BackgrounD
During the IAHR Biennial Congress in Venice July 2007 an open meeting was held to discuss possible interest in establishing within IAHR a group focussed on hydrology - with the aim of stimulating closer co-operation with the hydrological community - part of our strategic aim to encourage greater inter-disciplinary collaboration. At the Council Meeting before Congress, support was given in principle to the establishment of a Working Group on Hydrology should the meeting prove positive.
An open meeting was held during the Congress on Wednesday lunchtime which was well attended, and which identified a clear consensus within our community for setting up a formal "reference point" within IAHR focussing on hydrological issues - and specifically "applied hydrology".
Following the meeting an announcement was published in NewsFlash inviting expressions interest for officers for the new Working Group. After further discussion in the Executive Committee, the IAHR Council has approved the setting up of an IAHR Working Group on Applied Hydrology which will report to the Standing Committee on Global Water Issues, set up by Council at the Nice Meeting in 2006 and chaired by IAHR president, Prof Nobuyuki Tamai.
Officers
Chairman
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Prof. Roberto Ranzi,
Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture, Land and Environment of the Brescia University, Italy
PhD in Water Engineering at the Polytechnic of Milan, Prof. Ranzi is active in mountain hydrology, application of remote sensing to environmental monitoring and on flood forecasting using hydrological and meteorological models
e-mail: ranzi@ing.unibs.it |
Vice Chairman
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Paul Pilon
Engineering Adviser
International Joint Commission,
234 Laurier Ave. West, 22nd Floor,
Ottawa ON, K1P 6K6
Phone: (613) 995-0194 Fax: (613) 993-5583
e-mail: pilonp@ottawa.ijc.org |
Secretary
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Prof Boosik Kang,
Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Dankook University S. Korea.
A graduate of Seoul National University and Colorado State University, Prof Kang is active in various areas of hydrology, including the development of Real-time Water Resources Management Systems
e-mail: bskang@dankook.ac.kr |
Mission [PDF]
Reports
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