About NiBRAS

Nile Basin Reservoir Advisory System (or NiBRAS) is a satellite-based decision support system that integrates complex back-end models with front-end user needs. NiBRAS benefits from the growth of open-source and non-proprietary tools, e.g., Google Earth Engine API, which made it possible to build a cost-effective real-time operational system. The system functionality will include different tools to facilitate the understanding of the water management issues associated with reservoir operation in the NRB and provide a basis for evaluating potential solutions. The NiBRAS tools are:

• 1) Monitoring Reservoir Operation (MRO Tool)
  (status: currently operational)
• 2) Monitoring Reservoir Initial Impoundment (MRI2 Tool)
  (status: currently operational)
• 3) Scenarios-based Assessment of Reservoir Operation (SARO Tool)
  (status: currently in progress)
• 4) Forecast-based Adaptive Reservoir Operation (FARO Tool)
  (status: currently in progress)
• 5) Monitoring Reservoir Temperature (MRT Tool)
  (status: currently in progress)
• 6) Monitoring Reservoir Sedimentation (MRS Tool)
  (status: currently in progress)