Quality Control component for the HKH-HYCOS Project managed by ICIMOD
Research summary
Consulting HKH-HYCOS project and its Regional Flood information System (RFIS) and National Flood Information System (NFIS) in Data management and Quality Control (QC) functions for meteorological and hydrological data.
Description
• Evaluation of the current QC situation in the partner countries: Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Synthesis and Analysis of QC situation.
• Authoring QC Guidelines for RFIS including Station metadata and data management system
• Supervise/support metadata input
• Data management and Quality Control training
• Testing of RFIS web interface and database
• Analysing RFIS effectiveness post-monsoon and suggesting future actions
Research info
Research title
Quality Control component for the HKH-HYCOS Project managed by ICIMOD
Research timeline
1.12.2012 - 1.12.2014
Keywords
early warning services Meteorology quality control
Region
Asia
Countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Finland, Nepal, Pakistan
Institution
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Helsinki, Finland
Funding instrument
Other, Ministry for Foreign Affairs (ICI, HEI-ICI, N-S-S)
Head of research
Antti Hyvärinen
Research team
Antti Hyvärinen, Sami Kiesiläinen, Irma Ylikangas
Partners
ICIMOD
Contact information
Antti Hyvärinen
+358405152004
antti.hyvarinen@fmi.fi
Record last updated
10.8.2016