Laos plans to protect people from floods using TSU geoportal
A group of staff of the Faculty of Geology and Geography, the Biological Institute, and the TSU Department of International Relations recently paid a working visit to the Lao People's Democratic Republic. The purpose of the trip, initiated by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of Laos, was to discuss the use of TSU developments to solve the problem of flooding of residential areas. In the rainy season, the country's largest river, the Mekong, overflows it banks, each time with human casualties. Tomsk scientists demonstrated the capabilities of the software package for monitoring the flood situation and held a workshop on water monitoring for colleagues.
- Interest in the TSU developments by the Lao side arose two years ago when the University was visited by the leadership of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of Laos and representatives of Laos National University, - says Vadim Khromykh, associate professor at the Faculty of Geology and Geography. - We presented several projects, including the “Flood” application of the TSU Geoportal, for monitoring the flood situation. The application analyzes the data received from gauging stations located near settlements, and online makes a forecast indicating the areas that will be at risk of flooding.
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