The Nile Basin Decision Support System (NBI-DSS) will provide the necessary knowledge base and analytical tools to support the planning of cooperative joint projects and the management of the shared Nile Basin water resources. FutureWater was asked to support this NBI-DSS and to undertake preliminary data collection and compilation. The developed data base has two main components: spatial data and point data. Data has been quality controlled and is ready to apply in the DSS and can be used for various types of hydrological models.

The Nile Basin Decision Support System (NBI-DSS) will provide the necessary knowledge base and analytical tools to support the planning of cooperative joint projects and the management of the shared Nile Basin water resources on an equitable, efficient and sustainable manner. FutureWater was asked to support this NBI-DSS and to undertake preliminary data collection and compilation.

Details

The developed data base has two main components: spatial data and point data. Regarding the spatial data the following data have been made available

  • Land cover
  • Soils
  • Vegetation Indices
  • Precipitation FEWS

These data are available over the entire Nile Basin and include a extensive set of attributes. Data have been quality controlled and is ready to apply in the DSS and can be used for various types of hydrological models.

The point data includes over 20 million records from various sources included global and local data sets. Data are stored in PostGreSQL. The data can be considered as the most complete hydro-meteorological dataset available for the Nile so far.

Related publications

  • 2010 - FutureWater Report 92Droogers, P., W.W. Immerzeel. 2010. Preliminary Data Compilation for the Nile Basin Decision Support System: ANALYSIS REPORT. FutureWater Report 92X

    Preliminary Data Compilation for the Nile Basin Decision Support System: ANALYSIS REPORT

    Droogers, P., W.W. Immerzeel

  • 2010 - FutureWater Report 93Droogers, P., W.W. Immerzeel, B. Berhanu. 2010. Preliminary Data Compilation for the Nile Basin Decision Support System: FINAL REPORT. FutureWater Report 93X

    Preliminary Data Compilation for the Nile Basin Decision Support System: FINAL REPORT

    Droogers, P., W.W. Immerzeel, B. Berhanu

  • 2009 - FutureWater Report 87Droogers, P., W.W. Immerzeel. 2009. Preliminary Data Compilation for the Nile Basin Decision Support System: INCEPTION REPORT. FutureWater Report 87X

    Preliminary Data Compilation for the Nile Basin Decision Support System: INCEPTION REPORT

    Droogers, P., W.W. Immerzeel