WorkshopReport
NASA-Rio-UCCRNTrainingWorkshop:SeaLevelRise,UrbanHeatIslandandGreenInfrastructure,and
WaterQuality
November14-16,2016
NASAGoddardInstituteforSpaceStudies
NewYork,NY
Title NASA-RioPartnershipTrainingWorkshop:SeaLevelRise,UrbanHeatIslandandGreenInfrastructure,andWaterQuality
Date November14-16,2016
Location NASAGoddardInstituteforSpaceStudies,NewYork,NY,USA
Co-Organizers DaliaKirschbaum,NASAGSFC
CynthiaRosenzweig,NASAGISS/UCCRN
SomayyaAliIbrahim,ColumbiaUniversity/UCCRN
DanielBader,ColumbiaUniversity/UCCRN
FelipeMandarino,InstitutoPereiraPassos
Sponsors
Participants
NASAGoddardSpaceFlightCenter
DaliaKirschbaum,NASAGSFCLachlanMckinna,NASAGSFCMargaretHurwitz,NASAGSFC
NASAGoddardInstituteforSpaceStudies/ColumbiaUniversity
CynthiaRosenzweig,NASAGISS/UCCRNDanielBader,ColumbiaUniversity/UCCRNSomayyaAliIbrahim,ColumbiaUniversity/UCCRNVivienGornitz,ColumbiaUniversity/UCCRNStuartGaffin,ColumbiaUniversity/UCCRNKlausJacob,ColumbiaUniversity/UCCRN
RiodeJaneiro
FelipeMandarino,InstitutoPereiraPassosLeonardodeCarvalhoValentimdaSilva,InstitutoPereiraPassosBrunoFontouraCosta,InstitutoPereiraPassosBrasilianoVitoFico,MunicipalEnvironmentalSecretariatRicardod’Orsi,GEO-RIOSérgioAntôniodaSilvaAlmeida,CivilHouseSecretariatAlexanderdeAraújoLima,CivilDefenceAlexandreCardeman,RioOperationsCenterPauloLuizdaFonseca,RioÁguasFoundationNelsonLima,RioÁguasFoundationVivienGreen,FederalUniversityofRiodeJaneiro
GuestSpeakers
GavinSchmidt,Director,NASAGISSKatherineGreig,DeputyDirectorforPlanning,NYCMayor’sOfficeofRecoverandResiliencyAlanCohn,ClimateProgramDirector,NYCDepartmentofEnvironmentalProtectionLauraJay,Manager,LandUsePlanningNetwork,C40CitiesClimateLeadershipGroupAlexGittelson,SchoolofInternationalandPublicAffairs,ColumbiaUniversity
NASA-Rio-UCCRNTrainingPartnershipWorkshop:SeaLevelRise,UrbanHeatIslands,andWaterQuality
Agenda
November14–16,2016
NASAGoddardInstituteforSpaceStudies(GISS)2880Broadway,NewYork,NY
Monday,14November20163rdFloorCodanConferenceRoom(324)8:00–9:00 Badgecheck-inandcoffee9:00–9:45 WelcomeandIntroductionsofthegroup
GavinSchmidt(GISSDirector)CynthiaRosenzweig(LocalHost)NASA-RioPartnershipGoalsandStatus(DaliaandFelipe)Introductionofparticipants
9:45–10:15 NASAOverview:DaliaKirschbaum10:15-10:45 CityofRioOverview:FelipeMandarino10:45-11:15 NYCOverviewandUCCRNOverview:
CynthiaRosenzweigandSomayyaAliIbrahim 11:15-12:00 DiscussionanddefinitionofTrainingObjectives:
LedbyDalia,Cynthia,Felipe12:00–13:30 LUNCH13:30–14:30 ThematicOverviewPresentations(20minuteseach)
SeaLevelRise:VivienGornitzUrbanHeatIslandandGreenInfrastructure:StuartGaffinWaterQuality:LachlanMcKinna
14:30-16:30 SciencePolicyInterfaceRoundtableDiscussion Moderators:CynthiaRosenzweigandSomayyaAliIbrahim Goal:Hearfrompolicymakersabouthowtheyusesciencetomakedecisions
Participants:LauraJay,C40KatherineGreig,CityofNewYorkAlanCohn,NYCDEPRicardoD’Orsi,RiodeJaneiroCityHall
GavinSchmidt,NASAGISS
16:30–17:00 WrapUpandPlansforDay217:45-19:30 Dinner(Pisticci,125LaSalleSt,NewYork,NY10027
http://www.pisticcinyc.com/#pisticci-home)Tuesday,15November20168:30–9:00 Check-inandcoffee9:00-9:30 IntroductiontoTrainingSessions9:30–12:30 ConcurrentTrainingSessions(Rooms324,720,316):
SeaLevelRise-VivienGornitz,DanBader,KlausJacob,SomayyaAliIbrahimUrbanHeatIslandandGreenInfrastructure-StuartGaffinWaterQuality-LachlanMcKinna
12:30–13:30 LUNCH13:30–16:30 ConcurrentTrainingSessions(SeaLevelRise,UrbanHeatIslandandGreen
Infrastructure,WaterQuality)16:30–17:30 ReportBack,Discussion,andWrap-UpWednesday,16November20168:00–12:00 FieldTriptoHurricaneSandyLocationsinSouthernManhattan:DanBaderto
lead12:00–13:30 ReturntoGISSandLUNCH13:30-16:00 Breakintoconcurrenttrainingsessionsforsummaryandwrap-up16:00–17:00 ConcurrentTrainingSessionWrap-upandreporting17:30-18:30 3rdEducationalWebinarfocusingonWaterQualityandSeaLevel
Rise:FelipeMandarino,CynthiaRosenzweig,andSergioSignoriniparticipating.Accesstothiswebinarisat:https://gsfc610.adobeconnect.com/riowebinar3/.
