Author(s)

Mariam G. Salem¹, Eman A. H. El-Sayed²

¹Environment and Climate Changes Research Institute, National Water Research Center, Delta Barrages, Egypt.
²Water Resources Research Institute, National Water Research Center, Delta Barrages, Egypt.

Egypt suffers from the impacts of climate change. Adaption plans should solve the shortage in water resources and increase the use of renewable energy. Detailed data on rainfall as non conventional water and detailed data on potential renewable energy are important. The added value of this research is to investigate the suitability of satellite data locally in North Sinai in Egypt. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellites and available data from ground rain gauges are studied at North Sinai of Egypt. Local multiplication factors and correlation equations on a monthly basis were developed based on short term historical data. General equation based on short term data was developed to enhance TRMM data for the rainy season to minimize spatial and temporal errors. This equation would be very useful, especially in the ungauged areas in North Sinai to adjust TRMM rainfall data. TRMM data are spatially distributed, so it enhances the hydrology models for runoff estimation. This runoff could be used as non conventional water resource. The runoff was estimated in the RasSudr area in the 2010 storm to be 3.6 (m³/s). The hydropower of this runoff was estimated and ranged from 15,135 to 57,352 (kWh). The solar energy is studied from (NASA) satellite data. The monthly averaged solar energy was estimated to get possible generated power from the solar panel at locations of rainfall ground stations. The generated solar energy would supply self-sufficient energy for ground stations measuring instruments rather than batteries. The results show that a small solar panel project of 200 (m²) could safe electric network power by generating about 20,385 (kWh/year). The results of this study could help in enhancing adapting plans for climate change and runoff estimation model that needs grid data, especially in the area lacking ground data.

Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Data Analysis, Hydrologic Model, Bias Factor, Renewable Power Generation, Climate Change, RS, GIS

Salem, M. and El-Sayed, E. (2017) Historical Satellite Data Analysis to Enhance Climate Change Adaption and Hydrologic Models in Egypt. Journal of Power and Energy Engineering, 5, 56-71. doi: 10.4236/jpee.2017.58005.