On the occasion of World Meteorology Day on 23 March, today in Sarajevo representatives of the Federal Hydrometeorological Institute presented projects that were realized in the last few years and planned activities in the future, where it was emphasized that hydrometeorological institutes in BiH are at the cusp of entering the hydrological family within the framework of METO alarm.
“This year’s theme for marking World Meteorology Day is the observation time in order to protect life and property’’, said the Acting Director of the Hydrometeorological Institute Almir Bijedić, adding that 75 percent of all natural disasters are of hydrological origin.
To develop early detection systems and to make BiH better prepared for this, hydrometeorological institutes in the RS and FBiH are in the final stages of accession service for early warning of bad weather in Europe.
Bijedić cites the fact that networks of seismological stations in Bihać and Livno have begun, and there are plans to install them in Goražde and Zenica.
In cooperation with the Astronomical Society “Orion” from Sarajevo, they plan to establish BiH meteor networks, which will monitor and record the meteors that enter the atmosphere and that have tendencies to land on earth.
Bijedić also added that the rehabilitation of the building center for hydrology is nearing completion.
Taking into account the polluted air in Sarajevo, the Hydrometeorological Institutes says that the reconstruction of the objects influenced energy efficiency, which were based on saving energy and transmitting messages to other institutions in order to contribute to the quality of the air in Sarajevo.
In the last period, the historical archive of the Hydrometeorological Institute was managed based on European standards.
“We performed a stacking of all archival materials from the 120 years of the work of the institution. The archive is maintained in an electronic and written database with a possibility for a search option’’, said Bijedić.
The Institute planned the construction of a symmetrical center for the presentation and construction of weather forecasts and the construction of three international phonological gardens Mostar, Ivan Sedla and Sarajevo.
The phonological monitoring centers of climate change on plants will be partly funded by the UNDP.