ADJOURN
NASAand theCity of Riode Janeiro arepartnering tobetter anticipatenatural hazards and adapt toclimatechange.InNovember2016,tenscientists,engineersandofficialsfromtheRioCityHallvisitedNASAGISSandreceivedspecializedtraininginsealevelrise,urbanheatislandsandwaterquality.
WorkshopBackground
InDecember2015,NASAenteredintoa formalpartnership withtheCityofRiodeJaneiroforsharingEarth-observingdataandmethods,tosupportinnovativeeffortstobetterunderstand,anticipate,andmonitornaturalhazards,includingdrought,flooding,andlandslides,inandaroundthecity.SignedbetweenNASA’sEarthScienceDivisionandRio’sMayor’sOffice,theagreementwillleveragetheuniqueattributesofNASA’ssatellitedatasystemsandRiodeJaneiro’smonitoringandcrisismanagementcapabilitiestoimprovehazardmonitoringanddisasterresponse.
NASAprovidessatelliteimageryanddatafromitsfleetofEarth-observingsatellitesthatisopenlyavailabletothepublic.Productsderivedfromthesesourcesareofpotentialvaluetodiagnosepotentialhazardswithintheregion.TheCityofRiodeJaneirowillprovideinsitudataandevaluatetheroutineapplicationofEarth-observingdataformonitoringefforts,decisionsupport,andaction.
NASA’sEarthScienceDivisionispartneringwiththeMayor’sOfficewhichoverseesseveralresearchandoperationalagenciesthatplayaroleinnaturalhazardmitigationandresponse.TheInstitutoPereiraPassosisthestatisticalandcartographicresearcharmofthemunicipalgovernment,andhandlesRiodeJaneiro’sstatisticaldata.TheCentrodeOperações,essentiallyRiodeJaneiro’ssmartcityhub,integratesover30agenciestoanticipate,reduce,andrespondimmediatelytothreatslikeflooding,fires,andtrafficaccidents.TheFundaçãoGeo-Rioactsasageologicalresearchorganizationthathassignificantexpertiseinlandslides.Together,theseagenciesprovideacomprehensivesetoftoolsandresourcesthathelpthecityrespondininnovativewaystoavarietyofnaturaldisasters.
ForthecoordinationoftheeffortsfromtheRio-NASAPartnership,MayorPaesofRiodeJaneirocreatedaSteeringCommittee,whichisledbyPereiraPassosInstitute(IPP)andhasasmembersthefollowingRioCityHallorganizations:RioOperationsCenter-COR;MunicipalEnvironmentalSecretariat-SMAC;RIOÁGUASFoundation;GEORIOFoundation;MunicipalCivilDefense;PlanetariumFoundation;MunicipalEducationSecretariat-SME;MayorsOffice-InternationalAffairsCoordination.
InApril7th,2016,onetechnicianfromRiomadeavisittoNASA’sGoddardSpaceFlightCenter(GSFC),locatedinGreenbelt,MD.ThevisitwasagreatopportunitytomoveforwardintheactionsofthepartnershipduringameetingwithNASAspecialistsinclimatechangeimpacts,precipitationmeasurement,airquality,oceancolor,firedetection,floodmodelingandotherssubjects.
TheCityofRiodeJaneirohasalsodevelopedapartnershipwiththeUrbanClimateChangeResearchNetwork(UCCRN),whichco-ledtheworkshop.BasedattheColumbiaUniversityEarthInstituteinNewYorkCity,theUCCRNconsistsofmorethan750researchersandpractitionersaroundtheworld,withregionalhubsacrosstheworldincludingitsLatinAmericanHubinRiodeJaneiro,launchedinOctober2015,whichwillhelptospreadtheknowledgegainedtoothercitiesinBrazilandLatinAmerica.TheHubisapartnershipbetweentheOswaldoCruzInstitute(FIOCRUZ),theFederalUniversityofRiodeJaneiro(UFRJ),theCityofRiodeJaneiro,ColumbiaGlobalCenterLatinAmerica,andRioResiliente.
