The 2nd summer school was held on July 13-16, 2010 in Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China. It attracted 408 international participants, including graduate students, young scholars and researchers, most coming from Asian countries. Twenty-three outstanding scientists in this field from worldwide have shared their state-of-the-art knowledge on land surface observing, modeling, data assimilation methods and associated case studies. Considering the background of participants, most speeches were delivered in Chinese. In order to help non-Chinese participants have a better understanding, simultaneous translations from Chinese to English has been offered during the entire period of summer school.
The objective of this summer school is to help more researchers, especially young scientists, get the latest information and techniques in land surface studies and data assimilation.
The summer school was followed by the 3rd Asian G-WADI Network Meeting that was held on Saturday, July 17th 2010 at the Institute of Remote Sensing Applications of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing.
-Presentations can be downloaded by right-clicking the following links. All are in MS powerpoint format.
UNESCO’s G-WADI Program: Intended Objectives and Role of G-WADI Basins, Prof. Soroosh Sorooshian (16.7MB)
Asian G-WADI Activities, Dr. Xin Li/Asia G-WADI Secretariat (21.2MB)
Country report: the Heihe river basin case study, Dr. Zhuotong Nan (18.3MB)
Climate Change Initiative, Country report from Iran, Dr. Sedigheh Torabi (5.17MB)
Progress of G-WADI in India, Dr. Bhanu Neupane (3.21MB)
COUNTRY REPORT AFGAHNISTAN, Kabul river basin, Lutfullah “Amarkhail” (2.26MB)
Proposal to G-WADI pilot basin: Dalai (Hulun) Lake, China, Prof. YANG Peiling (22.6MB)
G-WADI Activities in IRAN, Dr. Sedigheh Torabi (22.5MB)
IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON WATER RESOURCES OF ZARQA RIVER BASIN, Lama Masalha, UNESCO Amman Office (1.70MB)
Balkash basin of Kazakhstan, Mr. Manat Agzam (6.99MB)
Issyk-Kul Lake basin, Kyrgyz Republic, Saadat Tashbaeva (1.06MB)
Tuul River Basin, Mongolia, Ms.S.Baasansuren/Ms.J.Otgonbayar (3.16MB)
Vakhsh River Basin (VRB), Tajikistan, Bokiev Obid Sodikovich (1.96MB)
The Asian G-WADI Network meeting was held on Saturday the 17th July 2010 at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Office in Beijing. The meeting was preceded by the 2nd Summer School on Land Surface Observing, Modeling and Data Assimilation which ran from Tuesday 13th July to Friday 16th July. Many of the attendees also attended the Summer School.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the way forward for the Asian G-WADI group and to update members on country progress in G-WADI pilot basins.
This technical report includes the following contents:
as well as an attachment, G-WADI Participants Contact Details.
Final 3rd Asian G-WADI meeting report, PDF, ~400KB
Representatives from 10 of the Asian G-WADI member countries (Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan and Tajikistan), as well as representatives from UNESCO Offices (Almaty/Amman/Beijing/New Delhi/Paris), and Prof. Soroosh Sorooshian (Member of Global Advisory Group of G-WADI), met in Beijing, China, on 17th July 2010.
Get the complete version (Statement 2010, PDF, 53KB)
Held on September 19-21, 2009
National Center of Space Research and Technologies, National Space Agency, Almaty, KAZAKHSTAN
In conclusion, the training workshop was a success. The workshop brought together well-known experts in various fields, including geospatial technologies and resource applications, which are critical in addressing sustainable resources assessment and management in arid and semi-arid regions like Central Asia. Participants expressed their appreciation and acknowledged that the training was very useful and they are planning to use the knowledge learned when they return to their countries.
At the same time, the trainers felt very happy that their research and methods can be used to address some practical issues. The interaction among the participants and trainers also promoted for some future collaboration possibilities.
Trainers:
Dr. Tatiana Loboda, University of Maryland
Prof. Mutlu Ozdogan, University of Wisconsin
Dr. Pontus Oloofsson, Boston University
Dr. Xin Li, Chinese Academy of Science in Lanzhou
Dr. Gensuo Jia, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dr. Phil Heilman, Southwest Watershed Research Center of USDA-ARS
Prof. Jiaguo Qi, Michigan State University and NASA LCLUC’s MAIRS Project Scientist
Organizers:
Dr. Jiaguo Qi, Professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Dr. Ailikun, Director, MAIRS’s Internationa Project Office, Institute of Atmospheric Physics
Participants:
Total participants of the workshop: ~60
-UNESCO_Training_Report (complete version, PDF)
