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Supatchaya Chuanpongpanich
The Improvement of an Early Flood Warning System in Chao Phraya Basin
Regional Water Environment Systems, Division of Urban Regional Disaster Control, Department of Urban Management, Graduate School of Engineering
Place of stay: Nakhon Pathom Ratjabhat University, Thailand
Term: November 21 – December 5, 2010
I chose the Nakhon Pathom Ratjabhat University, which is located in Thailand, for my internship course to improve my knowledge of setting up an early flood warning system in the lower reach of the Chao-Phraya river.
The real-time warning system is being set up to give information to people in the Chao Phraya River Basin. Moreover, it will be useful for the government, which makes a policy to prevent or reduce losses from floods. First of all, I had a field trip to the test monitoring station which is placed in the Samuthsongkram province. Adjustments must be made on the system to give the correct test results. Also, I had a discussion on how to improve the teamwork of the project with the university staff. In addition, I had discussions with the government officers about the flood warning system, the flood situation in the region and the government policies on the flood mitigation. All the information from the government officers will be very useful for an improvement of the flood warning system. Finally, I had a chance to see the flood situation which the flood depth was higher than in 2006.
In conclusion, all the activities throughout my internship gave me a valuable experience that can improve my research study.
