CAS visiting scholarship for scholars from developing countries
Dear Asian G-WADI members,
Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) visitor scholarship is available for all our Asian G-WADI member countries. This scholarship is specially to support scholars from developing countries to have a short-term collaborative work with CAS member institutes (including Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAREERI/CAS), which is the host institute of secretariat of Asian G-WADI).
To apply this scholarship, below steps are advised,
- Contact a professor of CAS (Chinese partner) to express the interest and find out a potential collaborative research subject. (Asian G-WADI members of interest could contact Professor Xin Li (lixin@lzb.ac.cn) and Professor Zhuotong Nan (nztong@lzb.ac.cn) of CAREERI/CAS)
- Fill up Application forms, which include a recommendation form in Chinese to be completed by the Chinese professor and an application form in English to be completed and signed by the applicant)
- Prepare necessary materials including passport copy, CV, copy of Ph.D degree diploma attained, and publications in late 5 years.
- The Chinese partner should fill up other necessary paperwork and then submit to the CAS .
Scholarship types,
- A. Postdoctor fellowship, two years.
- B. Short-term visiting scholar, 3-6 months.
Qualifications,
- Type A, same as national postdoctor admission requirements. With Ph.D degree, usually younger than 40 years old
- Type B, with Ph.D degree, over 5 years working experience, outstanding in his/her own field.
Grants,
- Postdoctor, 150 thousand RMB (Chinese Yuan) per year, plus 15 thousand RMB for an international roundtrip
- Short-term visiting scholar, 22 thousand RMB per month, plus 15 thousand RMB for an international roundtrip
Important dates,
- Start date, March 25, 2013
- Due date, April 12, 2013
The doc file, including the recommendation form in Chinese and the application form in English, is attached for reference.
recomm_appli_forms_chs_en (Word, 28KB)
CAS-TWAS President’s Fellowship Programme for PhD Candidates from Developing Countries
According to a new agreement between the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Academy of Sciences for the developing world (TWAS), up to 140 students/scholars per year from the developing world will be sponsored to travel to China for up to four years’ of PhD study and research.
The CAS-TWAS President’s Fellowship Programme provides students/scholars from developing countries with the opportunity to pursue PhDs at University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and/or institutes of CAS around China.
Under the terms of the new CAS-TWAS agreement, TWAS will be responsible for providing round-trip travel support for 50 awardees each year to and from China, or for providing one way travel support for 80 awardees each year to China. TWAS will make active efforts to secure additional funds to cover more awardees for travel supports. In addition, TWAS will also cover visa related expenses and a contribution to excess luggage fees for stays in China of more than 12 months.
CAS will be responsible for a monthly payment to cover accommodation and living expenses.
Successful applicants will receive a monthly stipend (including living expenses, travel expenses and health insurances) of RMB 7,000 (approx. USD 1,100) or RMB 8,000 (approx. 1,250) from CAS through UCAS, depending on whether he/she has passed a qualification test arranged by UCAS for all PhD candidates after admission.
Awardees of the Fellowship will be exempted from tuition fees.
The funding duration of the Phd Program is 4 years, divided into:
* Maximum 1 year study of courses and participation in centralized training at the International College of UCAS (IC-UCAS) on Beijing campus, including 4 months compulsory courses in Chinese Language and Culture.
* Practical research and completion of degree dissertation at UCAS colleges, schools and CAS institutes.
Please read the attached adm_statement_eng_20130308.doc carefully and follow the steps advised.
Please note, our Asian G-WADI Secretariat, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute (CAREERI), is an affiliated institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), dedicated for Earth surface research in cold and arid region. Prof. Xin Li (lixin@lzb.ac.cn) and Prof. Zhuotong Nan (nztong@lzb.ac.cn) are both qualified to supervise PhD students supported by this fellowship.
Papers in the G-WADI special issue on SCAR
Posted by ToNG in Asian G-WADI Activities on March 7, 2013
G-WADI—the first decade, [PDF]
W. Mike Edmunds,Ramasamy Jayakumar,Anil Mishra,Abdin Salih,Soroosh Sorooshian,Howard S. Wheater and William Logan,2013.G-WADI—the first decade.Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions,5(1):0001~0005.
G-WADI PERSIANN-CCS GeoServer for extreme precipitation event monitoring, [PDF]
Kuolin Hsu,Scott Sellars,Phu Nguyen,Dan Braithwaite and Wei Chu,2013.G-WADI PERSIANN-CCS GeoServer for extreme precipitation event monitoring.Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions,5(1):0006~0015.
Water use efficiency in an arid watershed: a case study,[PDF]
Damaris Orphanopoulos,Koen Verbist,Alvaro Chavez and Guido Soto,2013.Water use efficiency in an arid watershed: a case study.Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions,5(1):0016~0026.
