Monitoring and Evaluation

According to the Global Water Partnership, a strong monitoring and evaluation system has the potential to ensure that an IWRM strategy meets its main objective of fostering positive change, and also that the strategy can adapt to evolving needs and conditions. Resources available in this sub-theme include examples of performance indicators, technical methods of hydraulic monitoring, handbooks for appraisal of management systems, and other resources that support the wide variety of approaches for monitoring and evaluating water resources.

Monitoring and Evaluation Resources

GeoNetCast Americas

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
GEONETCast is a satellite dissemination system. It features comparably inexpensive, stand-alone user receive stations not requiring an internet connection and it is especially applicable for areas of limited internet bandwidth or those prone to disasters or internet interruptions.Read more

Earth Science Data

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The purpose of NASA's Earth science program is to develop a scientific understanding of Earth's system and its response to natural or human-induced changes, and to improve prediction of climate, weather, and natural hazards. This homepage of NASA's Earth Science Data program provides...Read more

NASA Water & Energy Cycle Research

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The long-term goal of NASA's water and energy cycle focus area is to enable improved predictions of the global water and energy cycles. This includes documenting and predicting means and trends in the rate of the Earth's water and energy cycling as well as predicting changes in the...Read more

NASA Data and Information Services

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
A corner stone of NASA is to provide open and free access of their data for both research and applications. The NASA Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) is a key core capability providing end-to-end capabilities for managing NASA's Earth science data from various...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

NASA Global Change Master Directory

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
From this NASA Global Change Master Directory, users can navigate through data sets and tools and learn about instruments, platforms, projects, and data centers collecting Earth science data worldwide.Read more

NASA Applied Sciences Program

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The Applied Sciences Program goal is to transfer NASA and related Earth science technologies to other agencies and groups as they become operational. The program helps bridges research to decision making through practical benefits of NASA Earth science data, scientific knowledge, and technology...Read more

Natural Disaster Program

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The goal of the Natural Disaster Program is to use NASA's capabilities in satellites, airborne, surface observations, higher-level derived data products and modeling and data analysis to improve natural disaster forecasting, mitigation and response. The NASA Disasters Program supports...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

3rd International Workshop on Global Flood Monitoring and Modelling

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The 3rd International Workshop of the Global Flood Working Group on Global Flood Monitoring & Modeling was held from 4-6 March 2013 hosted by the Earth Systems Science Interdisciplinary Centre (ESSIC) of the University of Maryland, in College Park, MD, USA. The workshop is jointly organized by...Read more

African Drought Monitor

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The African Drought Monitor has been installed in Niamey, Niger (Feb 1 2012.) at AGRHYMET. NASA plans on adding weather and seasonal hydrological forecasting over the next 6 months and SMOS-based soil moisture through collaboration with CESBIO and crop water requirements and actual ET over the next...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Sub-Saharan Africa

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