Pakistan -201006
< Last Update: 23 Jan. 2013 >
SAFE Prototyping Status: November 2010 - November 2012 <Completed>
Monitoring Water Cycle Variations & Assessing Climate Change Impacts
Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD)
Pakistan is an arid to semi-arid country and drought is one of the major disasters happened in the country. The mountainous region of the Upper Indus Basin is a critical source of water for Pakistan. Most flow in the upper Indus is derived from the snow- and glacier- accumulation and melting, which depend on the previous winter and the following summer climate conditions, respectively. Climate change impacts on the variations of dry-wet and snow-glacier environments in Pakistan were observed partly. Regional and national assessments are strongly requested scientifically and socio-economically. 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) Flood monitoring capability in Pakistan by coupling satellite and in-situ observations and a distributed hydrological model
3) 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
4) Climate change impact assessment capability of drought and snow- and glacier induced river flow in Pakistan by using integrated climate prediction model outputs
Final Results
1) Products
Drought Management
Flood Map
Snow and Glacier Cover Map
2) Method
Drought Management
Stakeholder Meeting
1) Date and Place: September 10-11, 2012, Islamabad, Pakistan
2) Participants
- Ministry of Climate Change (MOCC)
- Ministry of Water & Power (MOWP)
- Research and Operation Organizations
- Academia
- International NGOs
Formation
1) Prototyping Executor
Dr. Rasul Ghulam, Deputy Director
Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), Pakistan
2) Technical Supporter
University of Tokyo
3) Data & Application Provider
a) Satellite Data
- JAXA: TRMM, GSMaP, PALSAR, AVNIR-2, MODIS, AMSR-E
b) Other Data
- PMD: Operational meteorological observation data (soil moisture, temperature…), Research-oriented snowfall, snowmelt, glacier-melt observation data
- Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC): Local information of agricultural activities and water use, research-oriented hydrological observation data
c) Model or Tool
- The University of Tokyo: Distributed Hydrological Model (WEB-DHM), Land Data Assimilation System (LDAS-UT), Integrated Drought Assessment System, Data Integration and Analysis System (DIAS)