CEOP-AEGIS - 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

Objective

Human life and the entire ecosystem of South East Asia depend upon the monsoon climate and its predictability. More than 40% of the earth's population lives in this region. Droughts and floods associated with the variability of rainfall frequently cause serious damage to ecosystems in these regions and, more importantly, injury and loss of human life.

The headwater areas of seven major rivers in SE Asia, i.e. Yellow River, Yangtze, Mekong, Salween, Irrawaddy, Brahmaputra and Ganges, are located in the Tibetan Plateau. Estimates of the Plateau water balance rely on sparse and scarce observations that cannot provide the required accuracy, spatial density and temporal frequency. Fully integrated use of satellite and ground observations is necessary to support water resources management in SE Asia and to clarify the roles of the interactions between the land surface and the atmosphere over the Tibetan Plateau in the Asian monsoon system.

Total cost: EUR 4 462 293
EU contribution: EUR 3 403 076
Coordinated in: France
Subprogramme: ENV.2007.4.1.4.2. - Improving observing systems for water resource management
Call for proposal: FP7-ENV-2007-1
Funding scheme: CP-SICA - Collaborative project for specific cooperation actions dedicated to international cooperation partner countries (SICA)

Coordinator: UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG France

Participants

• UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE Netherlands
• ARIESPACE SRL Italy
• UNIVERSITAET BAYREUTH Germany
• STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK Netherlands
• UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA Spain
• INSTITUTE OF TIBETAN PLATEAU RESEARCH CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES China
• CHINESE ACADEMY OF METEOROLOGICAL SCIENCES China
• BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY China
• UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA Japan
• WATERWATCH BV Netherlands
• COLD AND ARID REGIONS ENVIRONMENTALAND ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE China
• UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FERRARA Italy
• INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES China
• INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS China
• FUTUREWATER BV Netherlands
• TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT Netherlands
• NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROURKELA India