climate change on UAE - Stockholm Environment Institute-US Center

Annex 1: Data sources
and key
assumptions
Map 1...................................................................... 1
Map 2...................................................................... 1
Map 3................................................................... 130
Map 4. WEAP Schematic and
Imported GIS layers....................................... 131
Map 5. Eastern Region,
irrigated areas and WEAP nodes...................... 1
Map 6. Western Region,
irrigated areas and WEAP nodes...................... 1
Spatial Data Sources And
Assumptions
Figure A1-1 is a general overview of the country,
including elevation data, Emirate capital city
points, and three regions used in discussion
used throughout the report as based on a
delineation in an existing Environment Agency
(EA) Reports 1 . We brought these EA maps as
.pdfs into GIS, geo-referenced them, and then
created a separate ‘regional’ file for use when
calculating hectares per region of irrigated
areas.
Figure A1-2 conveys the Abu Dhabi Emirate,
alone, a data layer that also includes the
previously mentioned regional divisions within
the Emirate. It also includes a simplified
depiction of the irrigated areas, farms, and
forests layers provided by the Environment
Agency.
Figure A1-3 is a map from the Environment
Agency. We used this as a base for placing
Desalination Plants and Waste Water Treatment
Plants (WWTPs) in our WEAP schematic. The
map can be found in an existing Environment
Agency (EA) Report (Brook, n.d.).
Figure A1‐1. Overview Map
1 Combined from Figure 31:Location of water sources and users in Abu Dhabi Emirate (2003) [Brook et al., 2005],
and Figure 1: General Location Map for the Study Area [Dawoud et al.,] An ArcGIS Database for Water Supply/
Demand Modeling and Management in Abu Dhabi Emirate, UAE
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