eprintid: 7720 rev_number: 13 eprint_status: archive userid: 128 dir: disk0/00/00/77/20 datestamp: 2014-03-28 08:42:13 lastmod: 2018-11-23 04:08:58 status_changed: 2014-03-28 08:42:13 type: monograph metadata_visibility: show contact_email: Library-ICRISAT@CGIAR.ORG creators_name: Birhanu, Z B creators_name: McCartney, M creators_name: Langan, S creators_name: Sharma, B icrisatcreators_name: Birhanu, Z B affiliation: ICRISAT(Bamako) affiliation: IWMI(Vientiane) affiliation: IWMI(Addis Abba) affiliation: IWMI(New Delhi) country: Mali country: Laos country: Ethiopia country: India title: A participatory approach for hydrometeorological monitoring in the Blue Nile River Basin of Ethiopia ispublished: pub subjects: s2.14 full_text_status: restricted monograph_type: research_report keywords: hydrometeorology, monitoring, participatory approaches, networks, meteorological stations river basins, watersheds, groundwater, water level, rainwater management flooding, local communities, stakeholders, soil moisture, Ethiopia abstract: The monitoring of hydrological and meteorological variables from watersheds is one of the principal tasks of hydrology and water resources management. Hydrological and meteorological data are the basis of hydrological science (Rodda 1995; Vorosmarty et al. 2001). High-quality hydrological data are also needed to support decisions on rainwater management strategies and water allocation practices (Gomani et al. 2010). date: 2013 date_type: published series: IWMI Research Report 155 publisher: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) place_of_pub: Colombo, Sri Lanka pages: 24 id_number: H046104 institution: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) isbn: 978-92-9090-782-4 related_url_url: http://scholar.google.co.in/scholar?as_q=%22A+participatory+approach+for+hydrometeorological+monitoring+in+the+Blue+Nile+River+Basin+of+Ethiopia%22&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_occt=title&as_sauthors=&as_publication=&as_ylo=&as_yhi=&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 related_url_type: pub funders: UK Department for International Development (DFID) funders: European Commission funders: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) funders: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) projects: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) projects: Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC) projects: CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems citation: Birhanu, Z B and McCartney, M and Langan, S and Sharma, B (2013) A participatory approach for hydrometeorological monitoring in the Blue Nile River Basin of Ethiopia. Monograph. International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka. document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/7720/1/IWMI_RP_155.pdf