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1 Funded by the European Space Agency s (ESA) Strategic Initiative and run within the Data User Element programme The TIGER Water Observation Information System 5th African Water Week, 28th May 2014, Dakar, Senegal

2 Objectives / Background AIMS Development of Water Observation and Information System (WOIS) for monitoring, assessing and inventorying water resources in a cost-effective manner by satellite observation, with focus on operational Sentinel data. Implementation, capacity building and training of African water authorities to fully exploit the observation capacity offered. 2

3 CHAMPION USER ORGANIZATIONS 1 st project Cycle ( ) Joined in 2nd project Cycle ( ) Existing cycle 1 Users Department of Water Affairs, Zambia METTELSAT, DRC* Zambezi Watercourse Commission (ZAMCOM)* Nile Basin Initiative Lake Chad Basin Commission Volta Basin Authority Objectives / Background Department of Water Affairs, South Africa Department of Water Affairs, Namibia International Water Management Institute World Food Programme INAM, Mozambique Action Against Hunger 3

4 WHERE ARE WE? Kick-off World Water Forum 2012 CYCLE 1 completed CYCLE 2 ( ) V1 V2-operational for Sentinel processing 4

5 THE APPROACH Objectives / Background Intensive user consolidation in terms of Analysis of existing Capacities, Application/Operational Use and specific System Requirements Iterative Implementation Process: Definition > Testing > Validation > Selection > Development > Installation > Training > Demonstration Productions & Validation > Training > Adaption for operational usage > Expert Training & Training of Trainees 5

6 Introduction / Background USER SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Cost and license free Open Source Easy transferable Easy to operate Capable of retrieving, storing and processing EO satellite data as well as integrate in-situ data producing EO based water related information products integrating hydrologcial modeling functions supporting decisions based on full GIS framework mapping and reporting functionality integrating and linking to existing user systems scaling up for future applications and demands 6

7 Introduction / Background USER APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS Earth Observation Capacity to support/enable following applications: High to medium land cover, change and degradation mapping (incl. vegetation indices) Water body mapping (small/large, shoreline changes, wetlands) Water quality monitoring (lake surface temperature, chlorophyll and sediment load) Hydrological monitoring (precipitation, evapotranspiration, soil moisture, water level) Hydrological modelling (scenario analysis and operational forecasting) Flood monitoring, historical and vulnerability assessment Erosion potential mapping Urban sanitation planning support GIS Mapping basedata collection with read-to-map templates Product Scales 7

8 Introduction / Background USER REQUIREMENT End-to-end capacity Eg.Basin Characterization Provide operational capacity to establish water related information / summary reports (Map and Tabular) per sub-watershed for IWRM. Base map data Hydrological network Land cover, seasonal and longterm map of changes Drought condition and water stress anomaly... other operational EO products (precipitation, etc.) Monitoring/Reporting/Management/Intervention 8

9 AGENDA Objectives / Background The Water Observation and Information System 9

10 Water Observation and Information System WOIS Architecture System Design corresponding to user requirements Multi-datasources and capacities require dedicated softwares for dedicated tasks The Solution Unite all relevant open source software packages Easy to modify Free distribution More functionality Better performance Easy to transfer 10

11 Water Observation and Information System WOIS Architecture System Design corresponding to user requirements Multi-datasources and capacities requires dedicated softwares for dedicated tasks The Solution Unite all relevant open source software packages Easy to modify Free distribution More functionality Better performance Easy to transfer WOIS 11

12 Water Observation and Information System Comprehensive platform Extensive geoprocessing framework +300 functions (raster and vector) Framework for seamlessly incorporating new algorithms and models Can be integrated in existing IT infrastructures WOIS 12

13 Water Observation and Information System WOIS Development Status Library of 42 customized workflows for importing, processing and analyzing optical and radar EO data in support of water management Step-by-step guidance for the end-to-end processing of the product portfolio and other relevant EO processing/gis tasks Automated retrieval and processing of EO data needed for of user requested information products Each tested and validated for a number of regions 13

14 AGENDA Introduction / Background Water Observation and Information System WOIS Products and Applications (examples) 14

