WAter Risk Management (WARM) - France/China Co-operation Dr. Christine King(1), Prof. Li Jing(2) , Dr. Herve Yesou(3) , and Dr. Murielle Lafaye(4) (1) BRGM, 3, Avenue Claude Guillemin, 45 060 Orleans, France (2) Beijing Normal University, 19, Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing 100875, China (3) SERTIT, boulevard Sébastien Brandt, 67412 Illkirch, France (4) CNES, 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31401 Toulouse, France
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Abstract

Project supported by MOST (Cn), MRT and MAE (F), CNES and DRAGON ESA programme

The France-China research project WARM is involved in the Research Program in Network initiated by the both states China (MOST) and France (MRT and MAE). The objective of this network is to focus researches on the use of space in the thematic of flood and drought risks management by sharing experience between French and Chinese Consortia.

This network aims to improve methods and tools for flood and drought management using space technologies.. Space Earth observation coupled with physically based models should give realistic input in the hydrological modelling and permit to access to some evolution indicators useful for land use or urban planning policies at the scale of catchment and hydrological balances. Observation space archived deals also with the global scale analysis of potentially vulnerable areas (socio-economic consequences of an eventual hazard). Users seek to improve the prevention with methodologies facilitating the assessment of flood hazards, the test of scenarios of land use planning or basin side policies and the reduction of cost of such global scale analysis of vulnerability.

Started in april 2004, the network has already selected common test sites and organised meeting and contribution to international workshop (CEOS). Thanks to the Dragon programme, this network is benefitting from ESA of ENVISAT data, for testing monitoring tools at catchment scale and for improving flood prediction and water resources management. The dialogue with operational national services, such as SCHAPI in France (Toulouse) or NDRCC in China (Beijing) is already started by the teams and common meeting has been organised in order to help to the research of funding, which is one of the activity of the team. Over the pilot tests, the ENVISAT data collection has began in 2004 and is continuing during the period 2005 and 2006. The tools of simulation able to use input data and the first proceed images wand derived results will be presented and will provide support of discussion during the workshop.