| Topics |
Presenters |
Minutes of the meeting
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| Opening session: The importance
of sediment in fluvial systems and what we know for the
Mekong River? |
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Welcome
and opening remark (18KB) |
Director Te Navuth, Technical
Support Division, MRC |
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Introduction
to the IKMP programme &
discharge and sediment monitoring project |
Dr Sompong Boonprasert,
Senior Hydrologist, IKMP,
MRCS |
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Speech: Towards
an understanding of Mekong River geomorphology: WWF concept
for future
work |
Mr Marc Goichot
WWF Greater Mekong
Subregion |
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Presentation: Towards
an understanding of Mekong River geomorphology: WWF concept
for future
work |
Mr Marc Goichot
WWF Greater Mekong
Subregion |
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Keynote
address: the role of sediments in
fluvial systems |
Professor Mathias Kondolf
University of California,
USA |
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Status
of sediment data on the Lower Mekong
River |
Professor Des Walling,
University of Exeter, UK |
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Project overview: objectives, activities and outputs;
and the important sediment issues in the LMB. sediment
data on LMB tributaries |
Ms Iwona Conlan
IKMP-MRC Consultant |
| Session 1: Status of monitoring
and future data needs by the four riparian countries |
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Report
on discharge measurement and sediment sampling in Lao
PDR (2.9MB) |
Mr Prasith Dimanivong,
Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, Vientiane, Lao
PDR |
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Status
of existing discharge and sediment monitoring the Mekong
River and tributaries (Thailand Country Report)(4.3MB) |
Ms Wandee Pattanasatianpong, Department
of Water Resources, Thailand |
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Discharge
and sediment monitoring in Cambodia (1.4MB) |
Mr Yin Savuth, Deputy Director,
DHRW, MOWRAM |
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Discharge
and sediment monitoring
in the Mekong River in Viet Nam
(118KB) |
Mr Giap Van Vinh, Southern Region Hydro-Meteorological
Centre, Vietnam |
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Status
of water quality and biological monitoring, and laboratory
analysis in the Lower Mekong Basin
(2.9MB) |
Mr Tran Minh Khoi
Environment Division, MRC |
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The
history of discharge measurements in the Lower Mekong
Basin, and existing protocols protocols for data analysis,
transfer and sharing (1.7MB) |
Dr Chusit Apirumanekul
Operational Hydrologist, MRCS
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a)Findings
from site visits and consultations with countries: measurement
methods, needs for equipment and training, and data needs.
b) Draft outline of revised discharge and sediment monitoring
plan(1.6MB) |
Ms Iwona Conlan
IKMP Consultant
|
| Session 2: Monitoring Tools |
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Discharge
measurement by ADCP (866KB)
|
Ms Iwona Conlan
IKMP Consultant |
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Discharge
& sediment monitoring programme
on the Mississippi River, USA (827KB)
|
Mr Charles Demas
US Geological Survey
Louisiana, USA |
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Surrogate
measures of suspended sediment transport in rivers:
the use of ADCP (938KB) |
Professor Ray Kostaschuk
University of Guelph, Canada |
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Measuring
bedload transport on large rivers: A case study from the
Missouri River, USA (2.4MB) |
Dr David Gaeuman, Trinity River Restoration
Program, Weaverville, CA, USA |
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Using remote sensing to track morphological change: applications
of optical and radar satellite data (1.7MB)
|
Dr Liew Soo Chin
CRISP, University of
Singapore |
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Spatial
distributions of sediments (and chlorophyll) through the
Mekong: preliminary assessments from satellite and models(4.1MB) |
Professor Jeffrey E. Richey
School of Oceanography
University of Washington |
| Session 3: Understanding and
predicting sediment yield from catchments |
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Understanding
and quantifying sediment budgets (194KB) |
Professor Des Walling
Department of Geography, University of Exeter |
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Measuring
and modelling sediment yield at the small catchment scale
and potential to upscale (2.9MB) |
Dr Olivier Ribolzi, IWMI-IRD
Agriculture Land Research Center |
| |
Use
of remote sensing data in tracking landuse
change: application to modelling sediment
yield from catchments(3.4MB) |
Dr Liew Soo Chin
University of Singapore |
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Status
of sediment yield modelling work at
MRC (1.1MB) |
Mr Phouangphanh Souvannabouth
MRC Modelling Specialist |
| Session 4: Sediment transport
in the Mekong River & tributaries: understanding the
potential consequences of water resource development |
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Morphological
changes downstream of dams:
the concept of ‘hungry water’ (7.0MB) |
Professor Mathias Kondolf
University of California |
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Anthropogenic
and climatic causes of
reduced sediment in large Chinese rivers (1.5MB) |
Assoc. Prof. Lu Xixi
Department of Geography
University of Singapore |
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Mekong
River delta: geomorphology and
coastal changes (1.1MB)
|
Dr Nguyen Van Lap
Vietnam Academy of
Science and Technology |
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Designing
run-of-river dams to maintain
sediment transport (4.4MB)
|
Mr Natee
TEAM Consulting and
Engineering Co., Ltd.
Thailand |
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Experience
with the effectiveness of run-ofriver
dam design to maintain sediment
transport (1.4MB) |
Dr Francis Fruchart
CNR, France
|
| Session 5:Sediment transport
in the Mekong River & tributaries: understanding the
potential consequences of water resource development |
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Modelling
sediment transport and morphological changes: problems
and opportunities (885KB) |
Dr Steve Darby
Department of Geography
University of Southampton |
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Existing
capability and challenges in modelling sediment transport
on the Mekong River: results of the 1-D ISIS model(641KB) |
Mr Bonvongsar Toch
MRC modeller |
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Existing
capability and case studies of 2- and 3-D hydrodynamic
modelling at MRC (2.5MB) |
Dr Matti Kummu
Helsinki University of
Technology, Finland |
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Modelling
bank erosion on the Lower Mekong River (2.9MB) |
Mr Hai Quang Trieu
University of Southampton,
UK |
| Session 6:River transport
of nutrients, carbon and contaminants |
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Ideas
for integrating the water quality,
biological, discharge & sediment monitoring
activities (1.1MB) |
Ms Iwona Conlan
Consultant to the MRC |
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The
role of sediment in the transport of nutrients and contaminants
in rivers |
Dr Alain Pierret
IMWI/
IRD, Lao PDR |
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The
importance of nutrients for biological
productivity in rivers, lakes and floodplains:
modelling applications of nutrient load data
(2.5MB) |
Dr Matti Kummu
Helsinki University of
Technology, Finland |
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Transportation
and emission of carbon in rivers: Towards a catchment
carbon balance (2.2MB) |
Professor Jeffrey Richey
University of Washington,
USA |
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Closing
remarks |
Dr Sompong Boonprasert |
