Prince Sultan Research Center for Environment, Water and Desert

Prince Sultan Institute for Environmental, Water and Desert Research

معهد الأمير سلطان لأبحاث البيئة والمياه والصحراء
AbbreviationPSIEWDR
Formation1986
HeadquartersKing Saud University, Riyadh
Location
Region served
Saudi Arabia
Director
Abdul Malek Al al-Shaikh
Websitehttp://www.psrcewd.edu.sa
Formerly called
Prince Sultan Research Center for Environment, Water and Desert

The Prince Sultan Institute for Environmental, Water and Desert Research is a Saudi Institute was established in 1986 under the name "Center for Desert Studies".[1] It is as an independently administered research organization directly linked to the rector's office of King Saud University.[1] The Institute's purpose is to design and conduct scientific research which is related to desert development and to combating desertification in the Arabian Peninsula.[1]

The Institute is active in the environmental application of remote sensing technologies and maintains its own Remote Sensing Unit equipped with GIS and advanced programs for satellite image processing.[2] In 2007, the Institute published the Space Image Atlas of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ISBN 9960-57-011-8, which it produced in partnership with the Space Research Institute of King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology and Geospace Austria.[3]

The Institute is a primary sponsor of the International Conference on Water Resources and Arid Environments which has been held biennially in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia since 2004.[4]

The Institute also serves as headquarters for the General Secretariat of the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water.[5]

  1. ^ a b c "The Center in Brief" Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine psrcewd.edu.sa. Retrieved on 2009-01-04
  2. ^ (2008). Prince Sultan International Prize for Water: Activities and Winners 2008, pp.11-13. KSU Press., Riyadh. no ISBN
  3. ^ Dr Abdulmaleh A. Al-al Sheikh, "Technical Presentation: Space Image Atlas of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia" United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs. (p. 2) oosa.unvienna.org Accessed: 2008-01-04
  4. ^ "Conferences & Seminars" psrcewd.edu.sa. Retrieved on 2009-01-04
  5. ^ "Goals of the Center " Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine psrcewd.edu.sa. Retrieved on 2009-01-04