Implementation Plan
CONTENTS
Summary
1. Background
2. Scope
3. Observation Convergence, Data Integration,and Information Sharing
4. GEOSS/AWCI Capacity Development Framework
5. Strategic Implementation
6. International Cooperation and Project Management
7. Implementation Plans for the Demonstration Projects

Implementation Plan
1. Background
1.1 Water-related issues in Asia
1.2 GEO and GEOSS
1.3 Asian InitiativeImplementation Plan
1. Background
1.1 Water-related issues in Asia
1.2 GEO and GEOSS
1.3 Asian Initiative

Floods and Land Slides

GEOSS
Asian Water Cycle Initiative(AWCI)
WaterPollutionandEcosystem
Degradation

Drought and Water Scarcity
Climate Change Impacts
on Water Cycle

Implementation Plan
1. Background
1.1 Water-related issues in Asia
1.2 GEO and GEOSS
1.3 Asian Initiative

GEOSS: A Global, Coordinated, Comprehensive
and Sustained System of Observing Systems

© GEO Secretariat

Implementation Plan
1. Background
1.1 Water-related issues in Asia
1.2 GEO and GEOSS
1.3 Asian Initiative

GEOSS
Asian Water Cycle Initiative(AWCI)
1st Asian Water Cycle Symposium, Tokyo, Nov. 2005

1st Task Team Meeting, Bangkok, Sep. 2006

1st Capacity Building Workshop, Sep. 2006

To promote integrated water
resources management bymaking usable informationfrom GEOSS, for addressing
the common water-related
problems in Asia.

Uniqueness・A River Basin of Each Countries

2nd Asian Water Cycle Symposium, Tokyo, Jan. 2007 ・Observation Convergence・Interoperability Arrangement
・Data Integration
1st GEOSS AP Symposium, Tokyo, Jan. 2007

・Open Data & Source Policies
・Capacity Building
・Early Achievements

1st International Coordination Group Meeting, Bali, Sep. 2007

Implementation Plan
2. ScopeRiver Management data

Satellite

Support of data interoperability

Ontology ofdictionaryOntology ofGeographic information

GIS/Basin Info.

Water Resource
Management

Satellite DataAssimilation

Numerical Weather
Prediction Model

Reference Site Data

Distributed
Hydrological Model

Heavy Rainfall
Prediction

Operation
Optimization

Flood Prediction

Flood/Inundations→Evacuation
Instruction

Implementation Plan
3. Observation Convergence, Data Integration,and Information Sharing
3.1 Observation Convergence
3.2 Data Integration and Analysis
3.3 Data Release and Dissemination Guidelines

Implementation Plan
3. Observation Convergence, Data Integration,and Information Sharing
3.1 Observation Convergence
3.2 Data Integration and Analysis
3.3 Data Release and Dissemination Guidelines

GEOSS Asian Water Cycle Initiative (AWCI)
Observation Convergence
Convergence ofSatellite Observations

In-situ Reference Sites

Operational
Numerical Weather
River Observation Prediction Model Output

Implementation Plan
3. Observation Convergence, Data Integration,and Information Sharing
3.1 Observation Convergence
3.2 Data Integration and Analysis
3.3 Data Release and Dissemination Guidelines

GEOSS Asian Water Cycle Initiative (AWCI)
Data Integration

satellite

projectsimulation

operational network

oceanland

A Prototype of Data Integration and Analysis
Application Layer
User Apps.

User Apps.

User Apps.

User Apps.

User Apps.

