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Introduction to the Analysis of IWMI’s Water Data Products through Digital Earth Africa


Digital Earth Africa and International Water Management Institute

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About This Course

Learn how to use IWMI’s water data products from Digital Innovations for Water Secure Africa (DIWASA) project available through the Digital Earth Africa Sandbox platform. The topics will be covered include spatio-temporal analysis of rainfall, evapotranspiration statistics across multiple scales and distribution of soil moisture in the irrigation scheme. At the end of the courses, participants will be impacted with skills to conduct integrated watershed management

This four-session course covers an introduction, Spatio-temporal analysis of rainfall over Awash basin in Ethiopia, evapotranspiration statistics across multiple scales in Awash basin in Ethiopia and distribution of Soil Moisture in the Meki-Ziway Irrigation Scheme in Ethiopia.

Prior experience in Earth observations, satellite data, or coding is required, and participants should consider completing Introduction to Sandbox course https://learn.digitalearthafrica.org/courses/course-v1:digitalearthafrica+DEA101+2021/course/. All sessions feature step-by-step instructions and knowledge check quizzes, with the opportunity to achieve certification by passing all tasks.

Course Staff

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Kenneth Mubea, PhD

Capacity Development Lead, Digital Earth Africa

Kenneth's role includes technical assistance, user engagement and support, driving usage of the Digital Earth Africa services, and engaging with our network of partners across Africa.

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Alemseged Tamiru Haile, PhD

Senior Researcher, IWMI Ethiopia

Alemseged provides technical support, assistance in building capacity, and co-developing use cases with individuals, and institutions.

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Mr. Mulugeta Tadesse

Spatial Data Scientist, IWMI Ethiopia

Mulugeta provides technical support and co-developing use cases with individuals, and institutions.

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Ephrem Derso Negash

Earth Observation Scientist, IWMI Ethiopia

Ephrem provides technical support and co-developing use cases with individuals, and institutions.

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  1. Course Number

    DIWAWA101-en
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  3. Estimated Effort

    6 - 10 hours (total)
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