ESCWA is organizing a national training workshop on the use of remote sensing for groundwater management, with the participation of representatives from Jordan and the State of Palestine and in coordination with experts in the field of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) uses. The workshop is being held following the development of a training manual on using the GRACE mission to monitor groundwater storage change.
The workshop aims to:
- Present and explain the manual on using the GRACE mission to monitor groundwater reserve change, including the required data, and the existing opportunities and challenges;
- Guide trainees in applying the manual to the study area, draw conclusions about the study findings, and inform decision-making related to groundwater management;
- Enable national teams to use the Arab Groundwater Knowledge Platform;
- Add the outputs of each study to the Arab Groundwater Knowledge Platform.
Tunis, Tunisia