Common Software•Visualizer(w display wall)•Discovery Work Flow Assist•Data Quality Manager•Data Transformer•Data Crawler•ETL

Data Management Layer •DBMS
File System Layer•Data Manager•Data Navigator•Meta Data Manger•Storage Management System•Power management System

Storage Layer

DiskArray

Tape
Library

GEOSS Asian Water Cycle Initiative (AWCI)Interoperability Arrangement
Land use

Population
Natural Resources

350
300
A1:高度成長社会
A2：多元化型
B1:持続発展型
B2：地域共存型

250

Economics

200
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Water

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Amount offlowing

Level of water

Tone River

1,200m3/s

5.5m

rain

Tone River

1,000m3/s

5.0m

cloudyMugikura, saitama
Prefecture
Umehara, Saitama
Prefecture

350300

EconomicsA1:高度成長社会
A2：多元化型
B1:持続発展型
B2：地域共存型

250
200

Weather Stations

150

North east

201614121820

2020

2008

10203m/s

HealthClimate

DisasterCensus Reports

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Agriculture

96
98

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windvelocity

94

Ohtone machi,Saitama

wind 10050
direction
19

Ohtonehumidity92

precipitation

19

Address ofobservatory

19

Weather point00

UmeharaPopulation

Natural Resources

Land use

・・・

Address of observatory

20Kawabe

Weather

20

River name

20Observatory
name

単位:0.1度

Town nameTotal
population

4540
35
30
25Lower than
15 years old
population

15～64 yearsold
population

higher than
65 years old
population

1635

432

Water
673

1379

202542

20

Mugikura

152512445

10511949

・・・

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DQ_DataQuality

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Position：EX_Extent
Address：CI_Address
Type：WMO Standard
Landscape：CharacterString
Soil characteristics：CharacterString
Canopy height：CharacterstringImplementation Plan
3. Observation Convergence, Data Integration,and Information Sharing
3.1 Observation Convergence
3.2 Data Integration and Analysis
3.3 Data Release and Dissemination Guidelines

GEOSS Asian Water Cycle Initiative (AWCI)Open Data & Source Policies
1) Release of Data in Compliance with WMO Resolution 40 (CG-XII) andWMO Resolution 25 (CG-XIII)
2) No Commercial Use or Exploitation
3) No Data Transfer to Third Parties
4) Timing for Release of AWCI River Basin Data from the CDA Archive
category 1 - standard data - data release after 6 months
category 2 - special data - data release after 15 months•Streamflow data - (i) operational - category 1 data; (ii) research site
maintained by university, through a project - category 2 data; also remotesites need to be included in category 2 data•Suggestion: to have 3 categories of data - the third category - real time ornear-real time data (radiosonde data from operational sites)5) Acknowledgement and Citation
6) Co-operation between AWCI Data Users and AWCI River Basin
Principal Investigators (PIs)7) Co-Authorship for AWCI River Basin Principal Investigators (PIs)8) AWCI Publication LibraryImplementation Plan
4. GEOSS/AWCI Capacity Development Framework
4.1 Goal and Objectives
4.2 Target Groups
4.3 Methodology
4.4 Institutions
4.5 Conceptual Diagram
4.6 Implementation Approach to be provided by WG Cochair and Prof. Herath

Implementation Plan
4. GEOSS/AWCI Capacity Development Framework
4.1 Goal and Objectives
4.2 Target Groups
4.3 Methodology
4.4 Institutions
4.5 Conceptual Diagram

GOAL:
to facilitate and develop sustainable mechanisms for the countrie
Asia Pacific to use advanced earth observations systems, associat
data and tools for water cycle research and water resourcesmanagement under GEOSS framework.
OBJECTIVES:
1)Downscaling regional and global information to basin scale
and to improve accuracy required by operational water
management applications through a combination of numerical
forecasting and fusion of local observations.
2)Identify reliable and efficient tools to convert the available
observations and data to useful information for flood
management through data transformations, interpolation,
classification and estimation algorithms.
3)Conversion of information to water resources management
applications, both for operational use and scenario based
assessments for planning purposes.

