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Name
KazHYDROMET
Native name
KazHYDROMET
Country
Kazakhstan

organisation profile

Hydrometeorological Service of Republic Kazakhstan (Kazhydromet) is based in 1922. This large research-and-production enterprise of the Ministry of Environment protection. In December, 2008 main office of the RSE «Kazhydromet» is relocated in Astana. About three thousand workers of Kazhydromet spend round-the-clock monitoring, analyze, predict and warn of the dangerous natural phenomena. Kazhydromet - the unique legally responsible body which is having the right of official information service of any organizations by storm warnings about approaching dangerous and spontaneous natural phenomena in territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Kazhydromet activity is based on the state network of an observation. Annually Kazhydromet carries out the state orders for programs of conducting hydrometeorological and ecological monitoring, drawing up of the state water cadastre, agrometeorological and agroclimatic maintenance of an agricultural production, and also carries out scientific researches in the hydrometeorology and environment field. Daily Kazhydromet lets out Weather Bulletin where are resulted: short-term and long-term weather forecasts on cities and areas of Kazakhstan, the actual condition of water objects is described: the rivers, lakes, water reservoirs; the Caspian Sea Bulletin with the forecast of a water level and probability of occurrence storm surges is published; forecasts avalanche and mud flow dangers are made.

edmo metadata

EDMO record id
2490
Collating centre
The Institute of Geography ltd., National science and technology centre "Parasat"
Latest update
25 September 2010 7:33:59 AM