GRDC 20 th Anniversary Colloquium

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1 Venue The workshop will be held in the main building of the Federal Institute of Hydrology, Koblenz, Am Mainzer Tor 1. The main entrance is in Julius-Wegeler-Straße near the Rhein-Mosel- Halle. The BfG is in 10-minute walking distance from the main station Koblenz-Hauptbahnhof. Please note that there are very limited parking facilities nearby. GRDC 20 th Anniversary Colloquium Registration We ask you to make sure that your registration is received by 12 June Please use the Registration Form (attached hereto) that you may return by telefax, mail or . We will confirm the receipt of your registration by . No fees will be charged for participation. Applications of global river discharge datasets provided by the Global Runoff Data Centre (GRDC) 24 June 2009 in Koblenz Accommodation Participants are requested to arrange their hotel accommodation themselves. Please find recommendations and further information on the third page of this flyer. Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde Am Mainzer Tor Koblenz Working language The official language of the workshop is English. Have a pleasant journey to Koblenz! Contact If you have further questions, please contact Ulrich Looser concerning the contents Phone: 0049 (0)261/ , Fax: 0049 (0)261/ looser@bafg.de Yvonne Strunck concerning the organization Phone: 0049 (0)261/ , Fax: 0049 (0)261/ strunck@bafg.de

2 For more than 20 years the Global Runoff Data Centre (GRDC) has been operational at the Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG). In late 1988 the GRDC was established at the BfG in Koblenz and since then it has been funded by the Federal Republic of Germany as a contribution to the World Climate Programme of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). The GRDC operates under the auspices of the WMO. The original global river discharge dataset of the GRDC was collected by the WMO in the framework of the First GARP Global Experiment in the early '80s. Since then the database has grown continuously and now encompasses discharge data from more than 7300 stations in 156 countries. To extend and maintain this global dataset the main functions of the GRDC will remain the acquisition and management of historical and near real-time river discharge data and associated metadata. For the provision of river discharge data, the National Hydrological Services of all WMO members remain the key partners of the GRDC. The user community served by the GRDC are the specialised projects and programmes of the United Nations dealing with climate and global change studies. Additionally a wide scientific and research community is utilising the global datasets for their studies on climate change, water resources management and related fields of research. This Anniversary Colloquium provides an opportunity to highlight the GRDC s progression in the role as facilitator between data providers and data users. It focuses on the data collection, services and products provided by the GRDC such as the latest version of the Freshwater Fluxes into the World Oceans. At the same time it gives selected researchers an opportunity to showcase their studies conducted with global river discharge datasets provided by National Hydrological Services through the GRDC. The Anniversary Colloquium is aimed at science and administration professionals in hydrology, climatology, water resources management, and related fields who have an interest in transregional issues dealing with the water cycle and its relation to global change. An opportunity is provided to be informed on the wide variety of applications of the global river discharge datasets and for the establishment of new contacts. Programme Wednesday, 24 June :00 Welcome 13:10 Message from the WMO Wolfgang Grabs, WMO, Geneva, Switzerland 13:20 History and status of the GRDC Ulrich Looser, GRDC, Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), Koblenz, Germany 13:45 WHYMAP Looking at groundwater from a global point of view Andrea Richts, Federal Institute of Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Hannover, Germany 14:15 Creation of a methodology for visualizing Hydrological Normals in the Rhine River Basin, Germany Pablo Borges de Amorim, Technical University Dresden, Germany 14:45 Coffee/Tea Break 15:15 Loading Estimate from Selected Major Streams using GRDC discharge and GEMS/Water WQ datasets, combined with a continental-scale river basin model Yosuke Yamashiki, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan 15:45 The role of the GRDC dataset in global water resources modelling Dr. Frank Voß et al., Center for Environmental Systems Research (CESR), University of Kassel, Germany 16:15 Value of discharge data for global hydrological modelling Petra Döll and Martin Hunger, Institute of Physical Geography, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany 16:45 Freshwater Fluxes into the World Oceans Thomas de Couet, GRDC, Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), Koblenz, Germany 17:15 Closure

3 Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG) Global Runoff Data Centre (GRDC) Am Mainzer Tor Koblenz Phone: 0261/ Fax: 0261/ grdc@bafg.de grdc.bafg.de recommended hotels (for guests of the BfG, February 2009) No. hotel single room address telephone fax Rizzastr St. Josef-Str. 32 Emil-Schüller-Str Bahnhofsplatz 5 Rizzastr. 42 Kaiserin-Augusta-Anlagen 18 Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer Julius-Wegeler-Str. 6 go@hotel-brenner.de info@hotel-hamm.de info@hohenstaufen.de Hotel.Hoehmann@gmx.net H1831@accor.com info@hotel-kleinerriesen.de info@hotel-haus-morjan.de H2004@accor.com (+49)261/ (+49)261/ (+49)261/ (+49)261/ (+49)261/ (+49)261/ (+49)261/ (+49)261/136-0 (+49)261/36278 (+49)261/ (+49)261/ (+49)261/ (+49)261/ (+49)261/ (+49)261/ (+49)261/ incl. breakfast Hotel Brenner Hotel Hamm Hotel Hohenstaufen Hotel Höhmann Hotel Ibis Hotel Kleiner Riesen Hotel Haus Morjan Mercure Hotel Koblenz 67,- 54,- 67,- 47,- 67,- 54,- 57,- 88,--

4 How to find the Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG) By car: Either Motorway A3, exit Dernbacher Dreieck or Motorway A61, exit Kreuz Koblenz, continue A48 in the direction of Koblenz, exit Koblenz-Nord. Follow B9 towards Koblenz for approx. 8 km. Follow signs for Koblenz/Rhein-Mosel-Halle. Go straight on and turn right after the 4 th traffic light towards Rhein-Mosel-Halle/Weindorf. Follow the road to the left and go straight on at the lights. The BfG main building is on the right. (Parking facilities: Rhein-Mosel-Halle or in streets nearby). By aeroplane: From Cologne Airport by train to Koblenz via Cologne (Köln). Travel time: approx. 1½ hours. Train connection approx. every half an hour. From Frankfurt/Rhein-Main Airport by train via station Fernbahnhof. Travel time: approx. 1¼ hours. Trains to Koblenz go every hour. For further information: From Frankfurt/Hahn Airport by bus to Koblenz railway station (Hauptbahnhof). Travel time: approx. 1¼ hours. Bus connections five times a day. For details:

5 Registration Form (to be returned by telefax, mail or ) Please make sure that this binding registration is received by 12 June To: Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde z. Hd. Frau Strunck Postfach Koblenz GERMANY Fax: GRDC 20 th Anniversary Colloquium Applications of global river discharge datasets provided by the Global Runoff Data Centre (GRDC) 24 June 2009 in Koblenz Name, First name: Institution: Street/Post Box: Postal Code: City/Country: Telephone: Telefax: Date Signature