15 PRODUCT AND APPLICATION OVERVIEW MORE THAN 28 INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, grouped by: Land Cover, Change and Degradation Mapping Land Cover Water Demand Mapping Water Body Mapping (Standing and flowing) Wetland Mapping Water Quality Monitoring Hydrological Monitoring (Precipitation, Evapotranspiration, Soil Moisture, Water level) Hydrological Modelling (Water discharge & forecast) Flood Forecasting, Monitoring and Historical Flood Vulnerability Assessment Erosion Potential Sanitation Planning Support

16 Assessment of land degradation processes Land degradation hot-spots WOIS Products

17 WOIS Products Full basin mapping of the state and change in land cover/ land use, high resolution for regions Land Cover Change Monitoring in km² per class Seasonal Vegetation Dynamics Analysis

18 River basin mapping for IWRM NIGER MALI BURKINA FASO Black Volta Red & White Volta Oti Volta BENIN COTE D'IVOIRE Volta TOGO GHANA The WOIS is essentially helping water managers in Africa to integrate and transition their existing in-situ monitoring systems to a more cost-effective satellite based monitoring system Mohammed Bila, Remote Sensing and GIS Expert, LCBC 18

19 WOIS Products Water bodies mapping Lake surface extent mapping Area statistics Small Water Body (SWB) mapping SWB ID AREA PERIMETER Long-term and seasonal variations of wetlands Seasonal change analysis Class Area [km²] Decrease of small water bodies 0.49 Constant small water bodies 4.16 Increase of small water bodies 2.93 Localization of SWBs SWB ID XCOORD YCOORD Seasonal change 2007 Class Area [km²] Long-term change Class Area [km²] Open water Flooded vegetation Open water Flooded vegetation

20 Small water body mapping, Ghana & Burkina Faso Burkina Faso The WOIS and the enabled small water body mapping capacity provides crucial information for livestock watering in the Volta basin. Dr.Jacob Tumbulto, Director Volta Basin Authority 20

21 Water quality and water surface temperature WOIS Products Water quality information Water surface temperature

22 WOIS Products Hydrological characterisation Evapotranspiration Soil Moisture & derived Indicators Lake Water Levels Rainfall Zonal statistics

23 WOIS Products Hydrological modelling Scenario (eg.dam construction) Simulations Historic, Real-Time and Forecast Water Discharge

24 WOIS Products Erosion Potential Indicator

25 WOIS Products Water supply and sanitation support Very High Resolution Planning Basemap City Block Water Demand Modelling

26 WOIS Products Flood monitoring Lake Tana, Ethiopia Fogera and Dembia floodplains 18th August 2013 Dynamic Flood Mapping (RADARSAT-2) RADARSAT-2 backscatter Flood map Historical Flood Mapping (Envisat, ASAR WS) Sudan Khartum city surroundings 20th August 2006

27 WOIS Products NRT & Flood Frequency Assessment, Nile Basin WOIS enabled SAR data processing capability has created new dimension to flood inundation mapping in eastern Nile seasonal flood monitoring. Ephrem Getahun Hailu, Nile Basin Initiative Secretariat

28 Sentinel Processing Capacity On 13th April, Sentinel-1 send some of the first data over Nambia. WOIS was used to process the first S-1 data, extract the water body and create the flood map to be able to assess the flood extent. The data was downloaded and processed within less than three hours! The WOIS enabled the first S1 capturing of the flooding in the entire Caprivi plain from the Zambezi River! 28

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30 AGENDA Introduction / Background Water Observation and Information System WOIS Products Project Implementation 30

31 Project Implementation KEY SERVICE PROVIDERS GeoVille Information Systems GmbH, Austria (PRIME) DHI Geographic Resource Analysis & Science A/S, (Partner) Support Institute of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna), Austria Department of International Health (ISIM), University of Copenhagen, Denmark Dept. of Environmental Engineering, (DTU ENV) Technical University of Denmark, Denmark 31

32 OUTLOOK Project Implementation Adaptation of processing chains for full support of Sentinel data Increase degree of automatization and efficiency Adaptations in response to new and current user requirements Public release of open-source package planned for Q4, 2014 Capacity Building and Training (72 days 2014) Fund raising support to host institutions for op. sustainability Coordination with existing initiatives and roll-out to other basins in Africa 32

33 Further information Project website available under TIGER-NET Water Portal as universal access point for more detailed information on the WOIS demonstration cases with the African Water authorities

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