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Caribbean Flood Pilot

Caribbean Flood Pilot. An activity under GEO DI-09-02b (Regional End-to-end Demonstrations) Presentation to WGISS 27 Karen Moe/NASA 13 May 2009 Charts updated from CDERA National Coordinators April 2009 briefing by: Andrew Eddy (Athena Global for CSA) Stuart Frye (SGT for NASA-GSFC).

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Caribbean Flood Pilot

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  1. Caribbean Flood Pilot An activity under GEO DI-09-02b (Regional End-to-end Demonstrations) Presentation to WGISS 27 Karen Moe/NASA 13 May 2009 Charts updated from CDERA National Coordinators April 2009 briefing by: Andrew Eddy (Athena Global for CSA) Stuart Frye (SGT for NASA-GSFC)

  2. Genesis of the Caribbean Flood Pilot • GEO: task DI-06-09 (Use of Satellites for Risk Management) worked with Caribbean user organizations to define needs; GEO AIP-2 demonstrations included flood pilot work based on Sensor Web; DI-09-02B drafted in 2009-2011 work plan to include Caribbean Flood Pilot as lead task • UN-SPIDER: Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response – Bonn Workshop in 2007 identified need for a demonstration showcase to highlight space contributions to disaster management • CEOS: Committee on Earth Observation Satellites Disaster Team created specific work package to address Caribbean/Latin American disaster management issues and space contributions • WGISS: Caribbean Flood Pilot DI-09-02b_1 leverages the Flood Sensor Web GEO Task AR-09-02c_2

  3. Sensor Web High Level Architecture Internet floods, fires, volcanoes etc Data Processing Node SensorML Capabilities Documents Web Coverage Service (WCS) Web Coordinate Transformation Service (WCTS) Web Processing Service (WPS) SensorML SensorML SensorML Capabilities Documents RSS Feeds EO-1 Satellite SAS SAS Web Feature Service (WFS) In-situ Sensor Data Node Sensor Data Products UAV Sensor Data Node Sensor Planning Service (SPS) SOS SOS Satellite sensor data product L1G WFS WFS Sensor Alert Service (SAS) OpenID 2.0 Sensor Observation Service (SOS) SPS SPS Satellite Data Node Workflows Campaign Manager 3

  4. Objectives • To demonstrate the effectiveness of satellite imagery to strengthen regional, national and community level capacity for mitigation, management and coordinated response to natural hazards • To identify specific satellite-based products that can be used for disaster mitigation and response on a regional level • To identify capacity building activities that will increase the ability of the region to integrate satellite-based information into disaster management initiatives 4

  5. Scope The World Bank – Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis 5

  6. Timeline • Phase 1 (2009) – Initial Pilot (based on existing resources): • Finalize work plan (including data acquisition planning) and partnerships • Acquire satellite imagery for mitigation and preparedness • Update flood prediction model for higher resolution in Haiti/Dominican Republic, Cuba and Jamaica • Disaster response during hurricane season • Post-season evaluation and recommendations for Phase 2 • Phase 2 (2010) – Local Capacity Building • Identification of local partners for technology transfer and capacity building • Selection of operational services for disaster response • Presentations to donor community • Mitigation activities in selected small island states 6

  7. Task Deliverables for 2009 • Summary report on requirements and current use of satellite data (PPT) – January 23, 2009. Lead Athena Global/CDERA – Completed • Meeting with users – April 6-7, 2009. Lead CDERA – Completed • Directory of available tools, data sets and methodologies – 1st draft May 2009; 2nd draft December 2009. Lead NASA/GSFC • Completed work plan for 2009 – May 2009 Lead NASA/Athena Global • Satellite data collection kick-off – June 2009. Lead NASA/GSFC • Post hurricane season analysis and reporting – December 2009. Lead CFP Steering Committee 7

  8. Steering Committee (contribution in red) • Nicole Alleyne (CDERA) (lead user organization representing 16 Caribbean nations; validation of requirements, coordination with national directors of emergency management) • Philippe Bally (ESA) (satellite data; coordination with International Disaster Charter) • Curt Barrett (NOAA) (coordination with WMO RA-4 and related hurricane activity) • Emil Charrington (Cathalac/SERVIR) (lead value added component; information portal) • Carlos Costa (World Bank) • Lorant Czaran (UN-SPIDER) • Andrew Eddy (Athena Global through CSA funding) (program management support, task secretariat) • David Farrell (Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology) (integration of local in-situ and ground radar data sets; modelling activities) • Stuart Frye (Chair: NASA/GSFC/SGT) (project lead; SensorWeb technology critical to lead application; modelling through Univ. of Maryland contribution; satellite data; technology transfer) • Kenneth Korporal (Environment Canada, GEOSS in the Americas) (coordination with GEOSS in the Americas) • Ahmed Mahmood (CSA) (satellite data and potential value added contribution) • Bruce Potter (Island Resources) • Giovanni Valentini (ASI)(satellite data contribution) • Marian Werner (DLR) (potential value added contribution through ZKI and potential satellite data contribution) The Steering Committee also includes (ex officio): • Veronica Grasso (GEO Sec) • Dan Mandl (NASA as lead of the Flood Sensor Web Project) • Guy Seguin (CSA as lead for GEO Task DI-09-02B) 8

  9. Disaster Cycle 9

  10. Summary by Phase (1) 10

  11. Summary by Phase (2) 11

  12. Flood Sensor Web Product Service Chain Global Flood Potential Model – based TRMM and other satellites -Adler Univ. of Md High resolution optical TBS Daily MODIS Flood Map - Brackenridge, Dartmouth Flood Observatory Envisat Flood Map - Kussul, Skakun, National Space Agency of Ukraine High resolution SAR such as TerraSAR TBS MODIS Global Water Mask Multi-sensor campaign manager -GSFC et al 12 Univ. of Md –Sohlberg

  13. User Issues Brought Forward as Challenges to be Addressed • Resolution: existing satellite-based tools and products mostly utilise imagery at low resolution that is not always useful to local responders, planners or analysts • Cloud-cover: most satellite data used is optical imagery and does not provide useful information during periods of cloud cover, which are common during flooding • Data vs. Products: most users would like end-products focussed on specific disaster relevant information, not data • Capacity: many countries have limited capacity to work with data and develop products; issue of on-going service provision • Mitigation: most efforts focus on response while limited resources are available for mitigation, which may save more lives and offer greater opportunities to protect property from damage 13

  14. Status and Next Steps • Work plan for 2009 is nearly complete. User community is involved and supportive. Outreach to broader meteorological community underway. • Partnership discussions are on-going to ensure robust team to address each element of work plan • Verbal commitments ‘in principle’ with key players still being formalised as agreements, with support from GEO secretariat • Some contributions still to be confirmed: New users (Haiti, Dominican Republic), additional value added capability (Canada, DLR/ZKI, additional satellites (commercial high resolution optical, TerraSAR-X) • Archive mining for mitigation has begun (ASI, NASA, CSA), and new data acquisition to be planned for June/July • Agreement to use higher resolution SRTM data in place; upgraded models to be developed for Haiti/Dominican Republic, Cuba and Jamaica 14

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