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Current data gaps and
data resources in HKH
region
Sagar Ratna Bajracharya
[email protected]
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
Kathmandu, Nepal
ICIMOD – an intergovernmental organisation with 8 member countries
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Vision: The mountain population of the greater Himalayas enjoys improved
well-being in a sustainable global environment
Mission: To enable and facilitate the equitable and sustainable well-being of
the people of the Hindu Kush-Himalayas by supporting sustainable mountain
development through active regional cooperation.
www.icimod.org
ICIMODs program focus
1.
Sustainable Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction
(SLPR)
2.
Adaptation to Environmental Change and
Ecosystem Services (ECES)
3. Integrated Water and Hazards
Management (IWHM)
IWHM Action areas:
• Monitoring and assessment of ice and water resources (including
wetlands)
• Disaster Risk Reduction and community resilience
•Upstream-downstream benefit sharing and risk management
Establishment of a regional ice and water -related database
WATER TOWER OF SOUTH ASIA!
Sustaining over 2 b people in the River basins
Impacting on food and energy production of 3 b people
Upper-Air Observation Stations in HKH region
Hydrological stations according to elevation
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The climatic information gathered, managed and analyzed helps
decision-makers plan and adapt their activities and projects to expected
conditions, which intern enables people to reduce risks and optimize
socio-economic benefits.
Major gaps in the existing network
of meteorological stations
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Spatial representation
Altitudinal representation
Temporal Homogeneity
Data quality
Cross boarder information and data sharing
(Information and data sharing are key issues regarding to the
gaps in the HKH region. The information on number, types, location
etc of hydro-meteorological stations which have been in operational
at different countries of the region is not available entirely. The
information is hard to gather particularly if those stations are not in
operational network of WMO. Hence, development of modality and
regional platform for sharing of information and data is very
urgently needed.)
( Source: Arun Bhakta Shrestha)
This analysis suggests that the spatial data gaps increases with
increasing altitude. In addition, largest area in HKH region is
occupied by 4000 m or higher altitudes. This will further make
worse spatial representation of weather by observation at most of
HKH region and strongly supports the AR4 which stated that the
Himalayan region is a white spot in terms of meteorological data
coverage.
Sentinel Asia Initiatives
http://sentinelnp.icimod.org/
• Sentinel Asia led by the AsiaPacific Regional Space Agency
Forum to support disaster
management activity
• JAXA WINDS Communication
receiving station launched in
ICIMOD
• Regional Server to access at
ICIMOD to use WEB-GIS
technology and space based
technology, such as earth
observation satellites data
Pakistan Floods – Rapid Response
Mapping
MODIS Terra Satellite Data
Landsat (Before and After Crisis)
Sep 17, 2009
Regional and International Partners
( Source: Giriraj Amarnath)
Aug 24, 2010
After process in ICIMOD
Modified RFE as
Flagship of the
SRE project
Before process in ICIMOD
Within studied/mapped areas: >8000 glacial lakes mapped;
≈200 potentially dangerous glacial lakes identified
( Source: Pradeep Mool)
( Source: Pradeep Mool)
Establishment of a regional ice and water
-related database
Design and populate ICIMOD water, snow & ice and hazard database to
share within the ICIMOD knowledge management framework
http://www.ghwis.icimod.org:8081/wetlandsnew2/
http://geoportal.icimod.org/downloads/
Promoting Transect Approach
for Ecosystem Monitoring
Collaborative and
complementary
approach for
long-term
ecosystem
monitoring;
Common regional
protocol and
methodology
Consistent timeseries information
to understand
and adapt to the
impacts of
climate change
SERVIR has been recognized by the Group on Earth
Observations as an early achiever of the GEO vision
SERVIR
Facility at NASA
SERVIR-Himalaya
SERVIR-Mesoamerica
SERVIR-Africa
SERVIR ~ to serve
SERVIR is an earth observation, monitoring, and
visualization system that integrates satellite and other
geospatial data for improved scientific knowledge and
decision-making by managers, researchers, students,
and the general public;
SERVIR provides a model for capacity building of
countries to use earth observations and geospatial
information technologies thorough partnership and
networking;
( Source: Basanta Shrestha)
Special observation systems ( Project)
in the HKH region
A number of initiatives currently implemented in the region, which operate specialized
observatories for monitoring hydro-meteorological parameters
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STORM Program
Third Pole Environmental Program ( TPE)
Finnish Nepalese Project
Irrigation and Water Resources Management Project(IWRMP)
DANIDA Program
French Program
ICIMOD Establishment of Regional Flood Information System
( HKH-HYCOS)
The Water and Power Development Authority( WAPDA)
Climate Tower
Station at High Altitude for research on the Environment
(SHARE)
GEWEX Asian Monsoon Experiment ( GAME) Tibet Project
Conclusion
• Data gaps exert major hindrance in the study climate change
and impact, although those subject need more thorough
investigation.
• Information and data sharing are key issues regarding to the
gaps in the HKH region and there should development of
modality and regional platform for sharing of information and
data is very urgently needed among the neighboring
countries.
• In HKH region the details of the climate normal, and their
variability and trend are still poorly understood particularly
over the mountainous area due to difficulties of establishing
and maintaining the observation networks, problem
associated with measurement of solid precipitation,
representativeness of measured precipitation in windy
condition etc.
Conclusion
• Inventory of rain gauge data available in the HKH region ,
Hydro-met Database Development and Current Status of
Rain gauge Station of entire HKH.
• Modified RFE product
• Inventory of Glaciers, Glacial lakes and GLOF in the
Himalaya .
• Inventory of Himalayan Wetland
Thank You for your
Attention
and
Namaste!
GEOSS support for IPCC assessments
A workshop on the data needs of the climate impacts, adaptation
and vulnerability research community
1 – 4 February 2011, Geneva
For more information see
www.icimod.org