Laborec, Topľa, Hornád and Poprad for the next day

Hydrological forecasts for the 9 water reservoirs Mathematical models and forecasting methodologies Development of forecasting systems for 11 main

watersheds of Slovakia by using mathematical models

4. Forecasting methods and models Hydrological warnings

4. Forecasting methods and models Local warning system

5. National Telecomunication Centre and computer technique

The main purposes of the telecommunication network:

Data transmission from terrestrial telemetric stations to

the Regional Offices and Central Office in Bratislava.National and international exchange of the meteorological

information (radar and satellite information), hydrological and

climatological informationData and information propagation to the users.

Within the POVAPSYS: complete upgrade of the telecommunication network

including telecommunication computer finished. instead of some personal computers also supercomputer

REGATTA was purchased and set into operation.

In conclusion

2003 was started

2003 - 2005 - the Slovak Government has funded a project

2006 – 2008 -financing from the EU Structural Funds

2006 funding from the Cohesion Funds for 2007 – 2013

funds used for operating the system