This research is part of a project conducted jointly between researchers at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the USA (Dr. Emad Habib, PI) and the operational and engineering staff of the Nile Forecasting Center (NFC) at the Planning Sector of the Egyptian Ministry of the Water Resources and Irrigation. The research includes a close collaboration with Dr. Robert Kuligowski at the NOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR).
Research Objectives
- Improve existing estimation methodologies over the Nile Basin by introducing new capabilities for ingesting multiple infrared and microwave satellite observations. This component is implemented in close collaboration with the NOAA-NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR).
- Evaluate operational satellite rainfall algorithms that have global coverage (e.g., Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission and other sources TMPA-3B42 product, NOAA-CPC CMORPH product) for hydrologic applications over the Nile Basin.
- Strengthen the capacity of participating Egyptian researchers to develop high quality rainfall and hydrologic forecasting tools that take advantage of recent advances in satellite data and algorithms.
- Provide insight for useful refinements to NOAA-NESDIS rainfall estimation algorithms from SEVIRI sensors that are similar to those onboard the new generation of NOAA satellites.
Research Activities and Results
Adaptation of a MW-calibrated Multi-sensor Infrared Estimation Algorithm over the Nile Basin
Climatology-focused Evaluation of CMORPH and TMPA Satellite Rainfall Products over the Nile Basin
Evaluation of Biases in the 0.25°, 3-houlry CMORPH product over the Lake Tana Basin
Evaluation of the CMORPH product on hourly time scales over the source of the Blue Nile River
Bias Correction of the High-Resolution CMORPH Product for Rainfall-Runoff Modeling over the Gilgel Abbay Watershed, Ethiopia.