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Disaster Management Support Group

CE S. Disaster Management Support Group. CHAIR, HELEN M. WOOD (NOAA). CE S. CE S. The Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) includes : 21 space agency Members operating satellite Earth observation systems (or having a significant contribution to such systems).

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Disaster Management Support Group

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  1. CE S Disaster ManagementSupport Group CHAIR, HELEN M. WOOD (NOAA)

  2. CE S CE S • The Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) includes : • 21 space agency Members operating satellite Earth observation systems (or having a significant contribution to such systems). • 20 Associates including international organizations, international research programmes, operational observing systems, and government agencies with significant ground systems

  3. CE S Objectives CE S • CEOS has three primary objectives : • To optimize the benefits of spaceborne Earth observations; • To serve as the focal point for international coordination of space-related Earth observations activities; • To exchange policy and technical information to encourage complementarity and compatibility among spaceborne Earth observations systems.

  4. Goal: To derive greater benefit from operating and planned observing systems

  5. Concept of an IGOS Redesign systems International and national scientific, social, economic, and political drivers Assess Requirements for observations Evaluate capabilities of observational systems Obtain commitments for change Decide what needs to be changed Change the observational systems Implementation Monitor progress Collect observations and generate products Enhance the product processing chain Assess implementation of systems Use resultant products Deploy improved observational assets and improve use of existing ones Evaluate usefulness of products (from Williams and Townshend, 1998)

  6. IGOS Pilot Projects The six IGOS prototype pilot projects selected by the Strategic Implementation Team are the following: • Global ocean data assimilation experiment • Upper air measurements • Long-term continuity of ozone measurements • Global observation of forest cover • Long-term ocean biology measurements • Disaster management support

  7. Disaster Management Support Group Objective: To support natural and technological disaster management on a worldwide basis, by fostering improved utilization of existing and planned Earth observation satellite data

  8. Earthquakes ERS-1 SAR: Landers Earthquake GPS: Monitoring Southern California

  9. Fire Products ATSR SPOT

  10. Flooding from Hurricane Mitch

  11. LANDSLIDES Interferometric SAR

  12. Tromsø Satellite Station Oil Spill Products

  13. Volcanic Ash Cloud

  14. Shishaldin Volcano GOES AVHRR

  15. Montserrat Volcanic Ash Cloud AVHRR GOES

  16. Mammoth Iceberg B10-A (24 x 48 mi) - ID with QuikSCAT, 8/99 - Near Drake Passage - RAF Photos (Falklands Met Office) 9/3/99, 5928S/5845W

  17. Hazard Team Coordinators Drought NRSA/India, U. of Freiburg/Germany Earthquake ESA Fire USDA, UNEP Flood CCRS, NOAA Landslide CCRS Oil spill NRSC/UK Volcanic hazards NOAA, USGS, U. of Reading/UK

  18. Approach • Work with emergency management users with broad geographical responsibilities • Formalize requirements definition • Assess current/planned capabilities • Expand user outreach • Provide support tools • Use lessons learned

  19. Dimensions of Disaster Management To identify requirements, we need to map a multi-dimensional matrix: - Spatial requirements - Temporal requirements - Frequency of observations - For each disaster type - For each disaster phase - For each sensor type Building on the work of CEOS and disaster agencies

  20. Dimensions of Disaster Management User Level Disaster Management Category Activity Status International Mitigation Research Regional Preparedness (Warning) Demonstration National Relief/Recovery Operational State Local Other User Services Data and Products Observations

  21. Information Delivery • Tools to ease access to data and derived information products • Users need tailored information products • Training and education required • Special need for developing countries

  22. http://disaster.ceos.org

  23. Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC) Current Significant Global Fire Events--Forest Fires in Canada Saskatchewan Environment and Resource Management

  24. I N T E G R A T E DD A T A A C Q U I S I T I O N • What’s useful? • What’s available? • How do I get it? • Where can I get it? • How do I order it?

  25. Overarching Recommendations

  26. Overarching Recommendations • The space sector should be pro-active in responding to the receptiveness of the disaster management and response community • In order to promote wider acceptance and use of space systems by disaster management users, the space and services communities must create the appropriate tools and continue to perform compelling demonstrations.

  27. Overarching Recommendations • The space agencies and applications community should invest in familiarizing themselves with the needs of the disaster management users and work together to smooth the transition from research capabilities to operations.

  28. Overarching Recommendations • Recognizing the reluctance and lack of familiarity of some users to the use of satellite data, effort must also be made to be as accurate as possible in describing what space- based observations can and cannot do. One should not oversell, but at the same time, one should not understate the true value of remote sensing.

  29. Overarching Recommendations • Space agencies should address each of the following critical factors on its own merits because user acceptance does not necessarily increase by trading one factor off against another. • Timeliness • Cost • Accessibility • Ease of use • Reliability • Repeaetability • Demonstrated operational capability

  30. Overarching Recommendations • CEOS agencies should work together to advance common data policies, where possible, to facilitate ready, affordable access to Earth observation satellite data for emergency use. • (The data charter, announced at UNISPACE-III by ESA and CNES, may provide a starting point for such a policy.)

  31. Overarching Recommendations • CEOS agencies should work to support rapid satellite tasking of Earth observation missions to enhance the utility of space for disaster applications. • CEOS agencies should work to support fast processing and delivery of data, which will also be very important in determining the utility of space data for disaster applications.

  32. Overarching Recommendations • Initial steps should be taken in the sharing of technical information and development of tools for satellite tracking and tasking that are more user friendly for disaster management support purposes. • Mirroring of information currently contained on the project information server may be a productive operational demonstration of this concept.

  33. Overarching Recommendations • There is a need to integrate non-space information with space imagery and other satellite data, including the use of appropriate geographic information system tools, to facilitate integrating those data quickly in a seamless fashion.

  34. Overarching Recommendations • It is recognized that each team and the project in general must continue to reach out for broader geographic and disciplinary representation, especially in terms of interacting with specific users to determine their desired information needs.

  35. Meeting Schedule Place Time Host Brussels, Belgium May 97 EC Tokyo, Japan July 97 NASDA London, England September 97 BNSC Bangalore, India October 97 ISRO Silver Spring, USA March/April 98 NOAA Frascati, Italy September 98 ESA Montreal, Canada October 98 CSA Tsukuba, Japan October 98 NASDA Silver Spring, USA January 99 NOAA Paris, France June 99 CNES/ESA Hawaii, USA September 99 NOAA Tokyo, Japan February 00 NASDA Ottawa, Canada June 00 CCRS

  36. Project Participants* Council of Europe EC/DG11, DG12 SCOT CONSEIL Anite Systems Freiburg Univ. Reading Univ. EUMETSAT NPA Group ISMARC DERA ENEA BNSC CNES NPA MRC EOCI ESA DLR JRC ASI RAL EOS Utsunomiya Univ. JAMSTEC Tokai Univ. DIA/NIAES HD/MSA RESTEC NASDA PWRI NIED MSA MITI MSA JMA MSF NLA STA GSI HIT RPA PLANETA RSSIC Fisheries & Oceans RADARSAT Int. Manitoba Univ. MTRS CCRS CSA PCI SMC NRSC CAST Maryland Univ. FEMA NOAA OFCM NASA USDA NCAR SNDR USRA DOI SAC ISRO NRSA INPE AGSO INIAS ESCAP MACRES Asia Air Survey Singapore Univ. Asia Inst.of Tech. IDNDR FAO WMO WCRP UNEP/GRID GTOS World Bank FEWS

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