Transcript DI0609 definition

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)
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
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Sensor Web High Level Architecture
Data
Processing Node
Web
Processing
Service
(WPS)
Web
Coverage
Service
(WCS)
SensorML
Internet
OpenID 2.0
SensorML
Capabilities
Documents
EO-1
Satellite
Satellite
sensor
data product
RSS Feeds
Sensor
Data
Products
SensorML
UAV Sensor Data Node
Web
Coordinate
Transformation
Service
(WCTS)
SensorML
Capabilities
Documents
In-situ Sensor Data Node
floods, fires,
volcanoes etc
L1G
Web Feature
SAS
Service (WFS)
Sensor Planning
SOS
Service
(SPS)
Sensor Alert
WFS
Service (SAS)
Sensor
SPS
Observation
Service (SOS)
Satellite Data Node
Workflows
Campaign
Manager
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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
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Scope
The World Bank – Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis
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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
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Task Deliverables for 2009
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Summary report on requirements and current use of satellite
data (PPT) – January 23, 2009. Lead Athena Global/CDERA –
Completed
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Meeting with users – April 6-7, 2009. Lead CDERA –
Completed
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Directory of available tools, data sets and methodologies – 1st
draft May 2009; 2nd draft December 2009. Lead NASA/GSFC
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Completed work plan for 2009 – May 2009 Lead NASA/Athena
Global
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Satellite data collection kick-off – June 2009. Lead
NASA/GSFC
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Post hurricane season analysis and reporting – December 2009.
Lead CFP Steering Committee
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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)
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Philippe Bally (ESA) (satellite data; coordination with International Disaster Charter)
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Curt Barrett (NOAA) (coordination with WMO RA-4 and related hurricane activity)
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Emil Charrington (Cathalac/SERVIR) (lead value added component; information portal)
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Carlos Costa (World Bank)
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Lorant Czaran (UN-SPIDER)
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Andrew Eddy (Athena Global through CSA funding) (program management support, task secretariat)
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David Farrell (Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology) (integration of local in-situ and ground
radar data sets; modelling activities)
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Stuart Frye (Chair: NASA/GSFC/SGT) (project lead; SensorWeb technology critical to lead application;
modelling through Univ. of Maryland contribution; satellite data; technology transfer)
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Kenneth Korporal (Environment Canada, GEOSS in the Americas) (coordination with GEOSS in the
Americas)
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Ahmed Mahmood (CSA) (satellite data and potential value added contribution)
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Bruce Potter (Island Resources)
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Giovanni Valentini (ASI) (satellite data contribution)
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Marian Werner (DLR) (potential value added contribution through ZKI and potential satellite data contribution)
The Steering Committee also includes (ex officio):
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Veronica Grasso (GEO Sec)
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Dan Mandl (NASA as lead of the Flood Sensor Web Project)
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Guy Seguin (CSA as lead for GEO Task DI-09-02B)
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Disaster Cycle
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Summary by Phase (1)
Phase
Activity
Area
Comment
Mitigation
Preparation of Directory of
Resources
Every country in
Caribbean area
On-going
Mitigation
In-depth development of
remote sensing baseline
Two or three target
small islands TBD
Under development
Mitigation
Promote collection of
Caribbean imagery to
develop baseline through
use of agency background
missions
Entire Caribbean
(need to compile list
of most urgent areas
based on lack of recent
data or most likely
disaster occurrence)
ESA has identified Caribbean
in summer 2009 background
mission;
Need to examine use of other
NASA missions beyond EO-1;
Need to approach private
sector foundations (UNSPIDER to support);
Need for more radar data
(approach CSA, ASI, DLR);
Link to UNEP Atlas of the
Caribbean
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Summary by Phase (2)
Phase
Activity
Area
Comment
Warning
Caribbean Sensor Web:
development of specific
Caribbean area looks
for global flood
prediction model;
development of higher
resolution flood
prediction model
(based on DEM of 90M
or 30M)
Greater Caribbean, with Under development
higher resolution models
to be developed for
Haiti/Dominican
Republic, Jamaica and
Cuba
Response
Integrate remote
sensing rapid mapping
with local hydrological
and met work (led by
CIMH)
Provision of assessment
maps based on satellite
data for large scale
disasters during
Hurricane 2009 season
Areas affected during
Hurricane season
(flooding, landslides)
Need for close coordination with
International Charter – PoC Philippe
Bally (ESA)
Will depend on
Hurricane season
Under development, with probable
participation of CSA, ESA, NASA
and value added provider (possibly
UNOSAT)
Recovery
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Flood Sensor Web Product Service Chain
Global Flood Potential
Model – based TRMM
and other satellites
-Adler Univ. of Md
Daily MODIS Flood Map
- Brackenridge, Dartmouth
Flood Observatory
Envisat Flood Map
- Kussul, Skakun, National
Space Agency of Ukraine
Multi-sensor campaign
manager
-GSFC et al
High resolution optical
TBS
High resolution SAR such
as TerraSAR
TBS
MODIS Global Water
Mask
Univ. of Md –Sohlberg
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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
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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
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