Remote Sensing and GIS in Hydrology and Water Resource Management and Development training held at ACEWM

Africa Center of Excellence for Water Management (ACEWM) at Addis Ababa University organized a training on Remote Sensing and GIS in Hydrology and Water Resource Management and Development.

The training which was held on December 24-28, 2019 aims at creating a unique opportunity for the Center’s students in the form of capacity building scheme to enhance the contribution of remote sensing and GIS for water resource management and development application in Ethiopia. 

The training was led by Prof. Assefa Melesse, of Florida International University, USA.  

It was focused on acquainting students with the application of remote sensing principles and geospatial analysis to water resources.

More than 20 post-graduate students of the Center have benefited from the training. It is believed that training will increase and improve Ethiopian experts and researcher’s capability in the area of remote seining and GIS application for water resource management and development programme.

Software applications like the ENVI/ERDAS Imagine and ArcGIS were used during the training.

Upon completion of the training, Dr. Feleke Zewge, Center Director of ACEWM congratulated the trainees and stated his hope that the students will be applying the knowledge and skills obtained from the short term training on their research activities.

Prof. Assefa Melesse for his part reiterated his believe that the training will be a good base for the attendees in providing the basis for further study and capacity building in the area of remote sensing and GIS.