Application of Space Technology for Water Management in IRAQ
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- 1. Application of Space Technology for Water Management in IRAQ XVI UN/IAF Workshop on Use of Space Technology for Water Resources Management 29-30 Sep 2006, Valencia, Spain Dr. Samir S. Raouf Directorate of Aeronautics and Space Technology Ministry of Science and Technology Baghdad, IRAQ Author’s Blog
- 2. Mesopotamia (E-T) Basin • Euphrates Basin ~32 Bm3 95 % Turkey, 5% Syria. • Tigris Basin ~ 50 Bm3 20 Bm3 Turkey, 30 Bm3 Tributaries. • System Storage, ~90 Bm3 Turkey , ~14 Bm3 Syria, ~ 110 Bm3 Iraq. • Utilization ~ Iraq 90 % for Irrigation.
- 3. E-T Basin Area Distribution (UNEP 2001) Country Euphrates Tigris Km2 % Km2 % Turkey 121787 21.1 53052 14.3 Syria 94405 16.5 948 0.2 Iran - - 175386 47.2 Iraq 282532 49 142175 38.3 Saudi Arabia 77090 13.4 - - Total 576814 100 371561 100
- 4. Upper Basin • Protect Inhabited Regions from Flooding
- 5. Lower Basin
- 6. MoST/DAST Activities • Marshland Monitoring • Flood Monitoring • Monitoring of Reservoirs • Monitoring of Snow Cover in Upstream Regions • Monitoring of Change of River Path
- 7. Problems in the Marshlands Marshland 1973 Marshland 2000 Only 14.5% of the original marshland area of ~9000 sq. KM remains
- 8. Marshland Rehabilitation Program • Marshland Rehabilitation Program started immediately after the end of the war. • The Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) in Iraq manages the project, with help from other countries, international organizations and NGOs. • The project consisted mainly of directing more water into the marshland and field activities to recover the eco-system that suffered severely from the shrinking of the marshland. • Remote Sensing contributed to the early discovery of the problem and it was used to monitor the Rehabilitation Program.
- 9. Marshland Monitoring in DAST • MODIS satellite images are widely available and provide daily coverage. • Classified regions are shown over RGB (1,4,3) true color image. • Blue – Classified Water Surface. • Red – Classified Hydrophytes. • Date 23 sep. 2003.
- 10. Marshland Now Image of the same view in sep, 23, 2006.
- 11. Progress in Marshland Recovery
- 12. Marshland in Flood Season Same area in flood season May, 21, 2006
- 13. Classified Maps of Marshland • Maps are produced for the marshland. • Blue ~ Surface Water • Green ~ Vegetation • Yellow ~ Sand • Light Red ~ Hydrophytes • Red ~ Dense Hydrophytes • Sep, 24, 2006
- 15. Flood Monitoring Basra in April 21 2006 Basra in Sep 23 2006
- 17. International Activities • UNEP Iraq Marshland Observation System http://imos.grid.unep.ch/ • UNESCO • USAID Iraqi Marsh Restorations Program http://www.iraqmarshes.org/ • Etc.,
- 18. IMOS Products
- 19. New Projects in MoST/DAST Build a MODIS receiving ground station. The station is upgradeable to other Remote Sensing Satellites. Expected to be ready in nine months.
- 20. THANK YOU