Updated information for WMO

1. THE MEKONG HYCOS
PROJECT
KHEM SOTHEA
OPERATIONAL HYDROLOGIST
INFORMATION & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME
(IKMP) OF THE MRCS
9th
WIAG MEETING
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
08th
– 09th
December 2011

2. The World HYCOS Programme
(WHYCOS)
MED
AOC
SADC
LA
PLATA
HIMALAYA
AMAZON
ARAL
DANUBE
NILE
BLACK SEA
CARIB
BALTIC
IGAD
CONGO
Mekong-HYCOS

3. Physical
Characteristic
Total Upper MK Lower MK
Length (km) 4,800 2,200 2,600
Catchment area (km2
) 795,000 189,000 606,000
Flow (mcm) 457,000 82,260 374,740
8th
largest and 12th
longest river of the world
Area Flow
21% 16%
Area Flow
25% 35%
Area Flow
23% 18%
Area Flow
3% 2% Area Flow
25% 35%
Area Flow
20% 18%
3

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The Natural Resources of the Mekong Basin

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The Mekong ConstrainThe Mekong Constrain
• Rich water related resources and unique
biodiversity and large fisheries
• Still limited water infrastructure
• Millions of people depend on capture
fisheries and other resources
•Remains among one of the world’s poorest
regions (Flood and Drought….)
•Increasing demand for water resources
development to reduce poverty and support
an increasing population

6. On 5 April 1995, four countries of Cambodia,
Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam signed the
Agreement Cooperation for Sustainable
Development of the Mekong River Basin
The Establishment of the Mekong River
Commission Secretariat (MRCS)
6Office in Vientiane, Lao PDR Office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

7. In order to operate and manage the modern systems for near –real time
data collection and management on flood forecasting, data exchange and
information dissemination in both the national and regional
context, the Mekong-HYCOS project has been established.
Time frame and Project Budget
The project has planned for 2007 to 2012 with 3 main steps :
The Inception Phase (1 year) (Jan –Dec 2007)
The Construction Phase (0.5 year) (Jan –Jun 2008)
Follow-up of the system (3.5 years) (Jun 2008-Dec 2011)
Project Budget 3,000,000.€uro : 2008 to Mar 2012
0.5 mil.€ (funded by AFD): 13 January 2006
2.5 mil. € (funded by AFD/FFEM): 10 May 2006
The Mekong-HYCOS Project

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Executing Agency: IKMP/MRCS
Partner Agency: WMO
Donors: AFD
National Coordinating Agencies: NMCs
Implementing Agencies: Line Agencies
National Coordinating Agencies
•NMC Focal points
Implementation Agencies
•National Hydro-met Services
•Cambodia
•Lao PDR
•Thailand
•Vietnam
•China Counterpart
Project Management Unit
•Technical Advisor
•Project Manager
•Asset Manager
•Regional Database Expert
•Secretary
Technical Assistance : CNR/IRD
•Technical Assistance/Commissioning
•Int’l Telemetry Expert
Equipment Supplier : OTT
•Int’l Equipment Supplier Expert
Steering Committee of
Information and Knowledge Management Programme (IKMP)
in MRCS

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Installed Equipment
Automatically Measuring Water Levels:
1. Bubbler (measuring hydrostatic pressure)
2. Shaft Encoder (measuring distance along a threat)
3. Radar (measuring time of return signals)

10. 10
Hydro-met Station in
Cambodia
Lumphat station
Sisophone station

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Hydro-met station in Lao PDR
Phieng Luang
station
Vientiane Km-4 station

12. Hydro-met station in Thailand
Ban Mai Budeang station
Nakhon Naphnom station

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Hydro-met station in Vietnam
My Thuan station
Giang Son station

14. 14
Hydrological Stations in China
Jinghong
Man’An

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1. CAMBODIA: 12
2. LAO PDR: 12
3. THAILAND: 11
4. VIET NAM: 12
5. CHINA: 2
TOTAL: 49 STATIONS
It provides the information on
flood situation in every 15
min as available at:
http://portal.mrcmekong.org/cms/m
rc-near-real-time-river-monitoring-
network-map
MRC Near-Real Time River Monitoring

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Central Database for data and Information
Master Catalogue (Geo network *)
Quality Assurance of data
HM QA algorithms level 01,02,03, HYDRAS3, Manuals
Metadata
ISO 19115/139
Access to data and information
MRCS Portal
*GeoNetwork is a web based Geographic Metadata Catalog System developed by FAO-UN, WFP
and UNEP. The system implements the ISO19115/19139 Geographic Metadata, harvesting and
synchronization of metadata between distributed catalogues (GeoNetwork, CSW, Z39.50, OGC WxS,
WebDav, Thredds, Local filesystem, OAI-PMH)
Data Management
ESTABLISHED

17. Data Management
QA datasets
Raw
datasets
Time series
Master
Catalogue
(MC)
By GeoNetwork
Real time
Historical
GIS series
Vector data
Raster data
Non Time series
SEE data
Video, Audio,
Model results…
Quality
Assurance /
Quality
Control
Add
Metadata
ISO
19115/139
PORTAL
Access services
Download
Licenses
Payment
Tools
Google Earth preview
Tools
Relational
Databases
Atlases
Learning Tools Virtual Mekong
Basin
Internet
FTP download
service
Google Earth
preview
http://portal.mrcmekong.org/
Internet

18. Vital Services
ESTABLISHED
http://monitoring.mrcmekong.org
http://portal.mrcmekong.org/

19. Activity 1:: Capacity Building (Training of trainer andCapacity Building (Training of trainer and
observers and technicians in the 4 riparian countries)observers and technicians in the 4 riparian countries)
Activity 2:: Spare-part for the MRC hydro meteorologicalSpare-part for the MRC hydro meteorological
networknetwork
Activity 3: Discharge Measurements
Activity 4:: Hydro-met network ownership . HandoverHydro-met network ownership . Handover
Ceremony for Country OwnershipCeremony for Country Ownership
Activity 5:: Project Evaluation and Workshop
Action Plan

20. Conclusion
The Mekong-HYCOS has been yielded a core function of
long-term sustainability for Hydro-met network to member
countries of the Lower Mekong Basin under technical
support by the International Consultants (CNR/IRD) and
WMO.

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Thank you for
your attention