Joint working group meeting in Oulu, Finland

On 30-31 May we had a wonderful meeting in Oulu, Finland. The organizer of the event was Ari Huusko.

Read the original programme (which we changed in the meantime) and the approved list of participants (who were not all there).

Emil Fulajtar sent the official invitation and also detailed information about the reimbursement. Samples provided (MS Word or PDF); (MS Excel or PDF).

Ari also provided a lot of useful information concerning practical things (hotels, public transport, etc.). The separate map of the town can also be viewed.

Mike Dunbar finished preparing the Minutes of the Oulu MC meeting (MS Word or PDF)

Many people contributed to the State-of-the-Art report, the draft version of these can be read further down. Please do add your ideas, every contribution is wanted:

• WG1 "Raw Data" (chairman: Stefan Schmutz)

Contents (MS Word or PDF)       
Part A - instrumentation (PDF)
Part B - macrobenthos (MS Word or PDF)
Part C - fish (MS Word or PDF)

• WG2 "Modelling" (Chairman: Martin Baptist)

Draft (MS Word or PDF)
Upscaling (MS Word or PDF)
Side channel case (MS Word or PDF)

WG2 tasks after the Oulu meeting by Martin Baptist (MS Word or PDF)

• WG3 "Application" (Chairman: Mike Dunbar)

Draft - case studies (MS Word or PDF)
Models - general (MS Word or PDF)
Models - requirements (MS Word or PDF)

We decided to form new sub-groups. The fields and plan can be read here (MS PowerPoint or PDF). Check out the presentations from the various inter-WG discussion groups:

• Data-model integration
  - Martin Baptist: plans and responsible persons (MS Word or PDF)

• Floodplain vegetation modelling
  - Martin Baptist editor (MS PowerPoint or PDF)

• Model suitability for various user demands
  - Jan Jaap Bouma editor (MS PowerPoint or PDF)
  - Kjetil A. Vaskinn editor: Short classification of the received case studies
    (MS Word or PDF)

Handbook for good modelling practise (from Martin Baptist):
    Short introduction (MS Word or PDF)
    Full version (PDF)

Draft version of the CEN "A Guidance Standard For Assessing The Hydromorphological Features Of Rivers"
(from Ann K. Schartau, Norwegian member of the CEN standardizing group) (MS Word or PDF)