THE MEKONG HYCOS PROJECT

KHEM SOTHEA

OPERATIONAL HYDROLOGISTINFORMATION & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME

(IKMP) OF THE MRCS

9th WIAG MEETING GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

08th – 09th December 2011

The World HYCOS Programme (WHYCOS)

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SADCLA

PLATA

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AMAZON

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DANUBE

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BLACK SEA

CARIB

BALTIC

IGAD

CONGO

Mekong-HYCOS

Physical Characteristic

Total Upper MK Lower MK

Length (km) 4,800 2,200 2,600

Catchment area (km2) 795,000 189,000 606,000

Flow (mcm) 457,000 82,260 374,740

8th largest and 12th longest river of the world

Area Flow

21% 16%Area Flow

25% 35%

Area Flow

23% 18%

Area Flow

3% 2% Area Flow

25% 35%

Area Flow

20% 18%

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The Natural Resources of the Mekong Basin

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The Mekong ConstrainThe Mekong Constrain

• Rich water related resources and unique biodiversity and large fisheries • Still limited water infrastructure

• Millions of people depend on capture fisheries and other resources

•Remains among one of the world’s poorest regions (Flood and Drought….)

•Increasing demand for water resources development to reduce poverty and support an increasing population

On 5 April 1995, four countries of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam signed the

Agreement Cooperation for Sustainable Development of the Mekong River Basin

The Establishment of the Mekong River Commission Secretariat (MRCS)

6Office in Vientiane, Lao PDR Office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

In order to operate and manage the modern systems for near –real time data collection and management on flood forecasting, data exchange and information dissemination in both the national and regionalcontext, the Mekong-HYCOS project has been established.

Time frame and Project Budget The project has planned for 2007 to 2012 with 3 main steps :

The Inception Phase (1 year) (Jan –Dec 2007)The Construction Phase (0.5 year) (Jan –Jun 2008)Follow-up of the system (3.5 years) (Jun 2008-Dec 2011)

Project Budget3,000,000.€uro : 2008 to Mar 2012 0.5 mil.€ (funded by AFD): 13 January 2006 2.5 mil. € (funded by AFD/FFEM): 10 May 2006

The Mekong-HYCOS Project

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Executing Agency: IKMP/MRCSPartner Agency: WMODonors: AFDNational Coordinating Agencies: NMCsImplementing Agencies: Line Agencies

National Coordinating Agencies•NMC Focal pointsImplementation Agencies •National Hydro-met Services•Cambodia•Lao PDR•Thailand•Vietnam •China Counterpart

Project Management Unit•Technical Advisor•Project Manager•Asset Manager•Regional Database Expert•SecretaryTechnical Assistance : CNR/IRD•Technical Assistance/Commissioning•Int’l Telemetry Expert Equipment Supplier : OTT•Int’l Equipment Supplier Expert

Steering Committee ofInformation and Knowledge Management Programme (IKMP)

in MRCS

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Installed EquipmentAutomatically Measuring Water Levels:1. Bubbler (measuring hydrostatic pressure) 2. Shaft Encoder (measuring distance along a threat)3. Radar (measuring time of return signals)

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Hydro-met Station in Cambodia

Lumphat station

Sisophone station

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Hydro-met station in Lao PDR

Phieng Luang station

Vientiane Km-4 station

Hydro-met station in Thailand

Ban Mai Budeang station

Nakhon Naphnom station

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Hydro-met station in Vietnam

My Thuan station

Giang Son station

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Hydrological Stations in China

Jinghong

Man’An

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1. CAMBODIA: 122. LAO PDR: 123. THAILAND: 114. VIET NAM: 125. CHINA: 2TOTAL: 49 STATIONS

It provides the information on flood situation in every 15 min as available at:

http://portal.mrcmekong.org/cms/mrc-near-real-time-river-monitoring-network-map

MRC Near-Real Time River Monitoring

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Central Database for data and InformationMaster Catalogue (Geo network *)

Quality Assurance of dataHM QA algorithms level 01,02,03, HYDRAS3, Manuals

MetadataISO 19115/139

Access to data and informationMRCS Portal

*GeoNetwork is a web based Geographic Metadata Catalog System developed by FAO-UN, WFP and UNEP. The system implements the ISO19115/19139 Geographic Metadata, harvesting and synchronization of metadata between distributed catalogues (GeoNetwork, CSW, Z39.50, OGC WxS, WebDav, Thredds, Local filesystem, OAI-PMH)

Data Management

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Data Management

QA datasets

Raw datasets

Time series Master Catalogue

(MC)By GeoNetwork

Real time

Historical

GIS series

Vector data

Raster data

Non Time series

SEE data

Video, Audio, Model results…

Quality Assurance /

Quality Control

Add Metadata

ISO 19115/139

PORTALAccess services

DownloadLicensesPayment

ToolsGoogle Earth preview

Tools

Relational Databases

Atlases

Learning Tools Virtual Mekong Basin

Internet

FTP download service

Google Earth preview

http://portal.mrcmekong.org/

Internet

Vital Services

ESTABLISHED

http://monitoring.mrcmekong.orghttp://portal.mrcmekong.org/

Activity 1:: Capacity Building (Training of trainer and Capacity Building (Training of trainer and observers and technicians in the 4 riparian countries)observers and technicians in the 4 riparian countries)

Activity 2:: Spare-part for the MRC hydro meteorological Spare-part for the MRC hydro meteorological networknetwork Activity 3: Discharge Measurements Activity 4:: Hydro-met network ownership . Handover Hydro-met network ownership . Handover Ceremony for Country OwnershipCeremony for Country Ownership

Activity 5: : Project Evaluation and Workshop

Action Plan

Conclusion

The Mekong-HYCOS has been yielded a core function of long-term sustainability for Hydro-met network to member

countries of the Lower Mekong Basin under technical support by the International Consultants (CNR/IRD) and

WMO.

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Thank you for your attention