Implementation Plan
4. GEOSS/AWCI Capacity Development Framework
4.1 Goal and Objectives
4.2 Target Groups
4.3 Methodology
4.4 Institutions
4.5 Conceptual Diagram

GEOSS Asian Water Cycle Initiative (AWCI)Capacity BuildingTargets
1.Professional/Practitioners:
Introducing new methods, tools, standards
2.Administrative/Local Governors:
Over view of technology and science
3.Researchers/Scientists:
Customizing existing knowledge to suit local
conditions supported by global experiences
4. Communities

A Scene from Mini-Project
Fieldwork in Philippines, 2005

Caravan training class scenein Sri Lanka, December 2005

Discussion and Suggestion at AIT, 2005
Mini-Project Final Presentation

Implementation Plan
4. GEOSS/AWCI Capacity Development Framework
4.1 Goal and Objectives
4.2 Target Groups
4.3 Methodology
4.4 Institutions
4.5 Conceptual DiagramImplementation Plan
5. Strategic Implementation
5.1 Demonstration Approach
5.2 Working Group Approach1) Flood WG
2) Drought WG
3) Water Quality WG

Implementation Plan
5. Strategic Implementation
5.1 Demonstration Approach
5.2 Working Group Approach1) Flood WG
2) Drought WG
3) Water Quality WG1) Importance of the basin from the viewpoint of thesocio-economic benefit area and hydrological sciences
2) Minimum requirement of data availability:a. Data type: rainfall, streamflow, weather
station data
(air temp., wind speed, pressure, humidity）
b. Spatial density of observation stations:according tothe WMO standard but local specifics to beconsidered;c. Watershed characteristics information
3) Highly expected data:a. Upper air observation is highly recommended
b. Near-real time data availability is highlyrecommended;c. Ground water and water quality data availability for

GEOSS Asian Water Cycle Initiative (AWCI)
17 River Basins for Initial Demonstration
Korea
Uzbekistan

Mongolia

JapanPakistan

Nepal
Bhuta
nChinaLaos
Bangladesh

India

MyanmarPhilippines
VietnamThailandCambodia
Sri Lanka
Indonesia
Malaysia

Could Systems from GMSLand Use from Satellite

Satellite – GIS Integrated Information
Topography from DEM

River Channel from DEM

Validation
by TRMM
Rainfall
ProductRainfall
Prediction

Prediction Model Integration
and Information Fusion
Flood Area and Depth
Predicted FloodImplementation Plan
5. Strategic Implementation
5.1 Demonstration Approach
5.2 Working Group Approach1) Flood WG
2) Drought WG
3) Water Quality WG

Implementation Plan
6. International Cooperation and Project Management

International Coordination GroupCountry Representative

Bangladesh: Samarendra Karmakar (Bangladesh Meteorological Department)
Bhutan: Karma Chhophel(Hydro-met Services)
Cambodia: So Im Monichoth (Department Hydrology and River Works)
China: Qian Mingkai (Huaihe River Commission, Ministry of Water Resources)
India: Surinder Kaur (India Meteorological Department)Indonesia: Joesron Loebis (Research Institute for Water Resources)
Japan: Toshio Koike (The University of Tokyo)
Korea: Deg-Hyo Bae (Sejong University)
Lao: Chanthachith Amphaychith (Lao National Mekong Committee)
Malaysia: TBD
Mongolia: Davaa Gombo (Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology )Myanmar: Htay Htay Than (Dept. of Meteorology and Hydrology)
Nepal: Shiv Kumar Sharma (Department of Water Induced Disaster Prevention)
Pakistan: Bashir AHMAD(Water Resources Research Institute/ National Agriculture Research Center)
Philippines: Flaviana Hilario (PAGASA/DOST)Sri Lanka: S. B. Weerakoon (University of Peradeniya)
Thailand: Thada Sukhapunaphan (Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives)
Uzbekistan: Sergey Myagkov (Hydrometeorological Research Institute)Vietnam: Khanh Van Duong (National Hydro-meteorological Forecasting Center)

WG Co-chairs:

K. Fukami/S. Herath (Flood)
Ailikun/A. Dolgosuren(Drought)
B.Hoque/ H.Furumai (Water Quality)

Invited Experts:

C. Ishida (Satellite), D. Yang (Hydrological Model), V. Hansa (Integration)

AWCI Secretary:

A.Goda, P.Koudelova, O. Saavedra, K.Tamagawa, K. Taniguchi, K.Umezawa, K.Misawa

Implementation Plan
7. Implementation Plans for the Demonstration Projects

2008

Jan.- Mar.

