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Merging Hydrologic models and EO data for reliable information on Water
Start date:2011-01-01
End date:2013-12-31
Project Acronym:MYWATER
Project status:Execution
Coordinator
| Organization name:GMVIS SKYSOFT SA | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Antonio |
Av. D.Joao II Lote 1.17.02, Torre Fernao Magalhaes 7° LISBOA PORTUGAL Region:CONTINENTE LISBOA E VALE DO TEJO Grande Lisboa |
| Tel:+351-213829366 | |
| Fax:+351-213866493 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.gmv.com.pt | Organization Type: |
Description
Objective:
In the entire world we are experiencing changing water resources needs mainly as a result of changes in land use. In developing countries the occupation of natural areas by agriculture is a major cause; economical reasons pushed by world globalization play also a major role. In both cases further global changes are expected as a result of climate change.
Water availability is essential for socio-economic activities and citizens expect catchment managers to take the necessary measures for assuring quantity and quality for direct and indirect human consumption. The knowledge of the processes determining water fate, actual reserves and the capacity to forecast water consumption are essential for catchment managers decision making.
Land use change drives the modification of three interdependent global variables of the watershed: evapotranspirated water, biomass production and soil organic matter content. The assessment of the consequences of land use changes requires the capacity for studying those global variables on an integrated way. Catchment models can simulate those interactions together with all the processes that determine plant dynamics and are major tools for integrated studies, essential to decision makers.
The MyWater project aims at developing a water management system integrating satellite data, models and in situ data in order to improve knowledge and create the forecasting capabilities necessary to catchment managers, and at the same time optimizing the ratio cost/benefit of water resources monitoring.
The specific products of the project are: 1) A webGIS data tool; 2) Tools for improving operational model exploitation; 3) Training and technological transfer.
The MyWater consortium includes representatives of the type of users expected. For that reason the consortium includes European, African and Latin-American teams to work in selected case studies (Portugal, Greece, Netherlands, Mozambique and Brazil).
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Project Details
Start date:2011-01-01
End date:2013-12-31
Duration:36 months
Project Reference:263188
Project cost:2915842 EURO
Project Funding:2273832 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP7-SPACE
Programme type:Seventh Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Stimulating the development of GMES services in specific areas
Contract type:Collaborative project (generic)
URL:http://mywater-fp7.eu/
Subject index:Environmental Protection, Security
Results for this Project
Documents for this Project
Other participants
| Organization name:INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS | |
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Name:Reynaldo Luiz |
Avenida dos Astronautas 1758 SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS BRAZIL Region: |
| Tel:+55-1231869515 | |
| Fax:+55-1231869231 | |
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| URL:http://www.inpe.br | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION | |
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Name:Kris |
Rue de la Loi 200 BRUSSELS BELGIQUE-BELGIË Region:REG.BRUXELLES-CAP./BRUSSELS HFDST. GEW. |
| Tel:+39-0332785018 | |
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| URL:http://www.jrc.ec.europa.eu | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO | |
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Name:Teresa |
Avenida Rovisco Pais 1 LISBOA PORTUGAL Region:CONTINENTE LISBOA E VALE DO TEJO Grande Lisboa |
| Tel:+351-218417381 | |
| Fax:+351-218417154 | |
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| URL:http://www.ist.utl.pt | Organization Type:Education,Other |
| Organization name:UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION -UNESCO | |
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Name:Schalk-jan |
Place de Fontenoy 7 PARIS FRANCE Region:ÎLE DE FRANCE Ile de France Paris |
| Tel:+31-152151803 | |
| Fax:+31-152122921 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.unesco.org | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:HYDROLOGIC RESEARCH BV | |
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Name:Arnold |
Oliemolen 25 DELFT NEDERLAND Region:WEST-NEDERLAND ZUID-HOLLAND Delft en Westland |
| Tel:+31-651157333 | |
| Fax:+31-334753879 | |
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| Organization name:ARISTOTELIO PANEPISTIMIO THESSALONIKIS | |
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Name:Georgia |
Administration Building, University Campus. THESSALONIKI HELLAS Region:VOREIA ELLADA KENTRIKI MAKEDONIA Thessaloniki |
| Tel:+30-2310996741 | |
| Fax:+30-2310853283 | |
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| URL:http://www.auth.gr | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:UNIVERSIDADE EDUARDO MONDLANE | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Helena |
Reitoria Da Universidade, Praca 25 De Junho 257 257 MAPUTO MOZAMBIQUE Region: |
| Tel:+258-21492177 | |
| Fax:+258-21492176 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.uem.mz | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:PANNON EGYETEM | |
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Name:András |
Egyetem 10 158 VESZPREM MAGYARORSZAG Region:KOZEP-DUNANTUL Veszprem |
| Tel:+36-83545332 | |
| Fax:+36-83545332 | |
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| URL:http://www.uni-pannon.hu | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:HIDROMOD MODELACAO EM ENGENHARIA LDA | |
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Name:Adélio |
RUA RUI TELES PALHINHA 4 PISO 1 PORTO SALVO PORTUGAL Region:CONTINENTE LISBOA E VALE DO TEJO Grande Lisboa |
| Tel:+351-21848601 | |
| Fax:+351-218484621 | |
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| URL:http://www.hidromod.com | Organization Type: |
Record control number:97374
