The radar located on the Ignis peak (1,307 meters altitude) in the Gutai Mountains is the only one in the national network that completely covers both the upper area of the reception basin of the Tisza River, on the Romanian, Ukrainian and Hungarian territories, as well as the upper part, on the Ukrainian territory, of the Prut hydrographic basin, the spokesperson for the Somes-Tisza Water Basin Administration, Cristina Vadan informed on Tuesday.
"Its range of action is 230 kilometers. This system of real-time observation and measurement of hydrometeorological parameters allows increasing the anticipation time for the development of meteorological and hydrological forecasts. Thus, it increases the warning capacity and, implicitly, the degree of protection of citizens and the socio-economic objectives for floods," said Cristina Vadan, told Agerpres.
According to it, the estimates made in 2020 provided almost complete information about a flood that occurred on the Tisza River.
During the flood formed on the Tisza River, at the Valea Viseului hydrometric station, the danger level, related to the code red, was exceeded by 50 centimeters.
In 2015, the radar was modernized, by switching to a dual polarization system. Also, in the summer of this year, the radome of the Ignis radar was replaced.
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