SPatial Integration of Hydrological Monitoring and Remote Sensing Applications

Development of two remote sensing based modules in an existing spatial hydrological simulation model (STREAM) for the monitoring of the impacts of climate change on snow cover dynamics and for the assessment of impacts of flooding on population growth and on agricultural production.

Project number	n/a
Subject(s)	AGRICULTURE , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , WATER DEMAND
Acronym	SPIHRAL
Geographical coverage	Netherlands, Switzerland, Bangladesh
Budget (in €)	200000
Programme	DUP 1 (Data User Programme - Phase 1)- ESA
Web site	http://dup.esrin.esa.int/projects/summaryp15.asp
Objectives	ision 2000 aims at the development of a vision for water, life and the environment for the next century and organising a conference on the use of water resources in the world. One of the main themes in the conference concerned the analysis of impacts of river basin management in the Ganges/Brahmaputra/Meghna basin on the coastal zone of India and Bangladesh. The SPIHRAL project (SPatial Integration of Hydrological monitoring and Remote Sensing AppLications) aims at using an existing hydrologic simulation instrument (STREAM) for the analysis of the impacts of climate change on the hydrology of the basin. In order to use the existing instrument STREAM for detailed river basin monitoring in South Asia the instrument has been expanded during the SPIHRAL project with two remote sensing modules: a remote sensing-based snow cover module for monitoring the impacts of climate change on snow cover dynamics a remote sensing-based irrigation module in order to assess the impacts of climate change and population growth on water availability in the region Furthermore, the SPIHRAL project aimed at facilitating the implementing of a remote sensing infrastructure related to river basin management in South Asia and at embedding remote sensing based data within the EGIS programme.
Results	Project final report (part B, 2.8Mb) Project final report (part A, 3.5Mb)
Period	[01/01/2000 - 31/12/2000]

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