Effect of climate change on drinking water supply in Santiago de Chile, [PDF]
Gerardo Ahumada,David Bustos and María González,2013.Effect of climate change on drinking water supply in Santiago de Chile.Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions,5(1):0027~0034.
Integrated hydrologic modeling in the inland Heihe River Basin, Northwest China, [PDF]
YanBo Zhao,ZhuoTong Nan,Hao Chen,Xin Li,Ramasamy Jayakumar and WenJun Yu,2013.Integrated hydrologic modeling in the inland Heihe River Basin, Northwest China.Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions,5(1):0035~0050.
Wavelet analysis of the hydrological time series of Dalai Lake, Inner Mongolia, China, [PDF]
KeLi Jia and Jian Huang,2013.Wavelet analysis of the hydrological time series of Dalai Lake, Inner Mongolia, China.Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions,5(1):0051~0072.
Time-series analysis of monthly rainfall data for the Mahanadi River Basin, India, [PDF]
Janhabi Meher and Ramakar Jha,2013.Time-series analysis of monthly rainfall data for the Mahanadi River Basin, India.Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions,5(1):0073~0084.
Precipitation-runoff simulation for a Himalayan River Basin, India using artificial neural network algorithms, [PDF]
Ray Singh Meena,Ramakar Jha and Kishanjit Kumar Khatua,2013.Precipitation-runoff simulation for a Himalayan River Basin, India using artificial neural network algorithms.Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions,5(1):0085~0095.
Coping with water scarcity in Kashafroud G-WADI Basin, Iran: climate change or growing demands?, [PDF]
Sedigheh Torabi Palatkaleh,Niloofar Sadeghi,Kobra Estiri and Meisam Ashouri,2013.Coping with water scarcity in Kashafroud G-WADI Basin, Iran: climate change or growing demands?.Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions,5(1):0096~0108.
Climatic variations of general atmospheric circulation, precipitation and river flow of the territory of Kazakhstan, [PDF]
Vitaly Salnikov,Galina Turulina,Svetlana Polyakova,Marat Moldahmetov and Lyazzat Mahmudova,2013.Climatic variations of general atmospheric circulation, precipitation and river flow of the territory of Kazakhstan.Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions,5(1):0109~0113.
Study of Holocene glacier degradation in central Asia by isotopic methods for long-term forecast of climate changes, [PDF]
Vladimir I. Shatravin and Tamara V. Tuzova,2013.Study of Holocene glacier degradation in central Asia by isotopic methods for long-term forecast of climate changes.Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions,5(1):0114~0125.
Groundwater and surface water interactions in an alluvial plain, Tuul River Basin, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, [PDF]
Maki Tsujimura,Koichi Ikeda,Tadashi Tanaka,Lunten Janchivdorj,Badamgarav Erdenchimeg,Damdinbazar Unurjargal and Ramasamy Jayakumar,2013.Groundwater and surface water interactions in an alluvial plain, Tuul River Basin, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions,5(1):0126~0132.
Changing water regime and adaptation strategies in Upper Mustang Valley of Upper Kaligandaki Basin in Nepal, [PDF]
Prem Sagar Chapagain and Jagat K. Bhusal,2013.Changing water regime and adaptation strategies in Upper Mustang Valley of Upper Kaligandaki Basin in Nepal.Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions,5(1):0133~0139.
Assessing the impacts of climate change on water resources of a West African trans-boundary river basin and its environmental consequences (Senegal River Basin), [PDF]
Cheikh Bécaye Gaye,Moctar Diaw and Raymond Malou,2013.Assessing the impacts of climate change on water resources of a West African trans-boundary river basin and its environmental consequences (Senegal River Basin).Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions,5(1):0140~0156.
Water conservation in the Arab region: a must for survival, [PDF]
Gamal M. Abdo,Abdin M. A. Salih and Abdulmohsen Al-Sheikh,2013.Water conservation in the Arab region: a must for survival.Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions,5(1):0157~0164.
G-WADI @ Center for Hydrometeorology & Remote Sensing, UC Irvine
Water and Development Information for Arid Lands- A Global Network (G-WADI) at Center for Hydrometeorology & Remote Sensing, University of California, Irvine, has been developing several online data access and visualization tools that allow hydrologist to access high resolution precipitation estimates in real and near-real time. These include:
- Rapid Access to Country Data and 0.25° Precipitation Accumulation
- G-WADI Realtime High Resolution Precipitation Server
Recently, they have added tutorial videos to their PERSIANN (Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed Information using Artificial Neural Networks) G-WADI site about how to use the website http://chrs.web.uci.edu.
The tutorial videos demonstrate the use of the GWADI interface to visualize PERSIANN -CCS data. The address is http://persiann.eng.uci.edu/gwadi_tutorial_videos.html. Four language versions including English, Farsi, Chinese and Spanish are provided.
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Because Youtube is banned in China, we also uploaded English and Chinese versions to our Asian G-WADI website so that Chinese scientists can also watch them.
