Mekong River Commission

Acknowledgements

This report was prepared within the framework of the Flood Management and Mitigation Programme (FMMP) activities of the Mekong River Commission Secretariat (MRCS), Regional Flood Management and Mitigation Centre (RFMMC). We would like to thank the Cambodian, Lao, Thai and Vietnamese FMMP National Coordinators at the National Mekong Committees for their overall guidance and thoughtful comments during the report. Thanks to all participants in the numerous meetings and field visits organised for the preparation of this report.Special thanks are due to Elaine Anderson and Robert Brakenridge, Dartmouth Flood Observatory, Dartmouth College, USA for having improved the illustration of this report by preparing satellite images of the Lower Mekong Basin and special thanks to the Canadian Space Agency, together with Hatfield Consultants Ltd, Canada for having prepared a satellite image of the 2005 flood in the Province of Kompong Cham in Cambodia.

The MRC Annual Flood Report 2005 team:

Eric Tilman, Civil Engineer, Consultant MRCS, Team Leader

Long Saravuth, MSc, Facilitator for Cambodia

Vilayphong Sisomvang, Facilitator for Lao PDR

Dr Janejira Tospornsampan, Facilitator for Thailand

Trinh Hoang Ngan, MSc, Facilitator for Viet Nam

Dr Chayanis Krittasudthacheewa, Hydrologist, TSD, MRCS

Dr Chusit Apirumanekul, Flood Forecasting Unit - FMMP

 

The opinions and interpretations expressed within are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Mekong River Commission.

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