Arno van Lieshout

Department of Water ResourcesUniversity of Twente / ITCl lieshout@itc.nl

EARTH OBSERVATION AND WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

THE ROLE OF ITC IN CAPACITY BUILDING

MSG Meteosat-9 day color composite - ITC real time reception

Overview

� ITCs’ profile

� What can GEONETCast Toolbox contribute

� Changes and repercussions for the water sector

� The way forward..

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1105Indonesia

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Student numbers

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ITC and Africa

Alumni numbers

� In the past an independent institute now aFaculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth

Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente aims at

� capacity building and institutional development in the field of EO and GIS specifically in countries that are economically and/or technologically less developed.

PROFILE OF ITC I

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� Very large Alumni community in Africa� Links with Universities and Regional Centres� Capacity building experiences with:� TIGER� AMESD� Joint courses with African Universities

� Supporting member of WaterNet – THE University network for IWRM in Southern Africa)

PROFILE II

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� ITC COORDINATES THE TCBF

� COORDINATES SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT TO PROJECTS

� ORGANIZES WITH PARTNERS WORKSHOP AND TRAINING-

SESSIONS IN THE REGION

� PROVIDES TRAINING (DISTANCE OR IN ENSCHEDE, THE

NETHERLANDS)

� (PARTNERS: RCMRD, WRC-SA, VITO)

TIGER AND ITC

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AMESD: African Monitoring of Environment for Sustainable Development

�ITC SUPPORTS THE CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES WITHIN

AMESD

� Participates in workshops

� Supports Universities in the development of training materials

� Provides e-learning for AMESD members (+160 persons trained)

� Is developing advanced application training materials.

� ALL BASED ON OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

AMESD AND ITC

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� MONITORING OF VEGETATION AND WATER

� EASY ACCESS TO EO AND IN-SITU DATA

WATER AND EO

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Product developed by JRC, implemented by Vito

Precise indication of temporal water bodies

• updated every 10 days

Small Water Bodies

http://www.geosuccess.net

Examples

EO and Capacity building needed:

�Open & fast access to:� EO & in situ data� Data Integration and Analyses Tools

Capacity building� Learning materials� Training and Support

� Knowledge exchange in S-N, E-W, S-S directions

�GEONETCast can be the vehiclefor this

© AMESD

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� GEONETCast African Service received in Africa

GEONETCast data reception in Africa and Latin Americausing C-band dish antennas

Atlantic Bird 3 C-band dBW footprint

Satellite Dish

installed at

CGIS-NUR,

Rwanda

Satellite Dish

installed at

RCMRD,

Nairobi

Geonetcast Americascoverage using NSS-806 C-band

Regional Scale

MSG: Near real-time satellite reception CGIS-NUR

Atlantic Bird 3 C-band dBW footprint

� Easy date/time range selection and series construction

ILWIS Open GEONETCast ToolBox v.3.72

In Situ observing networks and access via web-based services or direct communication networks

In situ ground observations

for calibration / validation

GSOD: Global surface observation

data from Metar reports @ NCDC,

NOAA open database

-> 9000

stations

globally

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index

Normalized Difference Water Index

Dry Matter Productivity

Vegetation Production Indicator

kgDM/ha/day

Reference to NormalVegetation development

Below

AboveVGT4Africa.org

Direct import & use of SPOT_VGT 10-day products

GEONETCast Toolbox Land applications: Monitoring land surface water cycle components

Ps. most of the data can be obtained from GEONETCast

ET: Evapotranspiration (example below)

Daily ET estimate - Zambezi basin – region usingSEBS - SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE SYSTEM –ILWIS Open Plug-in

� EO data available

� Reception of the Data – fast and cheap independent of www….

� Open source data capturing and analyses system available.

Mission completed??-

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� Adapt to new data types i.e. EO data and processing methods

� Use new geospatial data storage, analysis and interpretation

technologies (GIS-based)

� Coupled data capture using ground stations (+ mobile, gps) and

remote sensors

� Data ownership?

� How to communicate timely water information public (e.g.

rainfall forecasts, flood risk, health risk) using e.g. web-based or

mobile com.

� Changing roles -> changing capabilities for water manager

Repercussions for water sector professionals-

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� Acquire scientific knowledge on EO & in situ data and use in water

resources benefit areas

� Target CB on various users

� Sustainability of the Capacity Building process

� Communication EO sector - water sector

Capacity Building for the water sector: the GEO context

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� Researcher and scientists: develop and customize knowledge to

regional and local conditions using global experience

� Professionals and practitioners: introduce new methods, data

tools and standardized best work practices

� Administrators and local government officials: inform on new data

working technologies / communication and scientific methods

Differentiation / targetting Capacity Building

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� Focus on the ‘ever-lasting’ universities

� Strengthen Networks (N-S and S-S)

� Develop standard EO and GIS curricula for undergraduate and graduate

level

� Strengthen EO components/knowledge in existing Networks and

Departments

� Acquire and maintain own receiving infrastructure� Regional development of environmental applications at research centers

for national/regional water authorities

� Coordination of cap.building activities is needed

SUCCESSFUL CAPACITY BUILDING…

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The Water resources Department – ITC is certainly interested to ‘walk along’ with all those active in the EO –Water – Curriculum development – capacity building –on the challenging path ahead!

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