A Workshop on Northeastern Thailand Water Resource Management via Remote Sensing was held at RADI on 1-8 April, 2018, attended by the scientists from CAS National Space Science Center, Tsinghua University and RADI, together with the experts and students from Thailand’s Khon Kaen University (KKU) and the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA). 

The workshop featured remote sensing technique training covering such themes as microwave remote sensing product fusion algorithm for precipitation, microwave radiometer principles, evapotranspiration simulation, soil moister inversion, and hydrological process and scenario simulation in Mekong River Basin. 

After the workshop, the participants toured the Soil Moisture Measuring Station of Wen County in middle China’s Henan Province, and a field trip to a section of Yellow River.  

The tour also included a visit to Henan Polytechnic University where academic exchange is held for the delegation.

On April 8, an MOU was signed between the two parties, which identified contents and approaches for further collaboration. Following this workshop, the fourth academic exchange for the project will be held in Thailand in November this year.

The joint project was launched in Beijing in August, 2017, led by the State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science (SLRSS) of RADI, and the Thailand counterparts are Khon Kaen University (KKU) and the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA).

As an intergovernmental S&T cooperation special program between China and Thailand, the project aims to apply RADI’s remote sensing resources and research advantages in related areas such as water cycle to boost Thailand’s water resource management.