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Satellite Remote Sensing and GIS as an input to monitor sediment transportation into Mangla reservoir On 31st May, 2006
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Guest Speakers
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Prof. Dr. Bob Wasson
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research, Charles Darwin University . Darwin , Northern Territory , Australia , 0909 |
Prof. Dr. Waqar Ahmad
Coordinator, School Remote Sensing & GIS , Faculty of Education, Health and Science, Charles Darwin University
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 0909 |
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Organizing Committee
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Prof. Dr. Mujahid Kamran
Dean Faculty of Science, University of the Punjab . |
Dr. Syed Mansoor Sarwar
Principal, Punjab University College of Information Technology, University of the Punjab . |
Muhammad Nawaz
Coordinator/Assistant Professor, GIS Center , PUCIT, Allama Iqbal (Old) Campus Punjab University , Lahore , Pakistan |
Farha Sattar
Lecturer, GIS Center , PUCIT, Allama Iqbal (Old) Campus Punjab University , Lahore , Pakistan |
M. Hamid Chaudhry
Lecturer, GIS Center , PUCIT, Allama Iqbal (Old) Campus Punjab University , Lahore , Pakistan |
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Aims and Objectives:
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| This seminar is being arranged in connection of the project that is shaping up among the GIS Centre, HEC and CDU. The aims and objectives of the project are given below. |
| Mangla Reservoir is on the Jhelum River in northern Pakistan . It is a large reservoir of 7280x10 6 m 3 gross storage capacity (when constructed in 1967) which is used for hydro-electric power generation and irrigation, and is of great economic importance. By 1999, 19.22% of the capacity of the reservoir had been lost because of sedimentation. This is a rate of 0.6% per year. Alarmed by this rate of loss, the Government of Pakistan initiated in 2000 a project to raise the dam wall and thereby increase storage capacity by 3840 x 10 6 m 3 . While the increased capacity will extend the life of the reservoir, it is also desirable to reduce the sedimentation rate if the benefit of the greater capacity is to be maximised. Management of the catchment to reduce erosion and sediment transport is therefore a priority activity. |
| Project will evaluate the use of satellite based remotely sensed data sets, digital image processing techniques and the use of GIS to quantify over time changes in the Mangla catchment. The outcome of this project firstly, will be a technical report highlighting the methodology involved and statistical summaries highlighting over time changes in the catchment area. Secondly, this will assist in the identification of the underlying factors and the processes responsible for the soil erosion and the transportation of sediments into the Mangla reservoir. |
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Country Benefits
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| This seminar is being conducted in connection of the project that is shaping up among the GIS Centre, HEC and CDU. The project / seminar is expected to render the following benefits. |
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A final report 3.5 years after the project begins that sets out a scientific basis for whole-of-catchment management. The final report will consist of the following: |
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A land use cover change map of the Mangla Catchment (1975 to 2005). |
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Identification of sediment sources in the Mangla Catchment. |
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Modelling erosion-sediment transportation systems in the Mangla Catchment. |
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Recommendations for the Mangla catchment managers to reduce soil loss |
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Annual interim reports on progress, presented in person at workshops in Pakistan . |
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Enhanced skills for Pakistani collaborators from Punjab University . |
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Three Pakistani PhD graduates trained in cutting-edge approaches in: catchment sediment budgeting; remote sensing of factors linked to the sediment budget that contribute to reservoir sedimentation; modelling of catchment erosion and sediment transport processes providing a basis for analysis of the catchment. |
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Production of high quality research publications for international, peer-reviewed scientific journals |
