Session: Natural Disaster Response Scenario

This is a session of the GEOSS Architecture Workshop

The presentation prepared for the session has been updated to include results of the session. 

Background

• GEO Workplan 2007-09 includes task to address "Use of satellites for risk management": DI-06-09
• In April 2007, CSA asked by GEO Secretariat to play a leadership role with UNOOSA in broadening scope and impact of task, ensuring development of a virtual constellation for risk management
• DI-06-09 to address all four phases of disaster management: mitigation, warning, response and recovery and to examine user requirements and system architecture for a global multi-hazard approach
• UN-SPIDER recognizes the critical importance of compiling user requirements, and can serve as a bridge between space and disaster management communities
• CEOS currently reo-organizing its contributions to GEO to ensure coordination within each SBA
• New CEOS Disaster Working Group created in January and chaired by Guy Seguin
• All inputs to "DI" tasks of GEO workplan will be coordinated through this group
• New list of actions currently being elaborated focused on three main activities: development of architecture to meet user needs, technology demonstrations to increase user awareness and pilot projects to demonstrate operational feasibility

Objectives

• Help space community understand specific needs of disaster management community, as well as operational mechanisms and interactions (local, provincial and national)
• Collect information on needs of users to establish requirements
• Establish ‘virtual constellation’ of satellites to address each phase of disasters, working through existing bodies such as International Charter and CEOS

Proposed Way Forward

• Work with International Charter to define process to broaden and simplify access to all GEO Member States during disaster response
• Within CEOS context, ensure contributions from space agencies towards pilot projects
• Identify champions within each disaster community of practice and choose pilot projects on a regional level for different disaster types to demonstrate the effectiveness of satellite imagery for disaster mitigation, warning and recovery

Identifying Scenarios

• Two pilot projects are being considered by CEOS Disaster Working Group:
• Flood management in South America
• Global wildfire response
• Next step consist in the identification of region of interest and an implementation of a multi-hazard approach across all phases of disaster management

• Proposals for 2008 are:
• Multi-Hazard & phase approach for Hurricane strikes
• Expand Sentinel-1 fire-Hazard to other regions