Hydrology and meteorology of the Tibetan Plateau (CEOP-AEGIS)

Project: Hydrology and meteorology of the Tibetan Plateau (CEOP-AEGIS)
Client: EU FP7
Partners: Institute for Tibetan Plateau Research (China), Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research (China), AriesSpace (Italy), Louis Pasteur University (France)
Period: 2008-2012
Aim: To provide and integrated analysis of ground and satellite observations to estimate the Plateau water balance, to develop and demonstrate a prototype observation system to monitor Plateau water yield and to investigate potential impact of climate change of the Plateau water balance.

Summary

CEOP-AEGIS stands for “Coordinated Asia-European long-term Observing system of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau hydro-meteorological processes and the Asian-monsoon systEm with Ground satellite Image data and numerical Simulations”. It is a Collaborative Project / Small or medium-scale focused research project “Specific International Co-operation Action” financed by the European Commission under FP7 topic ENV.2007.4.1.4.2 “Improving observing systems for water resource management”.

The CEOP-AEGIS Consortium is coordinated by Prof. Dr. Massimo Menenti (Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg), and is composed of 17 public reasearch and SME entities from Europe, China, India and Japan.

Human life and the entire ecosystem of South East Asia depend upon the monsoon climate, its linkage to major rivers and its predictability. The headwater areas of the Yellow River, Yangtze, Mekong, Salween, Irrawaddy, Brahmaputra and Ganges, are located in the Tibetan Plateau. However, estimates of the Plateau water balance rely on sparse and scarce observations that cannot provide the required accuracy, spatial density and temporal frequency.
Integrated use of satellite and ground observations is necessary to support water resources management in SE Asia and to clarify the interactions between the land surface and the atmosphere over the Tibetan Plateau in the Asian monsoon system.

FutureWater is collaboration with several partners is responsible for work package 8: Monitoring
the water balance and water yield of the Plateau. This work package brings together the results of other remote sensing activities in an operational monitoring system of the water balance of the Tibetan plateau.

Reports

W.W. Immerzeel, J.M. Schuurmans, P. Droogers, G. d’Urso, C. de Michele, F. Vuolo, L. Changming, M. Menenti, 2009, CEOP-AEGIS: Model selection for the Tibetan plateau water balance monitoring system. CEOP AEGIS technical report, Strasbourg, France

Publicaties

W.W. Immerzeel, S. Kang, T. Gao, M. Menenti, P. Droogers, 2010. Hydrological and cryospheric modeling in the Qugaqie catchment on the Tibetan plateau: theoretical approach. Abstract for the Fourth International Workshop on Catchment-scale Hydrological Modeling and Data Assimilation (Lhasa, China, July 2010)

W.W. Immerzeel, G. D’Urso, C. De Michele, H. Zheng, C. Liu, R. van Beek, A. Klaasse, M. Menenti, 2010. Earth Observation integrated modeling tool for the description of water balance and run-off production of Tibetan Plateau. Abstract for the Fourth International Workshop on Catchment-scale Hydrological Modeling and Data Assimilation (Lhasa, China, July 2010)

A. Klaasse, H. Pelgrum, M.J.M. Cheema, W.G.M. Bastiaanssen, P. Droogers, W.W. Immerzeel, 2010. Observing the Tibetan Plateau water yield and downstream water availability using multi-sensor satellite derived evapotranspiration and precipitation. Abstract for the Fourth International Workshop on Catchment-scale Hydrological Modeling and Data Assimilation (Lhasa, China, July 2010)

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