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This web portal has been developed as a key output of a collaborative project carried out by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) for enhanced disaster preparedness and rapid response for droughts and other natural disasters in Sri Lanka. The project was funded by Unilever Sri Lanka Limited as part of its commitment to sustaining water resources in Sri Lanka.


International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

127, Sunil Mawatha, Pelawatte,
Battaramulla, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Tel:(94) 11 2787404
Fax:(94) 11 2786854
Time Zone:GMT + 5:30

 
   
     
 

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Web links for KBS-Lanka

The following are the relevant web links to obtain data, to understand methods, and/or simply to refer to as reference.

1.
Baseline Information System (BIS)
  a. Interantional Water Management Institute-Data Storehouse Pathway (IWMIDSP- http://iwmidsp.org)
b. Tsunami Satellite Data Catalog (TSDC- http://tsdc.iwmi.org)
c. Department of Census and statistics (http://www.statistics.gov.lk)
d. Department of Meteorology (http://www.meteo.slt.lk)
   
2.
Crop Monitoring System (CMS)
  a. http://b-cgms.cra.wallonie.be/
b. http://www.earlywarning.nl/earlywarning/index.htm
c. http://www.fnsproject.org/en/training_cropfo.html
d. http://www.pecad.fas.usda.gov/cropexplorer/
   
3.
Drought Monitoring System (DMS)
  a. NOAA Drought Information Center: Global, 8-16 km, weekly
 
 
  • http://www.orbit.nesdis.noaa.gov/smcd/emb/vci/
  • http://www.drought.noaa.gov/
  • http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/monitoring_and_data/drought.shtml
  •   b. FEWS NET: Regional, 500-m to 8-km, 10-days
     
     
  • http://www.fews.net/
  •   c. IWMI DMS: Regional, 250 to 500-m, 16 days to 1-month
     
     
  • http://dms.iwmi.org/
  •   d. United Nations Office to Combat Desertification and Drought
     
     
  • http://www.undp.org/seed/unso/
  •   e. United States Drought Monitor
     
     
  • http://enso.unl.edu/monitor/monitor.html
  • http://md.water.usgs.gov/drought/us.html
  • http://enso.unl.edu/ndmc/
  • http://enso.unl.edu/wdcc/
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