Open AccessData efficiency of meteorological and hydrological services in Bulgaria
Author(s) -
Sharov Vladimir,
Popova Maria
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
meteorological applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1469-8080
pISSN - 1350-4827
DOI - 10.1002/met.5060020408
Subject(s) - hydrometeorology , revenue , computer science , estimation , environmental science , service (business) , meteorology , econometrics , business , geography , economics , precipitation , accounting , management , marketing
It is hard and very often not possible to demonstrate economic benefits to national economies from meteorological and hydrological activities. We propose making a relative estimate of these benefits by evaluating data efficiency. Data efficiency is a function of six parameters, each of equal weight: accuracy, availability, differentiation, timeliness, presentation and up‐date frequency. All these parameters depend on the level of data technology. Improvements in these data parameters result in a bigger volume of data and services sold. On the basis of data efficiency estimation we propose a methodology of how to create an improved strategy for up‐dating the data technology of meteorological and hydrological services. We show that the increase in usefulness of the National Meteorological Service during natural disasters and the rise in revenue from hydrometeorological services are the result of improvements in data efficiency by the new data technology. Alternatively, the increase in data efficiency could be used as good indicator of improvements in the economic benefits of meteorological and hydrological services.