application of space technology for water management in iraq
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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
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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.
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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
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Upper Basin
• Protect Inhabited Regions from Flooding
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Lower Basin
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MoST/DAST Activities
• Marshland Monitoring
• Flood Monitoring
• Monitoring of Reservoirs
• Monitoring of Snow Cover in Upstream Regions
• Monitoring of Change of River Path
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Problems in the Marshlands
Marshland 1973 Marshland 2000
Only 14.5% of the original marshland area of ~9000 sq. KM remains
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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.
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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.
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Marshland Now
Image of the same view in sep, 23, 2006.
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Progress in Marshland Recovery
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Marshland in Flood Season
Same area in flood season May, 21, 2006
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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
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Images From Marshland
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Flood Monitoring
Basra in April 21 2006 Basra in Sep 23 2006
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MoWR Activities
http://www.iraqi-mwr.org/payv/
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International Activities
• UNEPIraq Marshland Observation System
http://imos.grid.unep.ch/
• UNESCO
• USAID Iraqi Marsh Restorations Program http://www.iraqmarshes.org/
• Etc.,
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IMOS Products
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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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