Report of the 88th meeting of the CHR
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The CHR members met live in Wageningen in the Netherlands. This meeting was followed by the CHR jubilee symposium. The pandemic situation was by that time acceptable only for vaccinated people.
The CHR members met live in Wageningen in the Netherlands. This meeting was followed by the CHR jubilee symposium. The pandemic situation was by that time acceptable only for vaccinated people.
During the last one and a half years, BOKU University (Vienna, Austria) and Blueland Consultancy (Netherlands) - on behalf of the CHR - have been working on an inventory for sediment regarding knowledge, activities, research and monitoring at catchment level. This has resulted in a state-of-the-art report which is now available, check the project HERE
Climate change will strongly affect the hydrology and the water management along the River Rhine. With its headwaters in the Alps and several major tributaries from other central European mountain ranges, the hydrological regime is particularly influenced by changes in glaciers and snow. The international Commission for the Hydrology of the Rhine Basin (CHR) has therefore initiated a project with the aim to analyse and simulate the changes in the streamflow components of the Rhine from glacierized and non-glacierized parts of the basins together.
The annual report contains information about meteorological and hydrological status of the Rhine basin of the year 2020. In addition, the activities carried out by CHR in 2020 have been described.
Last year, the CHR worked on its new strategy for the next decade. At the 50th anniversary symposium last October, our president Helmut Habersack presented the new strategy and printed copies were distributed to all guests.
The CHR attaches great importance to the involvement of young talents and professionals in the Rhine basin. Therefore, the CHR supports the project Youth for the Rhine. Project manager Luke Somerwill explained the project at our 50th anniversary symposium in Wageningen last October.