International workshop on remote sensing and eco-hydrology in arid regions in August 19-21, 2013, Lanzhou, China
Posted by ToNG in Asian G-WADI Activities on October 8, 2012
The workshop date and venue have been changed to September 16-20, 2013, Beijing, China. (Updated Mar 27, 2013)
Water resources are precious in arid regions and severe water scarcity is the principle factor that constrains the development of local economy and deteriorates local ecology conditions. Globally, arid and semi-arid areas face the greatest pressures to deliver and manage freshwater resources. It has been estimated that by the 1990s 40% of the world’s population were suffering from serious water shortages and this is set to increase, with two-thirds of the population living under water stress by 2025.
In wake of the importance of limited water resources in maintaining ecological balance and assuring sustainable socio-economic development and the increasing conflicts of water demands between social sectors and river reaches, it demands an integrated river basin management to coordinate water uses. As in arid regions, the runoff generation and evapotranspiration consumes are strongly related to ecological processes such as vegetation spatial variations and structural dynamics, it is critical to understand the inherent laws of ecohydrological processes, quantitatively formulating the formation and consumption of water resources. For this purpose, a traditional hydrological model shall integrate ecological components and take advantage of new data sources and techniques such as remote sensing, in order to improve its predictable accuracy.
UNESCO’s programme for Water and Development Information for Arid Lands – a Global Network (G-WADI) was established in 2004 by the 15th session of the Intergovernmental Council of the International Hydrological Programme (IHP). Strengthening the capacity to manage the water resources of arid and semi-arid areas through the established G-WADI network is one of the priorities of IHP- VII (2008-2013) ‘Water Dependencies: Systems under Stress and Societal Responses’.
Goals & Objectives of G-WADI:
G-WADI aims to strengthen the global capacity to manage the water resources of arid and semi-arid areas. Its primary goal is to build an effective global community through integration of selected existing materials from networks, centres, organizations, and individuals who become members of G-WADI. The network promotes international and regional cooperation in the arid and semi-arid areas.
Specific objectives include:
- improved understanding of the special characteristics of hydrological systems and water management needs in arid areas
- capacity building of individuals and institutions, matching supply with need
- broad dissemination of understanding of water in arid zones to the user community and the public
- sharing data and exchanging experience to support research and sound water management
- raising awareness of advanced technologies for data provision, data assimilation, and system analysis
- promoting integrated basin management and the use of appropriate decision support tools.
Workshop topics:
This workshop, International workshop on remote sensing and eco-hydrology in arid regions, will bring together international renowned experts and scholars from Asian G-WADI member countries in eco-hydrology and relevant fields to share their knowledge and successful strategies for integrating sustainability perspectives. The workshop will allow participants to learn from one another about the expertise, opportunities and challenges in remote sensing and eco-hydrology in arid regions.
In collaboration with Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences, also the secretariat of the G-WADI Asian Network, the workshop will be held during mid-August, 2013 in Lanzhou, a major city in Northwest China.
The workshop will include a 2-day workshop and 1-day special meeting for the Asian G-WADI network, as well as a 2-day post-workshop field visit to the Heihe river basin, which is one of pilot basins selected by G-WADI.
Workshop will be open to participants in relevant fields from Asian G-WADI member countries, including 8 Central Asian countries, i.e., Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Mongolia, as well as those from China, India, and Iran. Each country will nominate 2-3 people. We estimate 20 people from Central Asian countries and 9 from China, India, and Iran. Also, 10 international renowned scholars will be invited to deliver their keynote speaks. 4 UNESCO officials will also join the workshop and following Network meeting. Totally, we estimate 43 attendees, plus 4 volunteers to help us organize this workshop.
Workshop topics include,
a) Eco-hydrology processes and modelling in inland basins in arid regions
b) Integrated study of ecological and hydrological processes in inland river basins
c) Remote sensing applications to eco-hydrology in arid regions
d) Ecological security, water resource sustainable utilization and integrated river basin management in arid regions
List of participants:
Participants from 8 Central Asian countries, i.e., Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Mongolia, as well as those from China, India, and Iran. The Turkish fund would go to support participants from Central Asia.
Partnership:
Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAREERI/CAS)
UNESCO Beijing Office
UNESCO IHP/G-WADI
TIKA
Chinese Academy of Sciences
National Nature Science Foundation of China
POC:
Xin Li, Professor of CAREERI/CAS, Asian-GWADI Secretariat, lixin@lzb.ac.cn, +86-931-4967249
Zhuotong Nan, Professor of CAREERI/CAS, Asian-GWADI Secretariat, nztong@lzb.ac.cn, +98-931-4967236
Xiaoduo Pan, Assistant Professor of CAREERI/CAS, Asian-GWADI Secretariat, panxiaoduo@lzb.ac.cn, +98-931-4967961
