The development of an innovative computer-based Integrated Water Resources Management System for water resources analyses

International audience The European IWRMS (Integrated Water Resources Management System) project is dedicated to developing a toolset for a sustainable use and distribution of water resources in souther African countries. This system integrates various scientific components: remote sensing, information systems, database management, and hydrological modelling. This paper is mainly related to the remote sensing contribution of the project. Two points are discussed: land cover classification and the spatio-temporal processing of remote sensing data to extract hydrological parameters.