Prototype activity |
 New Proposal |
 Background |
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Four new proposals were submitted in June, 2010 and two (Pakistan and Sri Lanka) out of them were approved as SAFE prototyping in the second SAFE workshop held in Sri Lanka.
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PAKISTAN
Monitoring Water Cycle Variations & Assessing Climate Change Impacts on them in Pakistan
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| Period |
July 2010 - June 2012 |
| Objective |
To enforce observation, understanding, and assessment capabilities of the water cycle variability associated with the climate change, this project develops
1) Drought monitoring capability in Pakistan by coupling a satellite-based land data assimilation, in-situ observations and a distributed hydrological model;
2) Simulation capability of snow- and glacier- melt in the Upper Indus River based a distributed hydrological model coupled with an integrated snow scheme, satellite and in-situ observations, and numerical weather prediction model outputs; and
3) Climate change impact assessment capability of drought and snow- and glacier induced river flow in Pakistan by using integrated climate prediction model outputs.
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| Prototyping Executor |
Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), Water Resources Research Institute, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC, TBC) |
| Technical Supporter |
University of Tokyo
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) |
| Data & Application Provider |
PMD
PARC
University of Tokyo
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) |
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SRI LANKA
Modeling ocean frontal zones using high resolution satellite and float data to locate tune fish aggregations in Sri Lankan waters
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| Period |
December 2010 - December 2012 |
| Objective |
1. To model a development of thermal fronts using sea surface temperature, vertical temperature profiles and surface wind data.
2. Study the potential occurrence of fish aggregation on thermal fronts.
3. Use the frontal information on the existing fishery forecasting system for Sri Lankan tuna fishery.
4. To promote a partnerships between Geo-Informatics Center/AIT, EORC/JAXA and NARA
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| Prototyping Executor |
National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency – NARA (Ministry of Fisheries)
GIC/AIT |
| Technical Supporter |
GIC/AIT, NARA
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) |
| Data & Application Provider |
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA): (ALOS: AVNIR-2/PRISM/PALSAR, EOS/AMSR-E)
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT): (NOAA/MODIS)
National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA): (Fishery data) |
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< Last Update: 30 Aug 2009 >
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