On May 9,2019, 2nd and 3rd- year students of the specialty “Cartography and Cadastre” accompanied by P. Asilbekyan, Assistant of the Department of Tourism Management and Culturology visited the Meteorological and Aghstev River basin hydrological stations within the framework of “Natural Resources Cadastre and Monitoring” program.
Members of the staff of the station (headed by E. Sayadyan) warmly welcomed the universitarians and introduced them the work done.
The students took a part in the monitoring, got acquainted with existing equipment and its working principles. They participated in the work of air temperature, wind direction and velocity determination. The 2nd and 3rd- year students also got acquainted with the principles of sunbathing (heliogue) and other equipment available (damp, soil thermometers, automatic moisture-sensitive equipment, etc.).
After the meteorological station monitoring the students got acquainted with the hydrological work of the station. The head of the station O. Iskandaryan introduced the monitoring works carried out at the station (water outlet measurements, nivilization, determination of depletion of the river, the principles of registering, etc.).
At the end of the visit, students conveyed their gratitude to the station management and staff for their warm reception and practical strengthening of their knowledge.
Photos are available in the gallery.
