M. Awad, M. Khawlie – NCRS - LebanonJ. Crimi, C. Giupponi, A. Sgobbi – FEEM - Italy

Wasamed final conferenceValenzano 15 | 02 | 07

Availability and Accuracy of Mediterranean Databases Relevant to Agricultural Water Uses

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Introduction

NOSTRUM-Dss (Network on gOvernance, Science and Technology for sustainable water ResoUrce Management in the Mediterranean. The role of Dss tools. Contract no: INCO-CT-2004-509158) - COORDINATION ACTION - Duration 2004-2008

ALGERIA

CROATIA

CYPRUS

EGYPT

FRANCE

GREECE

ITALY

LEBANON

PORTUGAL

ROMANIA

SPAIN

TUNISIA

TURKEY

MOROCCO

SYRIA

ISRAEL/PALESTINE

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IntroductionGOALS:

1. to establish durable links between scientific institutions, governments, NGOs, SMEs and other stakeholders and improve public awareness on water management;

2. to improve scientific knowledge and applied methodologies in IWRM;

3. to promote the development of suitable Dss tools built upon real needs of policy making in IWRM.

By establishing a network between the science, policy, and civil society spheres,

Fostering active involvement of the relevant stakeholders in the different project’s stages,

Through the development and dissemination of Best Practices Guidelines for the design and implementation of Dss tools for IWRM in the Mediterranean Area.

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Introduction

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Introduction

In the framework of Nostrum-dss CA, WP4 was dedicated to: GIS, Remote sensing, and Statistical Information in support of policy making:

Task a) Statistical data issues: to investigate the needed data for meaningful research and informed policy making, as well as existing database and efforts in the socio-economic sector (SUMER).

Task b) Territorial analysis & implementation of GIS systems: to set up a knowledge base about the availability of geographical data (remote sensed information, geophysical databases, monitoring networks, etc.) (NCSR).

Task c) Water and climate change in the Mediterranean: inventory of data and studies on climate change, and climate change modelling and scenario building, in the Mediterranean area. A state of the art review on the topic will be performed, in order to provide policy makers with long term perspective needed for decision making towards sustainability.(MEDIAS FRANCE).

Task d) Data needs assessment for supporting Dss use for IWRM: the final aim is to compile an interactive meta-data analysis based on the data surveys performed in task a), b) and c) (NCSR).

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Task a and b

SUMER and NCRS carried out a desk survey of relevant information centers and sources in the Mediterranean basin including all information pertinent to the availability of:– Statistical– geographical data (remote sensed information,

geophysical databases, monitoring networks, etc.)

These surveys relied on many sources such as the National reports, Internet, books and journals, as well as MEDIAS contribution…

To investigate the needed data for meaningful research and informed policy making, as well as existing database and efforts in the socio-economic sectorTo set up a knowledge base about the availability of geographical data (remote sensed information, geophysical databases, monitoring networks, etc.)

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Task c)Water and climate change in the Mediterranean

Data sets : generally “global seasonal forecast categories maps or global climate predictions” (temperatures, rainfall) coming from

– Metoffice, – IRI (International Research Institute for Climate and Society) Columbia University-USA)– ECPC (Experimental Climate Prediction Center) - USA– IPCC (Data Distribution Center (DDC) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate

Change (IPCC) -hosted by University of East Anglia (UK)…They include climatic scenarios simulations from

– CERA Database (Climate and Environmental Retrieving and Archiving) Hamburg – Germany ;

– IMAGE 2,2 Implementation of the SRES scenarios (Integrated Model to Asses the Global Environment) - Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP) (Netherlands) ;

– MAGICC (Model for the Assessment of Greenhouse-gas Induced Climate Change) and SCENGEN (A Regional Climate SCENario GENerator)

– National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Colorado-USA Projects

– LandWaterMED (Geo-Information for Sustainable Management of Land and Water Resources in the Mediterranean Region)

– MED-CLIVAR (Mediterranean CLImate VARiability and predictability) – MEDEX (Mediterranean Experiment on Cyclones that produce High Impact Weather in

the Mediterranean)… Organizations are the ones linked to

– the data sets like Universities or National Meteorological offices – the described projects like research laboratories or others

To set up a knowledge base about the availability of geographical data (remote sensed information, geophysical databases, monitoring networks, etc.)

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Task d) Data needs assessment for supportingDss use for IWRM

Once this collection has been completed, the need for a common repository for different sort of information became evident: NCRS therefore built up a Meta-database in MS Access.

The main menu of this repository allows:– entering and browsing information about institutes and

organizations working in the field of Remote Sensing, GIS, statistical and Climatic information

– and searching for information about the availability of Remote Sensing, GIS, statistical and Climatic data related to Water Resources Management in these organizations and institutes

The DB consists in fact of many entities (tables) such as Organizations, Projects, Datasets…etc as detailed in the following schema

The final aim is to compile an interactive meta-data analysis based on the data surveys performed in task a), b) and c). The task leader will organise the 3rd Thematic Workshop (NCSR).

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META-DATABASE Structure

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META-DATABASE Interface

To widen the impacts of this survey:

– e.g. to avoid scarce dissemination and to provide policy makers/advisors with an effective tool

– e.g. to facilitate its use

It has been decided to deploy the DB on the WWW…

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WEB interface

NOSTRUM-Dss is a Co-ordinated Action (CA) funded by the EC; it started in August 2004 and will last 3 years. It addresses the needs for reorientation of science to support policy making and for the adoption of multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary approaches by analyzing the needs expressed by stakeholders and fostering mediation between policy objectives and scientific knowledge. The goal is to create an enabling environment for a more equitable and efficient water resource management in the Mediterranean Basin trough the development of Best Practice Guidelines. The ultimate aim of NOSTRUM-DSS Co-ordination Action is to contribute to bridge the gaps between science and real life, in order to provide Dss developers with insight into the language and the needs of policy makers (PMs) and stakeholders, and subsequently to provide PMs effective tools based on an integrated approach for problem solving in the context of IWRM.

