US-Egypt Cooperative Research: Application of Remote Sensing/GIS Technique in Sustainable Development, Southern Egypt

描述：该奖项是对德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校(UTD)岩石圈研究中心罗伯特·斯特恩博士和埃及开罗国家遥感和空间科学管理局(NARSS)Mamdouh Abdeen博士的一项研究项目的支持。他们计划研究遥感地理数据的使用，以帮助上埃及的发展，特别是阿斯旺-科姆-奥姆博-加拉巴平原地区。两位调查人员将重点了解中更新世努比亚隆起构造抬升导致的排水系统重组，并确定新的地下水资源。该项目将包括三个部分：1)使用探地雷达和沟渠调查古流域；2)使用陆地卫星专题测绘器(TM)和SPOT图像和航天飞机成像雷达绘制地表和浅层地下排水和结构图；以及3)建立地理信息科学数据库。田野工作将集中于评估加拉巴平原被一条埋藏的河道覆盖的假设，这条河道排干了东部沙漠的水。遥感图像的处理和解译将为理解流域重组提供区域视角，并将作为地理信息系统的一个层。这两位科学家计划建立一个完整的地理信息系统数据库，其中有一条80公里宽的走廊，位于尼罗河两侧，从阿斯旺向北延伸。该项目将是德克萨斯州的UTD和埃及的NARSS的联合活动的继续。范围：这项提议结合了新技术、探地雷达和遥感技术，创建了一个数据库，可以用来确定加拉巴平原地区更新世的排水历史。埃及一百万年的气候变化表现为沙漠和尼罗河流域不同地区不同世代的排水，这项研究是为了测试可能存在旧河道的地区之一。这样的理解可能有助于确定新的地下水储量。这项研究最终将改善埃及这一地区的供水，并可能改善对自然灾害的评估。开发的数据库将用于科学研究和今后的发展工作。这两个团队都是合格的，并在过去的合作中有过成功的记录，该项目的优势是有美国初级研究人员和研究生参与。将对美国和埃及的研究人员进行使用探地雷达以及开发和使用地理信息系统数据库的培训。该项目得到了美国-埃及联合基金计划的支持，该计划为两国的科学家和工程师提供资助，以开展这些合作活动。

0204156SternDescription: This award is for support of a research project by Dr. Robert Stern, Center for Lithospheric Studies, University of Texas, Dallas (UTD), Dallas, Texas and Dr. Mamdouh Abdeen, National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (NARSS), Cairo, Egypt. They plan to study the use of remotely sensed geographical data to help in the development in Upper Egypt, specifically the Aswan-Kom Ombo-Gallaba Plain region. The two investigators will focus on understanding mid-Pleistocene drainage reorganization resulting from tectonic uplift of the Nubian Swell, and on identification of new groundwater resources. The project will have three components: 1) Investigation of paleodrainages using ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and trenching; 2) Mapping of surface and shallow subsurface drainages and structures using Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) and SPOT images and Shuttle Imaging Radar and 3) Building a Geographical Information Science (GIS) database. Fieldwork will focus on evaluating the hypothesis that the Gallaba Plain is underlain by a buried river channel, which drained the Eastern Desert. Processing and interpretation of remote sensing imagery will provide regional perspective for understanding drainage reorganization and will be used as a layer in the GIS. The two scientists plan to build up a complete GIS database of an 80 km wide corridor flanking the Nile and extending from Aswan north. This project will be a continuation of joint activities by UTD in Texas and the NARSS in Egypt.Scope: This proposal brings together new technology, GPR, and remote sensing to create a database that can be used to determine the Pleistocene history of drainage in the Gallaba plains region. A million years of climate change in Egypt are represented by several different generations of drainage in separate parts of the desert and Nile valley, and this research is to test one of the areas where an old river channel may exist. Such an understanding will potentially aid in the identification of new groundwater reserves. The research will ultimately lead to an improved supply of water for this region of Egypt, and possibly to an improved evaluation of natural hazards. The developed database will be of use for scientific studies and also for future development efforts. The two teams are qualified and have a successful record of past collaboration, and the project has the advantage of involving U.S. junior researchers and graduate students. There will be training of U.S. and Egyptian researchers in the use of the GPR and in the development and use of the GIS database. This project is being supported under the US-Egypt Joint Fund Program, which provides grants to scientists and engineers in both countries to carry out these cooperative activities.