Moldova

DMCSEE consortium members

Country profile

 

Area: 33,843 km2 (water: 1.4%)
Population: (estimate) 3,395,600
Population density: 100 /km2
 
Data obtained from WMO:
Number of meteorological stations in WMO GOS catalog: 19
GOS stations density: 0.56 /1000 km2
 
Data obtained by questionnaire:
Number of automatic weather stations (AWS): 6
AWS density: 0.17 /1000 km2 (Remark: less than half of the stations measure precipitation)
Number of manned meteorological stations (measuring at least precipitation): 18
Manned stations density: 0.53 /1000 km2
 
Number of soil moisture measurement sites: 17
Number of groundwater measurement sites: 184
Data on soil type available? No
Data on soil water holding capacity available? Yes