LOCSS in Bangladesh
Bangladesh, location of future LOCSS study lakes.
In addition to our first study lakes in North Carolina, we are now monitoring lakes in Washington and have made connections to begin studying lakes in Wisconsin. We are extremely happy to announce that in the coming months, we will begin studying lakes in our first international location, Bangladesh.
Our expansion into Bangladesh has been led by Dr. Faisal Hossain, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Washington. Dr. Hossain has been working for 15 years with local stakeholders in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan to monitor water resources using ground-based and satellite measurements. He has collaborated with a local agency, the Bangladesh Water Development Board to select four lakes to monitor: Two near the capital city of Dhaka, and two in the northeastern section of the country.
Korchar Haor in northeastern Bangladesh is a future LOCSS study lake.
The two lakes in northeastern Bangladesh are seasonal lakes, called ‘Haors’. The size of each of these lakes varies greatly throughout the year, and they are typically the largest in August and September. These haors are considered pristine, mostly unimpacted by changing land cover conditions or other human impacts. The two lakes located near Dhaka City, on the other hand, are faced with rapid urbanization which could be affecting these lakes.
A local facilitating agency called HMRC is currently engaged in the installation of the gauges and setting up the lake height monitoring system for LOCSS. Citizen Scientist monitoring of these four lakes will begin later this winter, and we will be sure to make the lake height data available on our View Lake Data page.
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