Adaptation to climate change requires a strong knowledge of its impacts, especially on water resources and related ecosystems: we cannot manage what we do not know.
The current Sentinel / Copernicus constellation, the upcoming SWOT and TRISHNA mission can be combined to build knowledge regarding rainfall, discharge and evaporation. More generally, “multi-sensor” satellite data can be mobilized, since these data are essential for water resource management and climate change adaptation.
Hydro-meteorological Information systems can integrate both data from classical in situ monitoring networks and satellite altimetry data.
Schedule proposal :
- Keynote speech : CNES
- Presentations (8 min max. for each presentation)
- 2 Round tables: The proposed panelists are representatives from different « hydro--spatial » projects.
Discussion
1. Enhance the use of satellite data for water resources monitoring
2. Innovative monitoring of water resources through Earth observation satellites for adaptation to climate change in 4 African Transboundary River Basin: – Senegal, Congo, Mekong, Amazona, Niger and, Lake Chad…
3. Sharing water and biodiversity on the Guiana Shield, through the establishment of a transboundary observatory
4. Pooling Satellite Observations for Service Innovation in the Senegal River Basin (MOSIS) - Strengthening the resilience of climate-vulnerable communities in the Senegal River Basin using a multi-hazard early warning system and enhancing adaptation capacity
5. Dissemination of the INBO manual on Water Information Systems (continuity from Brasilia to Dakar)
International Office for Water (OiEau) - French Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
International Commission of the Congo-Ubangi-Sangha River Basin (CICOS), National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), Organization for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS), Adour-Garonne Water Agency (AEAG)
- Strengthening of the hydrological information systems of the different institutions, Basin Organizations and their Member States, including data from both virtual and in situ monitoring stations.
- Development of applications that enhance water informa
