Location of Flood Warning Stations of Bhutan

The Map showing Flood Warning Stations of Bhutan funded by GoI. Parameter observed are rainfall and water level and silt. The parameters are observed and sent to head office every 15-30 mins via GPRS/GSM/Satellite for automatic stations and for monthly by post for manual stations. There are 28 Flood Warning stations.

Date ( Creation ): 2014-06-17

Originator

Department of Hydromet and Power System - Dema Yangzom ( Engineer )

Bhutan

17879635

Purpose: For Agricultural, Tourism, Hydro-Power Sectors, etc (Multi purpose)

Status: On going

Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

( Theme )

hydrology,meteorology,flood

Keywords ( Place )

Bhutan

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Access constraints: Copyright

Use constraints: Copyright

Spatial representation type: Vector

Metadata language: eng

Character set: UTF8

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Reference system identifier: Drukref03

Originator

DHMS, MoEA - Engineer

17879635

OnLine resource: www.bhutangeoportal.gov.bt ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Statement: Field observers keep records of daily water level and discharge. Data from the Automatic water level stations are send to the head office via GSM/GPRS at every 15 mins interval.