V Klementinu bylo naměřeno: Klementinum a voda — 200 let pozorování hladiny Vltavy v Praze

Vltava is an essential part of Prague and has been affecting people's lives for centuries. In Clementinum, regular monitoring of the Vltava level began more than 200 years ago. Thanks to these long rows of observations, it is now known how the river levels changed during floods, drought or spring melting of snow. The lecture will present how and why these measurements began, how the technique of water leveling and what lessons brings this data for today, when the weather is increasingly faced. Jan Daňhelka, Ph.D., a well -known hydrologist dealing with floods and drought, which leads the section of hydrology at the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute. Jan Daňhelka is the vice -president of the Technical Commission for the World Meteorological Organization Infrastructure and the chairman of its Hydrological Assembly. In addition to water, he is also interested in history, mainly related to natural phenomena.