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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
Mesopotamia (E-T) Basin
• Euphrates Basin ~32 Bm3
95 % Turkey, 5% Syria.
• Tigris Basin ~ 50 Bm3
20 Bm3 Turkey, 30 Bm3Tributaries.
• System Storage, ~90 Bm3Turkey ,~14 Bm3 Syria,~ 110 Bm3 Iraq.
• Utilization ~ Iraq 90 % for Irrigation.
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
Upper Basin
• Protect Inhabited Regions from Flooding
Lower Basin
MoST/DAST Activities
• Marshland Monitoring
• Flood Monitoring
• Monitoring of Reservoirs
• Monitoring of Snow Cover in Upstream Regions
• Monitoring of Change of River Path
Problems in the Marshlands
Marshland 1973 Marshland 2000
Only 14.5% of the original marshland area of ~9000 sq. KM remains
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.
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.
Marshland Now
Image of the same view in sep, 23, 2006.
Progress in Marshland Recovery
Marshland in Flood Season
Same area in flood season May, 21, 2006
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
Images From Marshland
Flood Monitoring
Basra in April 21 2006 Basra in Sep 23 2006
MoWR Activities
http://www.iraqi-mwr.org/payv/
International Activities
• UNEPIraq Marshland Observation System
http://imos.grid.unep.ch/
• UNESCO
• USAID Iraqi Marsh Restorations Program http://www.iraqmarshes.org/
• Etc.,
IMOS Products
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.
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