climate change and water.pdf

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TIGER or DRAGON:

Capacity Building in Earth Observation of WaterResources Systems as a Backbone for

Informed Water Resources Management

Z. Bob Su

International Executive Seminar

Earth observation for improving water management in Africa

23 25 September 2008, ITC, Enschede, The Netherlands

Some Global Water Issues

Approximately 25,000 people die each year due to floods

2.2 to 5 million die annually from preventable water-relateddiseases

Drought losses globally have exceeded $300 Billion over the lastdecade

More than 1.2 billion people have inadequate drinking water (poorquality, insufficient quantity)

2.5 billion people lack adequate sanitation facilities Approximately 10% of the annual discharge of the worlds rivers is

used consumptively, and several major continental rivers (e.g.,Colorado, Nile, Yellow) are dry for at least part of the year

The quality of many of the worlds rivers has been seriouslydegraded by a combination of pollution, land cover change, dams,and other factors

Science and technology solutions to water problems must rely onobservation data about water cycle that in turn permit theprediction ofwater availability and hazards

CLIMATE CHANGE AND WATER (IPCC)

Observational records and climate

projections provide abundant evidence

that freshwater resources are

vulnerable and have the potential to be

strongly impacted by climate change,with wide-ranging consequences onhuman societies and ecosystems.

Our response

Key to safeguard the security of water

resources is better water resources

management.

This requires better understanding of

the water cycle, water climate

interactions and water ecosystem

interactions.

Our Strategic Mission

Develop and Transfer Knowledge in

Geo-information Science and Earth Observation

for Water Resources Management

Department of Water Resources

3 Knowledge Fields

Satellite Hydrology (Earth Observation of WaterCycle)

Modelling of Hydrological Processes, using EarthObservation and Data Assimilation

Water Resources Management using Geo-Information and Earth Observation


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Earth Observation of Water Cycle

Precipitation

(100%)

Water Storagein Ice and Snow

Evaporation(100%)

Groundwater Storage &Flow

River Discharge

(35%)

SoilMoisture

RadiationRadiation

Vapour Transport

(35%)

Evaporation/

Transpiration

(65%)

Condensation

(65%)

Water Resources

Management

Basic Water Cycle and Earth Observation Process Studies Calibration/Validation of Earth Observation Data and

Instrument PhD & MSc Education

ITC Earth Observation Research and Education Sites


Process Studies in Regge & Dinkel(Collaboration with Water boards & National Institutes)


The Role of the Tibetan Plateau in Global Climate(Collaboration with Chinese Academy of Sciences)

GEWEX Asian Monsoon Experiment (GAME) inGEWEX Asian Monsoon Experiment (GAME) in

the Tibet Plateau (GAME/Tibet,1996the Tibet Plateau (GAME/Tibet,1996--2000)2000)

CEOP (Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period) AsiaCEOP (Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period) Asia--Australia Monsoon Project in theAustralia Monsoon Project in the

Tibetan Plateau (CAMP/Tibet, 2001Tibetan Plateau (CAMP/Tibet, 2001--2005)2005)

Overall Coordinators: Y.M.Ma & T.D.Yao(China), K.Ueno & T.Koike(Japan)


Water Resources in Africa(Collaboration with Botswana Geological Survey,

Lake Naivasha, Kenyan Ministry of Water)

Earth Observation

from local to global

scale

ShunyiSite

Beijing

ShiJiazhuang

Luan Cheng Site

YuchengSite

JiNan

Tianjing

ZhengZhou

From

Process

Understanding

to

Global

Applications


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Modelling and Data Assimilation The Dragon Programme

Coordinated by Yves-Louis Desnos, ESA

ESA-MOST DRAGON PRGRAMME

Dragon Advanced Training Course in LandRemote Sensing (10-15 October 2005, Beijing,China)

Dragon Advanced Training Course inAtmosphere Remote Sensing(2006, China)

Dragon Advanced Training Course in OceanRemote Sensing (2007, China)

2004 Dragon Symposium

Opening Speech by Jose Achache

Opening chaired by

Stephen Briggs & Guocheng Zhang

Dragon Advanced Training Coursein Land Remote Sensing(10-15 October 2005, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China)

Goals Enhance academic exchange and cooperation between Chinese and

European remote sensing scientists Provide hands-on experience with ESA tools and methods for data

exploitation Contribute to development of land remote sensing research and

applications in China

103 participants (from 167 applications) from over 50 institutes

The Tiger Initiative

Coordinated by Diego Fernandez

TIGER-Innovators: New NSTT Projects

Rivers-Lakes-Water levels

AQUIFER

Wetlands Mapping Nile Awareness Kit

Hydrogeo. Model-Ghana

IS for WRM-Burkina FasoIS for IWRM-Morocco

Land and Topo. -Ghana.

Malaria-mapping

Lake Quality-Egypt

Soil Moisture-SADC

EPIDEMIOWater & Ground str.-Niger

Lake Quality-Victoria

I S f or I WR M- M o za mb iq ue IS f or I WR M- Za mb ia


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TIGER Lines of Action

Research stage

TIGER Pilo t

Projects

Pre-operational

Stage

North-South Tec.

Transfer Projects

Operation Stage

Afri can Water

Observation

System

Improving Access to EO Data

Capacity Building and Training

TIGER Water Information & Kn owledge Network

Developing Water Information Systems & Services

2005-2008 2008-2015 2015 +

A tool to support the accomplishment of the

TIGER research projects by the end of 2007

The Facility is responsible for setting up acapacity building plan and supports the existing

TIGER research projects

A basis for an infrastructure for future capacity

building activities, 2008+

TIGER Capacity Building Facility

TIGER CBF Activities TIGER CBF Activities

2nd Advanced Training in Earth Observation Application

in Water Resources Management

Objective: Train water authorities on the practical use of EO-

derived products to improve water management :

- Catchment characterization

- Water quantity (drought and floods)

- Wetland and Environmental aspects

Target Group: Water managers related to TIGER projects

Location: Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for

Development (RCMRD), Nairobi, Kenya

Date: 26 - 30 November 2007

TIGER CBF Activities

2nd Advanced Training in Earth Observation Application

in Water Resources Management

TIGER 2 way ahead

Research stage

TIGER Pilo t

Projects

Pre-operational

Stage

North-South Tec.

Transfer Projects

Operation Stage

Afri can Water

Observation

System

CEOS (ESA+), GEO (IGWCO), FP7, WB + GMES Africa

Improving Access to EO Data

Capacity Building and Training

TIGER Water Information & Kn owledge Network

Developing Water Information Systems & Services

2002-2008 2008-2015 2015+

Institutional imbedding (partnerships of regional centers, e.g. ITC +)


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A propsal - GEOSS/EAWCI- Eurasia-Africa Water Cycle Initiative

Focus on convergence and harmonization ofobservation activities, interoperability arrangementsfor observed data and collected information,effective and comprehensive data management, andcapacity building of the participating countries as themost functional elements

Cooperation between global observations and localapplications, between research communities andoperational sectors, and/or among the differentsocietal benefit areas can solve various actualproblems and lead GEO to realize the anticipatedsocietal benefits

GEOSS/EAWCI

- Eurasia-Africa Water Cycle Initiative

Water resourcesmanagement system

(Floods, drought, pollution atriver basins,

country levels andcontinental level)

GEO Information system

(Data Assimilation systems,

Decision support systems)

Observing systems

(Satellite, in-situ

monitoringsystem)

Modeling and prediction

systems

(Coupled land-atmospheric

systems)

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR GEO-INFORMATION SCIENCE AND EARTH OBSERVATION

GerardK uster

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