The Project:
• Why SEA-BASINS
• Implementation
• Partner Network

NAGA
• Strategy
• SE Asia Models
• Informatics

Active Basins
• Mekong Basin
• Sub-basins

• Restricted Papers
• Restricted Data

Active Basins: Mekong Basin

Please view in pdf or ppt the poster presented at the American Meteorological Society, January, 2004.

The primary focus of SEA-BASINS to date has been the Mekong River Basin. The key set of interdependent issues include:

• Climate forcing on water availability and seasonality
• Conversion and support of land for agriculture and other landuses
• Water in channels for
  • Flood detection and control
  • Availability for navigation, irrigation, timber floating
• Dams and withdrawal of water for irrigation
• Fisheries (floodplain habitat change)
• Water quality, salinization and sediment transport

The Physical Template
DEM

• Mekong Basin DEM 1km
• Mekong Basin DEM 1/4 Degree (used for initial VIC)

River Basins and Networks Mekong Major and Minor Rivers

• Anatomy of the Mekong River Network
• Mekong Flow Accumulation and Direction
• Mekong Routing Network 1/8 Degree
• Mekong Routing Network 1/4 Degree

Soils

• IGBP 5-Minute Soils Data (0-30cm)

Climatology and Streamflow
Precipitation

• TRMM September 27, 2000
• TRMM "Daily Animation" Jan-Sept 2000
• GPCP "Mean Monthly Animation" 1950-1996
• Precipitation Patterns Over the Mekong

Streamflow

• Mekong GRDC and MRC Stations
• GRDC vs MRC Stations
• 16 Mekong Stations for VIC Validation

Landuse and Landcover

• Mekong Landcover IGBP 1km
• Percent Tree Cover
• Mekong Vegetation Cover, 1/4 Degree (used for initial VIC)
• Historic Mekong
• JERS Synthetic Aperture Radar
• LANDSAT of the Tonle Sap

Process Models: Initial Analysis and Scenarios

• VIC 1980-2000 Calibration
• VIC 1980-2000 Observed vs Simulated 1/4 Degree
• Prototype Reservoirs
• Mekong Flood Analysis