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Browsing the Meta-database: Projects

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Browsing the Meta-database: Projects

NOSTRUM-Dss is a Co-ordinated Action (CA) funded by the EC; it started in August 2004 and will last 3 years. It addresses the needs for reorientation of science to support policy making and for the adoption of multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary approaches by analyzing the needs expressed by stakeholders and fostering mediation between policy objectives and scientific knowledge. The goal is to create an enabling environment for a more equitable and efficient water resource management in the Mediterranean Basin trough the development of Best Practice Guidelines. The ultimate aim of NOSTRUM-DSS Co-ordination Action is to contribute to bridge the gaps between science and real life, in order to provide Dss developers with insight into the language and the needs of policy makers (PMs) and stakeholders, and subsequently to provide PMs effective tools based on an integrated approach for problem solving in the context of IWRM.

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Browsing the Meta-database: Datasets

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Browsing the Meta-database: Datasets

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Browsing the Meta-database: Datasets

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Browsing the Meta-database: Organisations

NOSTRUM-Dss is a Co-ordinated Action (CA) funded by the EC; it started in August 2004 and will last 3 years. It addresses the needs for reorientation of science to support policy making and for the adoption of multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary approaches by analyzing the needs expressed by stakeholders and fostering mediation between policy objectives and scientific knowledge. The goal is to create an enabling environment for a more equitable and efficient water resource management in the Mediterranean Basin trough the development of Best Practice Guidelines. The ultimate aim of NOSTRUM-DSS Co-ordination Action is to contribute to bridge the gaps between science and real life, in order to provide Dss developers with insight into the language and the needs of policy makers (PMs) and stakeholders, and subsequently to provide PMs effective tools based on an integrated approach for problem solving in the context of IWRM.

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Browsing the Meta-database: Organisations

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Browsing the Meta-database: Administrative tasks

Laws and regulations related to basic water use rights and

protectionExisting policies

10 years plan for Additional water resources for drinking water and irrigation

Monitoring water resources operations

How these policies are implemented

NOSTRUM-Dss is a Co-ordinated Action (CA) funded by the EC; it started in August 2004 and will last 3 years. It addresses the needs for reorientation of science to support policy making and for the adoption of multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary approaches by analyzing the needs expressed by stakeholders and fostering mediation between policy objectives and scientific knowledge. The goal is to create an enabling environment for a more equitable and efficient water resource management in the Mediterranean Basin trough the development of Best Practice Guidelines. The ultimate aim of NOSTRUM-DSS Co-ordination Action is to contribute to bridge the gaps between science and real life, in order to provide Dss developers with insight into the language and the needs of policy makers (PMs) and stakeholders, and subsequently to provide PMs effective tools based on an integrated approach for problem solving in the context of IWRM.

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Editing the Meta-database: LOGIN

NOSTRUM-Dss is a Co-ordinated Action (CA) funded by the EC; it started in August 2004 and will last 3 years. It addresses the needs for reorientation of science to support policy making and for the adoption of multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary approaches by analyzing the needs expressed by stakeholders and fostering mediation between policy objectives and scientific knowledge. The goal is to create an enabling environment for a more equitable and efficient water resource management in the Mediterranean Basin trough the development of Best Practice Guidelines. The ultimate aim of NOSTRUM-DSS Co-ordination Action is to contribute to bridge the gaps between science and real life, in order to provide Dss developers with insight into the language and the needs of policy makers (PMs) and stakeholders, and subsequently to provide PMs effective tools based on an integrated approach for problem solving in the context of IWRM.

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Editing the Meta-database

A serious concern about the information deployed is its updating and maintenance:– Add new information– Correct changed information– …

Many IT tools do now exist (such as Wiki) etc… but they need experienced users

NOSTRUM-DSS decided to use directly the web interface to edit the records…

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Editing the Meta-database: LOGIN

Add new record

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CONCLUSIONS

Future improvement Changing from MS-ACCESS to SQL 2000 for better performance Fixing problems of updating A restyling of the home page (logo, description, help) A complex query tool ( searching all entities) A link to other sites and resources A geographical query method will be added A secure access to the site (partners will be given a username and password)

depending on the need for using this site

Next month, the Meta-database will be published on the Nostrum-dss web site:

http://www.nostrum-dss.eu

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3rd NOSTRUM-DssThematic Workshop

Metadata base – cartographic data

Cartographic data sets : most of them have a global scale (1km) and are free of charge for use constraint :

– World soil Resources from FAO’s (32 classes) ;

– Forest maps (FRA2000) from USGS, FAO, UN, … ;

– Global Land Cover (GLC2000) ;

– Global lakes and wetlands (developed in partnership with WWF) ;

– Satellite images (VEGETATION 10 days synthesis archive) ;

– …

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The Global Land (GLC 2000) database is a land cover dataset. The project was carried out to provide accurate baseline landcover information to the International Conventions on Climate Change, the Convention to Combat Desertification, the Ramsar Convention and the Kyoto Protocol.This map is derived from a NDVI-SPOT-VEGETATION dataset (data spanning from 1rst November 1999 to 31 December 2000). - 27 land cover classes – 1 km resolution