Capacity Building Program in Korea

2007. 12. 2

Deg-Hyo Bae (dhbae@sejong.ac.kr)
Professor, Dept. of Civil & Env.
Env. Engrg.,
Engrg., Sejong University, Korea

1 The Goals of Capacity Building Program(CBP) on AWCITo facilitate the use of earth observations systems
for the Asia Pacific countries- Data fusion of remote sensing, numerical forecasts and local observation- Development of downscaling algorithm for basin-scale hydrologic application

2 Questions
What can I contribute for CBP ?
What is the benefits from CBP ?

3 Review of capacity building programGoals- To facilitate the use of earth observations systems for the Asia Pacific countries

Target Groups- Researchers / Scientists- Professional / Practitioner- Administrative / Local government officials

Methodology- Short and long-term training- Online training

Strategic Implementation- Demonstration approach : 17 river basins- Working group approach : 3 working groups
ㆍObservation convergence, data integration, information sharing

Korean Demonstration Project
Use of Satellite and Numerical Forecast Data for Flood Management
Development of Radar Rainfall & Flood Forecasting System
Climatic Change Impact & Vulnerability Assessments
on Water Resources in Korean Peninsula

Working Group Approach - Flood WG
Goal : build up a scientific basis for suitable flood risk management
for each country through the full utilization of global,
regional and in-situ data
 Objective 1 : to improve real-time flood forecasting system
for short-term crisis management
 Objective 2 : to assess flood risk and vulnerability and to make flood
scenarios for long-term integrated flood risk management

4 What is the contribution from Korean Side
Data sharing for the demonstration basin
Educate young graduate students / Invite international research collaborators

TeachARE
somespecific courses
AS OF RESEARCH INTERESTRESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Technologydevelopment-related
areas
Coupled Atmosphereand Surface for waterStationPrecipitation
Model
Runoff Model Development
Precipitation Prediction ModelDevelopment
Real-Time Flood and Flash Flood
Forecasting Model Development

Surface Runoff and Channel Routing
Model Development

Stochastic Processes for Flood Prediction

Field Experiment for Evapotranspiration
Utilization of Weather Forecast Information
for Water Resources Application

Land Surface Processes andClimate Variability Study

Climate Change Study

GIS-Based Water Resources Engineering

Flash Flood Forecasting Model DevelopmentRadar Rainfall Estimation and Its Hydrologic
Application
Operation of Urban Experimental Watershed

5 What is the benefits for Korean SideInternational research collaborations with all countries representatives
representatives

Data sharing for technology development
Technology transfer
 Interesting technology ?
 Need to train Korean target groups ?
(e.g., Administrative / Government officials)
 Need to make a new funding for researches and trainings ?

Legend :3 : being applied
2 : applicable
1 : potentially applicable
0 : not applicableThank you for your attention

Needs and Proposals for Capacity
Building in Korea

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Needs-Interaction technology between atmosphericsciences and hydrology
Numerical weather predictions at KMA/MOST- GDAPS for 110×110 and 220×220km- RDAPS for 30×30km (5-km res. Test)- GTS network for global observations of on-site and RS data
- Short-term(48 hrs), weekly(48hr-7days), long-term (monthly, seasonal,bi-annual) weather forecast information are provided

Real-time flood forecasts at FCCs/MOCT- Operate event-oriented FF model- Collect real-time prec. and stage data by telemeters

Uncertainties of flood forecasts- inaccurate information of weather forecasts and runoff simulations- non-existence of interaction technology between these two fields

Needs-Interaction technology between atmosphericsciences and hydrology

IEvaluation of these interaction- Weather forecasts system- Flow simulations system- Met. and hydro. observation systems

Regional requirement under existing infrastructure- Development of technology for weather forecast improvement- Distributed-type hydrologic modeling with RS data
- Interaction technology between these two fields

Need 11- RealReal-time flood forecasting technology by using
shortshort-term weather forecast
Need 22- Development of flash flood guidance system
Need 33- Wise use of satellite data and weather forecast
information for water resource management

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Porposals-data collection and technology development
on demonstration basin for capacity building

Demonstration basin – data collection
Characteristics of ChoongChoong-Ju basin

Key MapLocation

App. 128ºE, 37ºN

Basin Areas

6662 km2

Catchment Lengths

321.9 kmElevation70-1570 EL.m

Land Use

Mountain

Annual MAP

1149 mm

Available data
Raingauge St.

46 (weather radar data)

Stage St.

5Evaporation

Pan data

GIS

DEM, Landuse, Soil map

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Porposals-data collection and technology development
on demonstration basin for capacity building

Technology development – Interactions between
atmosphere and hydrology- Understanding numerical weather forecasts according to forecast lead time(for both KMA and AWCI outputs)- Use of satellite data for enhancement of water resources management
and also for flood management- Application of various runoff models (conceptual, distributed models)- Developing interaction technologies between these two fields for bothflood forecasting and water resources management

Regional requirement under existing infrastructure