Congo River: "Hydraulics and Morphology for users of the Congo River"
It is an international conference held in the Democratic Republic of Congo on July 19 to 20, 2021 at the Cercle Elais, in Kinshasa. The conference was attended by 100 people, including 70 online and 30 in person.
Two essential points characterized the conference:
Presentations and Discussions
Experience Sharing on other research initiatives and experiments in the Congo River basin as well as in other major rivers in Africa and the world;
Presentation of results research activities of the CRuHM project to a community of researchers, managers and users of the Congo Basin by doctoral students and researchers;
The inventory current knowledge and progress made in understanding the dynamics and processes of water resources in the Congo River Basin, and identification of directions for future development of science in the basin;
The simulation partnership and networking, and creating opportunities for future investments in research and development in the Congo River Basin;
The reinforcement capacity to different layers of researchers and users in the Congo Basin by the consortium of partner institutions from the University of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, Rhodes in South Africa, and Bristol and Leeds in the United Kingdom.
Learning
Researchers from CRREBaC provided this face-to-face training for the understanding of key concepts of Hydrology with the use of cutting-edge technology for the measurements of large rivers in order to know:
The Importance and Principles of Hydrological Data Collection
The operating principles of equipment and their applications
This formation was held thanks to the equipment obtained by the CRuHM project including the Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), Trimble GNSS, Sonar and Sediment Sampling (ISCO).
Domain
The themes covered the following three areas
Hydrology and Climate
Hydraulics, Geomorphology and Sediment Transport
These thematic areas are open to a wide range of research methods, including field, laboratory, modeling and remote sensing approaches.
You can follow the entire program via these videos
Session 1: Introduction
Hydrology of the Congo Basin: Water resource management challenges and research opportunities.
Raphaël Tshimanga Congo Basin Water Resources Research Center -CRREBaC, University of Kinshasa, DRC
Session 2: Measurements
Combined use of in-situ and satellite observations to characterize surface hydrology and its variability in the Congo River basinMark.
Benjamin Kitambo & Fabrice Papa,
LEGOS, France & CRREBaC,
DRC
Session 3: Modeling
Regional water resource assessments for sub-Saharan Africa using a hydrological uncertainty modeling approach.
Mark Trigg , School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, UK
Constraining simulation uncertainties for a better estimation of water resources in the Congo River basin.
Pierre Kabuya, Congo Basin Water Resources Research Center -CRREBaC, University of Kinshasa, DRC
A hydraulic model for the middle reach of the Congo River: Perspectives and pitfalls.
Fiachra O'Loughli, School of Civil Engineering University College Dublin, UK
Multi-threaded Congo River channel hydraulics: Field-based characterisation and representation in hydrodynamic models.
Andrew Carr, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, UK
Session 4: Practical field training
Use of Acoustic Doppler Technology for measurements of large rivers (ADCP, Trimble GNSS, Sonar, Sediment Sampling).
Dr. Prof. Raphaël Tshimanga, Congo Basin Water Resources Research Center -CRREBaC, University of Kinshasa, DRC
Session 5: flooding, sediments and geomorphology
Understanding the seasonality of flooding in the Congo Basin.
Doctoral student Gode Bola, Congo Basin Water Resources Research Center -CRREBaC, University of Kinshasa, DRC
Comparison of earth observation models and flood models for mapping flood risks.
Laurence Hawker, School of Geographical Sciences, Bristol University, UK
Conception et mise en œuvre d'un programme d'échantillonnage des sédiments sur la rivière Kasai, un affluent majeur du fleuve Congo.
Catherine A. Mushi, Department of Water Resources Engineering, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
How did the Congo River's biggest flood in 50 years trigger a thousand-kilometre-long underwater flow that broke cables?
Peter. J. Tallin, Departments of Geography and Earth Science, Durham University, UK
Session 6: Final User Knowledge Practice
Link with research on the Amazon, knowledge transfer, showing what can happen to science in Central Africa.
Fabrice Papa/ Stephane Calmant/Adrien, Paris LEGOS, Franc
Research support for users of the Congo River.
Georges Gulemvuga, CICOS, DRC