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Name
Polytechnic University of Tirana, Institute of GeoSciences, Energy, Water and Environment (IGEWE - PUT)
Address
Rr. Don Bosko 60, Tirane, Albania
City
Tirana
Country
Albania
Phone
+355 672155234
Email
hoxhajf@gmail.com, klodiz2005@yahoo.com
Centre Website
http://www.geo.edu.al
 
 

organisation profile

The Polytechnic University of Tirana is inherited from the Polytechnic Institute, founded in 1951. Later on, in 1957 some other faculties were established and the Polytechnic Institute was converted into the State University of Tirana.
In 1991 the Polytechnic University of Tirana split up from University of Tirana, under the provisions of recent legislation and from then on now it keeps of and independent chartered institution.

The  Institute of GeoSciences, Energy, Water and Environment IGEWE is a national research unit that operates under the umbrella of the Polytechnic University of Tirana.

In this Institute there is the section for marine monitoring and researches (oceanography).
The section for marine monitoring and researches deals with monitoring of hydrometeorological elements in the coastal zone of Albania and with different studies and researches in regional and national scale as well as with local projects which are requested from different users.

The monitoring network of coastal observations is composed by 4 stations in the coastline and 2 stations in the main lagoons of the country. In these stations the main hydrometeorological elements are observed as the tide, temperature, salinity, wind, atmospheric pressure, rainfall etc.
In this section there are 3 senior researches, 2 technicians and 4 observers.
Apart from the national activity in the field of monitoring and researches the section is involved in international projects as MAMA, SEADATANET, CIZM, ADRCOSM. 

results in other services

  • Cruise summary report (CSR)
  • Marine environmental research project (EDMERP)
  • Marine environmental databases (EDMED)

edmo metadata

EDMO record id
1228
Collating centre
Polytechnic University of Tirana, Institute of GeoSciences, Energy, Water and Environment (IGEWE - PUT)
Latest update
27 August 2018 11:35:12 AM