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IAHS International Commission on Remote Sensing

Mgr. Ondřej Ledvinka – 1/2022

The International Commission on Remote Sensing (ICRS), as one of the current ten scientific commissions under the umbrella of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS; [1]), has emerged as a logical response to the availability of spatial data associated with the launch of the first satellites in the 1970s that were designed to observe the Earth’s landscape sphere from space, providing a completely new perspective in which the spatial extent of the territory under observation played the major role.

Prague’s statement on the need for the development of systems of management of water resources

Mgr. Ondřej Ledvinka – 2/2016

Hydrosphere is facing a global water crisis caused by uneven availability of fresh water in time and space, overuse of resources, environmental degradation and frequent occurrence of floods and droughts.

The plenary session of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences took place in Prague and has been approved Prague Statement

Mgr. Ondřej Ledvinka – 2/2016

The Czech capital city had in the period between June 20 and July 2, 2015 the honor to host the 26th General Assembly of the International Union of geodetic and geophysical (International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, IUGG), on which showed an interest in nearly 5,000 scientists from around the world.