PROJECT FRIEND

FRIEND (Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data is an international collaborative study in regional hydrology. Its aim is to improve understanding of hydrological variability and similarity across time and space and thus develop hydrological science and practical flood design methods. It started in 1985 in Western Europe and now involves participants from over 90 countries around the world. Currently it is Project I.I. of UNESCO's fifth International Hydrological Programme. Project 5 "Catchment hydrological and biogeochemical processes in changing environment" is part of the Northern European FRIEND.

Except this group, there are

Alpine and Mediterranean Hydrology FRIEND
Southern Africa FRIEND
Nile FRIEND
Hindu Kush - Himalayan FRIEND
Western and Central Africa FRIEND
Asian Pacific FRIEND groups.

WEB Page: http://ne-friend.bafg.de

References:

L. Roald, K. Nordseth, K.A. Hassel (Eds.), 1989: FRIENDS in Hydrology. Proceedings of an international conference at Bolkesjo, Norway, 1-6 April 1989, IAHS Publication No. 187

P.Seuna, A. Gustard, N.W. Arnell, G.A.Cole (Eds.), 1994: FRIEND: Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data. Proceedings of an international conference at Braunschweig, Germany, 11-15 October 1993, IAHS Publication No. 221

A. Gustard, S. Blazkova, M. Brily, S. Demuth, J. Dixon, H. van Lanen, C. Llasat, S. Mkhandi, E. Servat (Eds.), 1997: FRIEND'97-Regional Hydrology: Concepts and Models for Sustainable Water Resource Management. Proceedings of an international conference at Postojna, Slovenia, 30 September-4 October 1997, IAHS Publication No. 246

FRIEND, 1998: information brochure, UNESCO, Division of Water Sciences, Paris

 

Updated: 12.09.2006