http://www.bis.gov.uk/ukspaceagency
EO for Disasters
David HodgsonUK Space Agency, Contractor
Policy Drivers
‘natural disasters destroy development gains’UNDP 20041
Sendai Framework - Reducing risk and building resilience
UNDRR Global Assessment Report on DRR direction on ‘building capacities in cartography and geospatial data.’
International Council for SciencePolicy recommendation
SDG Goal Task 11.b ..develop and implement, in line with the Sendai Framework for
Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, holistic disaster risk management at all levels
1UNDP 2004, Reducing Disaster Risk: A Challenge for Development. New York: Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, United Nations Development Programme.
National Space Policysharing best practices
Capacity Development in EO
Activities
UK
– Space for Smarter Government (SSGP)*
International
– GEO (w. OS)
– CEOS (WG Disasters)*
– Copernicus EMS (w. Met Office/DEFRA)
– International Partnership Programme (IPP)*
– International Charter*
Space for Smarter Government (SSGP)
‘Enabling the public sector to save money, innovate and make more
effective policy decisions by using space technology and data’
Disaster Risk Management and the Emergency Services Theme:
Outreach - Workshops and demonstrations
– Natural Hazards Partnership
– SANE (Satellite Applications Networking Event)
– CrisisHack2018 (Geospatial and Data Innovation (1) Flood and (2) Waste management
Training - Space in DRM (Inc. Copernicus EMS and International Charter)
Data Procurement Initiative (UK Imagery for Public sector challenges)
Project funding
– Past examples inc. Flood risk modelling
CEOS WGDisasters
Data Coordination
Pilot Projects
NovaSAR-1 Data
– S-Band SAR
– National and private data
UK Project Support (TBD)
– World class UK innovation & science e.g. COMET
The International Charter “Space and Major Disasters”
International agreement by Satellite Operators to provide priority access to satellite data in the event of Major Disasters.
• Disaster response
• Multi-satellite - Free Data - Priority Access
• Satellite Tasking and Archive data
• Data usage support
@DisastersChart
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Charter Members
UKSA/DMCUK
CNSAChina
KARIKorea
CSACanada
NOAAUSGSUSA
CONAEArgentina
CNESFrance
ESAEUMETSAT
Europe
ISROIndia
JAXAJapan
ROSCOSMOSRussia
INPEBrazil
DLRGermany
ABAEVenezuela
MBRSCUAE
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Disasters Types
Designed to address requests concerning major disasters caused by:
Natural Hazards Man-made events
Earthquakes Oil spills
Fires Industrial accidents
Floods
Ice jams
Landslides
Tsunamis
Ocean storms
Volcanic eruptions
Authorized Users (AU)
74 AUs from 68 countries + EC(March 2019)
Civil protection agencies, governmental relief organizations, or authorities with disaster management mandate
Charter Activations (by distribution)
Satellite Resources Include...
ABAE VRSS-1CNES PLEIADES, SPOTCNSA CBERS, SJ-9A, GF-1 / GF-2, FY-3C, CF-3, CF-4, CBERS-4
CONAE SAC-CCSA RADARSAT-2
DLRTerraSAR-X/TanDEM-XRapidEye
ESA SENTINEL-1, SENTINEL-2, Proba-V
ISROResourcest-2, Resourcest-2A, AWIFSCartosat-1, Cartosat-2
INPE CBERS-2, CBERS-4JAXA ALOS-2, KIBO HDTV-EFKARI KOMPSAT-2, KOMPSAT-3, Kompsat-3A, KOMPSAT-5
NOAA POES, SUOMI-NPP, GOESPLANET Planetscope
ROSCOSMOSRESURS-DK, METEOR-M, KANOPUS-V, RESURS-P, KANOPUS_V_IK
UAESA DubaiSat-2UKSA UK-DMC2USGS Landsat-7, Landsat-8, Quickbird, Worldview, Geoeye-1
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Activations by Hazard
*Includes solid earth related phenomenon of a tsunami.**Includes all wind type storms (hurricane, cyclone, typhoon and tornado).
As of June 18, 2019 – 610 Charter Activations
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Earthquake
Landslide
Volcano
Oil spill
Others
Fire
Flood/Ocean
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Ice/Snow hazard
Storm/Hurricane**
International Partnership Programme (IPP)
IPP aims to address real issues faced by emerging
economies, by running projects which deliver tangible and
lasting impacts on the ground using satellite solutions.
£152 million (approx £30 million p.a.), 5 years
Global Challenges Research Fund: £1.5 billion
Aid budget – ODA Compliant
Projects lead by best of world class
UK research and innovation
IPP Programme Scope
IPP ‘Climate / Disaster resilience’ projects
EO-enabled decision support for flood and drought resilience - Airbus DS
Ethiopia, Kenya
Satellite enablement for disaster risk reduction (SatDRR) - Avanti Communications
Kenya
Modelling Exposure Through Earth Observation Routines (METEOR), BGS
Nepal, Tanzania
FireSat - Clyde Space Ltd
South Africa, Kenya, Namibia
SIBELIUs: Improved resilience for Mongolian herding communities - eOsphere Limited
Mongolia
Reducing the impact of natural disasters by using SatComms, - Inmarsat Global Plc
Philippines
Drought and Flood Mitigation Service (DFMS) – Rheatech
Uganda
Earth and Sea Observation System (EASOS) - Satellite Applications Catapult
Malaysia
Coastal Risk Information Services (C-RISe) -
Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa
Recovery and Protection in Disaster (RAPID) - Stevenson Astrosat Ltd
Vietnam
CommonSensing - UNITAR/UNOSAT
Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu