Remote sensing and spatial data for a better management of the groundwater resources
OSS reports on its website that the Coordination Unit of the North Western Sahara Aquifer System Consultation Mechanism (NWSAS-CM), organized, on September 21-22, in partnership with the GMES and Africa project - OSS-North Africa Consortium, the second online training workshop on Earth Observation for water management and the use of the MISBAR platform as a monitoring tool for irrigated areas
This workshop targeted the NWSAS-CM water and natural resources managers as well as the
groundwater resources management technical staff from Algeria, Libya and Tunisia. It aimed to :
http://projet.oss-online.org/GMES-Africa/en/blog/remote-sensing-and-spatial-data-better-management-nwsas-groundwater-resources
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The North Western Sahara Aquifer System (NWSAS) extends over more than one million km² and is shared by Algeria, Libya and Tunisia. Its almost-fossil water reserves amount to approximately 60,000 billion m3 including 1 billion m3 of renewable resources. Promoting sustainable management of transboundary water resources in this aquifer is a challenge that the three countries need to take up to ensure a sustainable development in one of the most frail regions of the African continent.
MISBAR (Monitoring Integrated Services for Best Assessment of Natural Resources), was developed by the OSS as part of GMES and Africa - OSS-North Africa Consortium and is a tool for monitoring irrigated areas based on spatial data. MISBAR provides users with decision support tools for better knowledge and management of groundwater and contributes to good governance and spatio-temporal monitoring of these resources exploitation, http://misbar.oss-online.org/
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Hydro-geophysical monitoring of the North Western Sahara Aquifer System's groundwater resources using gravity data, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1464343X21000893
North-Western Sahara Aquifer System (NWSAS) Project,
https://iwlearn.net/documents/legal-frameworks/north-western-sahara-aquifer-system-nwsas
- Present the features and services of the MISBAR platform ;
- Explain the importance of these tools in estimating groundwater withdrawals for agricultural use, and
- Train national stakeholders on the use of the MISBAR services, making practical demonstrations of use cases related to the NWSAS context.
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About
The North Western Sahara Aquifer System (NWSAS) extends over more than one million km² and is shared by Algeria, Libya and Tunisia. Its almost-fossil water reserves amount to approximately 60,000 billion m3 including 1 billion m3 of renewable resources. Promoting sustainable management of transboundary water resources in this aquifer is a challenge that the three countries need to take up to ensure a sustainable development in one of the most frail regions of the African continent.
MISBAR (Monitoring Integrated Services for Best Assessment of Natural Resources), was developed by the OSS as part of GMES and Africa - OSS-North Africa Consortium and is a tool for monitoring irrigated areas based on spatial data. MISBAR provides users with decision support tools for better knowledge and management of groundwater and contributes to good governance and spatio-temporal monitoring of these resources exploitation, http://misbar.oss-online.org/
Hydro-geophysical monitoring of the North Western Sahara Aquifer System's groundwater resources using gravity data, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1464343X21000893
North-Western Sahara Aquifer System (NWSAS) Project,
https://iwlearn.net/documents/legal-frameworks/north-western-sahara-aquifer-system-nwsas
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