•Preparation for Meta Data Preparation & Data (2003 & 2004) Input

10-12 Mar.

2nd GEOSS AP Symposium: “Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation”
2nd IGM: Meta Data Registry & Data Submission

Apr.-Jun.

•Data (2003 & 2004) Archive, Meta Data Registration

Jul.- Dec.

•Water Resources Modeling•Rainfall Downscaling•Data Integration and Analysis for Soil Moisture, Water Quality,
Climate Change

Sep. or Oct.:CEOP Interannual Planning Meeting
3rd IGM: Modeling & Data Integration

GLOBAL DATASETSRTM90 m DEM

FAO
Soil Map

DERIVEDINPUT DATA & PARAMETERS•Elevation & slope•River channel network•Geomorphology properties•Sub- basins delineation•Soil unit
•Sat. Hydraulic Conductivity•Sat. Soil Moisture•Alpha & water N

LOCALDATA SET

Fine DEM

DigitalSoil Map

Satellite
Land use•Max. canopy storage•Max. surface storage•Vegetation coverage

DigitalLand use

NDVI orLAI

Vegetation indexes
e.g. Max. Leaf Area Index

Field workInspection

Satellite
RainfallSpatial distributed rainfall

Observed rainfall•Rain gauge•RadarSatellite
Imagery•River morphology•River cross- sections

Measured Riverchannels

Globaldischarge

River stream flow

Observed
River discharge

Satellite
Imagery

Estimation of overflow

Flood Inundationmaps

ISO19115
Metadata
Components
メタデータ項目

River Basin
流域説明情報Metadata

リンク

抽出・拡張
CEOP
チベット
データシート

その他流域関連メタデータ：

Flexibly
Expandable
各メタデータについて，今後の拡張も可能

Link
リンク（＝各データの有無）

ISO19115

ISO19115

流域観測データ
Observation
Metadata
メタデータ

対象流域の説明情報を作成
します。

流域管理者

土地利用図
Land-useMap
Metadata
メタデータ

Basin Map
流域図メタデータ
Metadata
ISO19115

ISO19115

Topography Map
地形図メタデータ
Metadata

観測データ作成者

対象流域の説明情報があったのでリンクさせて登録しよう。

流域メタデータ

ISO19115

Channel Network
河川網図メタデータ
Metadata
ISO19115

流域界ポリゴン
Basin
Boundary
Metadata
メタデータ
ISO19115

土地被覆Map
Land-cover
Metadata
メタデータ
ISO19115

植生図 Map
Vegetation
Metadata
メタデータ
ISO19115

Population
Data
人口データ
Metadata

メタデータ

ISO19115

行政界ポリゴン
Administrative
Boundary
Metadata
メタデータ
ISO19115

地質・土壌分類
Geology
Soil
メタデータ
Map
Metadata

2009Jan.- Mar.

•Evaluation of Models and Data Integration

Mar.

3rd GEOSS AP Symposium:
4th AWCS:

Apr.-Jun.

•Data (2007 & 2008) Archive

Jul.- Dec.

•Water Resources Modeling & Operation Optimization•Improvement of Rainfall Downscaling•Advanced Data Integration and Analysis for Soil Moisture,
Water Quality, Climate Change

Sep. or Oct.:CEOP Interannual Planning Meeting
5th IGM:

クロップカレンダー
Crop
CalendarMetadata
メタデータ
ISO19115

灌漑面積
Irrigation
Area
Metadata
メタデータ

2010

Jan.- Mar.

•Evaluation of Models and Data Integration

Mar.

4th GEOSS AP Symposium:
5th AWCS:
Apr.•Preparation for shifting from more-research to more-operational phase