LAW OF TURKMENISTAN

of March 30, 2024 No. 91-VII

About hydrometeorological activities

This Law determines legal, economic and organizational bases of hydrometeorological activities and is aimed at providing public authorities, legal entities and physical persons with hydrometeorological information.

Chapter I. General provisions

Article 1. Basic concepts

1. The basic concepts used in this Law:

1) hydrometeorology – the complex of sciences about the hydrosphere and the atmosphere of Earth including hydrology and meteorology;

2) hydrology – the science studying natural waters, their interaction with the atmosphere and lithosphere and also the phenomena and processes happening in waters;

3) meteorology – scientific and applied knowledge domain about structure and properties of the atmosphere of Earth and the physical and chemical processes happening in it;

4) aviameteorology – the applied Section of meteorology which is engaged in ensuring unity of measurements of aircraft and the meteorological observation directed to improvement of quality of the carried-out works and services, safety of flights;

5) hydrometeorological activities – system of the complex actions directed to creation, the analysis, distribution, storage and use of forecasts as a result of carrying out observations and monitorings, data collection, their processing, the analysis for receipt of information on state of environment, the natural phenomena;

6) hydrometeorological observations – tool measurements and visual observations of the hydrometeorological phenomena and sizes for the purpose of assessment and the forecast of meteorological, hydrological, agrometeorological and climatic characteristics and all indicators of separate components of the environment and their parameters;

7) system of hydrometeorological observations – the complex of stationary hydrometeorological observation posts and mobile hydrometeorological observation posts including the stations and the observation posts of system of hydrometeorological observations intended for observation of the physical processes happening in the environment, determinations of their features on meteorology, climate, hydrology, heliogeophysics, agricultural meteorology;

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