GC23G:
Use of Earth Observations in Mitigating Major Environmental Challenges in South and Southeast Asia II Posters

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Session ID#: 13780

Session Description:
Changing climate and increased population pressures are increasing the complexity of resource allocation and other environmental decision making in the Himalayan region. This session focuses on basic and applied research efforts in the region that incorporate Earth observations and products to generate tools and products to support the environmental decision making by governmental institutions, non-governmental agencies, and the general public.  The major challenges facing the region are particularly acute in food security and agriculture, water resources management, disaster risk reduction, and rapidly changing land use and ecosystems. These challenges are exacerbated when viewed through the lens of climate change. Submissions are welcome from researchers focusing on addressing these societal challenges for the Hindu Kush-Himalaya region.
Primary Convener:  William L Crosson, Universities Space Research Association at NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL, United States
Conveners:  David Ganz, Asian Disaster Reduction Center, Tokyo, Japan, Peeranan Towashiraporn, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Bangkok, Thailand and Eric Ross Anderson, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Earth System Science Center, Huntsville, United States
Chairs:  Birendra Bajracharya, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal, Mir A Matin, ICIMOD, Kathmandu, Nepal and Ashutosh S Limaye, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Eric Ross Anderson, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Earth System Science Center, Huntsville, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • ED - Education
  • H - Hydrology
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

1616 Climate variability [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1632 Land cover change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1640 Remote sensing [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1655 Water cycles [GLOBAL CHANGE]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Trend in Air Quality of Kathmandu Valley: A Satellite, Observation and Modelling Perspective (178631)
Parth SARATHI Mahapatra1,2, Puppala S Praveen3, Bhupesh Adhikary1, Arnico K Panday1, Davide Putero4 and Paolo Bonasoni4, (1)International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, Nepal, (2)Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar, India, (3)International Center for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, Nepal, (4)National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC), Bologna, Italy
Linking global water demand and supply using remote sensing products (171324)
Ate Poortinga1, Lan Thanh Ha2,3, Nam Phuong Vu2, David S Saah4,5, Peter Guild Cutter6, Austin Troy6,7 and David Ganz8, (1)Vietnam Forests and Deltas Program, Hanoi, Vietnam, (2)Institute of Water Resources Planning, Hanoi, Vietnam, (3)Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands, (4)University of San Francisco, Geospatial Analysis Lab, San Francisco, CA, United States, (5)Spatial Informatics Group, LLC, Pleasanton, United States, (6)Spatial Informatics Group, LLC, Alameda, CA, United States, (7)University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, United States, (8)Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Bangkok, Thailand
Utilization of downscaled microwave satellite data and GRACE Total Water Storage anomalies for improving streamflow prediction in the Lower Mekong Basin (151062)
Venkataraman Lakshmi, University of Virginia, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Charlottesville, United States, Manika Gupta, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and John D Bolten, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
Large scale hydrologic modeling of ecologically important flow metrics of rivers of the Himalayas. (198593)
M. Alfi Hasan1, Soni M Pradhanang2 and Ali S Akanda1, (1)University of Rhode Island, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Narragansett, RI, United States, (2)University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, United States
Assessing dam development, land use conversion, and climate change pressures on tributary river flows and water quality of the Mekong’s Tonle Sap basin. (166919)
Thomas A Cochrane1, Mauricio Eduardo Arias2, Chantha Oeurng1, Mike Arnaiz1 and Thanapon Piman1, (1)University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, (2)University of South Florida, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Tampa, United States
Compiling an Open Database of Dam Inundation Areas on the Irrawaddy, Salween, Mekong, and Red River Basins (173020)
Peter Guild Cutter1, Ariel Walcutt2, Jarleth O’Neil-Dunne1, Kim Geheb3, Austin Troy4, David S Saah5 and David Ganz2, (1)Spatial Informatics Group, LLC, Alameda, CA, United States, (2)Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Bangkok, Thailand, (3)Greater Mekong CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems, Vientiane, Laos, (4)University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, United States, (5)Spatial Informatics Group, LLC, Pleasanton, United States
Investigation Into the Effects of Climate Variability and Land Cover Change on the Hydrologic System of the Lower Mekong Basin (141561)
Kel Nicolas Markert1, Robert Griffin2, Ashutosh S Limaye3, Richard T McNider2 and Eric Ross Anderson4, (1)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Earth System Science Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, (2)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, (3)NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, (4)University of Alabama, NASA/SERVIR Science Coordination Office, Earth System Science Center, Huntsville, AL, United States
Assessment of vulnerability of forest ecosystems to climate change and adaptation planning in Nepal (182462)
Vishwas Sudhir Chitale, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, Nepal and Mir A Matin, ICIMOD, Kathmandu, Nepal
MEKONG REGIONAL LAND COVER MONITORING SYSTEM REFERENCE METHODS (164542)
David Saah1, Aekkapol Aekakkararungroj2, Kittiphong Phongsapan2, Peeranan Towashiraporn3, Jack Triepke4, Paul Maus5, Karis Tenneson5, Eric Ross Anderson6, Peter Guild Cutter7, David Ganz8, Ate Poortinga7 and Kel Nicolas Markert6, (1)University of San Francisco, Environmental Science, San Francisco, CA, United States, (2)Asian Disaster Prepapredness Center, Climate Chnage and Climate Risk Management, Bangkok, Thailand, (3)Asian Disaster Perpardness Center, SERVIR-Mekong & Geospatial Information, Bangkok, Thailand, (4)USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (5)USDA Forest Service, RSAC, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (6)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Earth System Science Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, (7)Spatial Informatics Group, LLC, Alameda, CA, United States, (8)Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Bangkok, Thailand

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