TheUCCRNteamhopestoreplicatethesecollaborativeworkshopswithotherHubcitiesinthenetworksuchasParis,Durban,Canberra,Philadelphia,andShanghai.
WorkshopSummary
ThemainaimoftheworkshopwasforrepresentativesfromRioandNewYorkCitytolearnfromeachother’sexperience.Rio’ssophisticatedOperationsCentercontinuouslymonitorsweather,trafficandothercityoperations,coordinatescommunicationswiththepublicandmedia,andprovidescrisismanagementfacilities.NewYorkCityisworkingtostrengthenitsclimateresiliencee.g.,bybuildingnewcoastaldefensesatJamaicaBay.
ManyoftheRioandNewYorkparticipantsweremembersofUCCRN,anefforttocoordinateresearchersandcityleadersonclimatechangeimpactsandadaptationatthecitylevel.SomayyaAliIbrahim(ColumbiaUniversity/UCCRN)andCynthiaRosenzweig(NASAGISS)describedtherecentlaunchoftheUCCRNLatinAmericanHubinRiodeJaneiro,inpartnershipwithlocaluniversitiesandtheCityofRio.
AScience-PolicyRoundtable,withparticipantsfromRioCityHall,CityofNewYork,NASAGISS,andC40,focusedonthevalueofclimatedatatosupportcities’climateresilienceefforts.NASAdataproductsandclimateprojectionsareparticularlyvaluedbecausetheyarewell-vettedandopenlyavailable.However,forlocaldecision-making(suchasmonitoringthewatersupplyorrespondingtoapoweroutage),theseproductsmustbepairedwithhigh-resolutioninsitumeasurements.
Theseconddayoftheworkshopconsistedofconcurrenttrainingsessions.TherewerefourmainThematicAreasoftheworkshop:
Theme1:Intenserainfall,landslides,andflooding
Theme2:Climatechangeimpacts
Theme3:Waterandairqualitymonitoring
Theme4:Educationandoutreach
StuartGaffinandAlexGittelson(ColumbiaUniversity/UCCRN)summarizedtheirresearchontheeffectsofdifferentsurfacesonairtemperature(e.g.,pavementvs.tree-coveredareas),andtheimpactsofgreeninfrastructureontheurbanenvironment.VivienGornitz(ColumbiaUniversity/UCCRN)notedthat,intheNewYorkarea,sealevelisrisingbyapproximately3mm/year,reflectingacombinationofthewarmingsurfaceclimateandlong-termglacialadjustment.Sealevelismeasuredbybothhigh-frequencytidegaugesandbyradaraltimeterssuchasthataboardNASA’sJason-2satellite.Risingsealevelhasconsequencesforcities:acceleratedcoastalerosion,saltwaterintrusionandmorefrequent‘nuisance’streetflooding.LachlanMcKinna(NASAGSFC)explainedthechallengesofstudyingoceanecologywithremotesensingi.e.,just10%ofthesatellitesignalcomesfromtheocean.Severalplannedmissions,suchasPACEandSABIA-Mar,areexpectedtoprovidehigh-qualitymeasurements,particularlyincoastalzones.
ParticipantsgatheredatBatteryParkinNewYorkCitytoappreciatetheimpactsofHurricaneSandyandtheprojectedincreasesinsealevelonthisareaofLowerManhattan.
Onthelastdayoftheworkshop,DanBader(ColumbiaUniversity/UCCRN)ledthegrouponafieldtriptoHurricaneSandy-affectedareasoflowerManhattan.Participantssawthe2012high-watermarkofthestormsurgegeneratedbyHurricaneSandy,wellabovetheboardwalkatBatteryPark.Seeingthe
affectedareasfurtherencouragedparticipantsfromNewYorkandRiotocontinuetheircities’preparationsforsealevelriseandextremeweatherevents.TheeventculminatedwithaFacebookLivestreamhighlightingtheNASA-Riopartnership,whichfeaturedDaliaKirschbaum(NASAGSFC),CynthiaRosenzweig(NASAGISS),FelipeMandarino(InstitutoPereiraPassos),andDanielBader(ColumbiaUniversity/UCCRN).
StrongpartnershipandcontinuedcommunicationbetweenNASA,UCCRNandRiodeJaneiro’sCityHallwillfacilitatetheuseofNASAdataproductsandclimatesimulationsinRio’ssealevelriseprojections,landslideriskpreventionandwaterqualitymonitoring,andadvanceRioandNewYorkCity’sclimateresilience.ThehopeistoreplicatethisexperienceinotherUCCRNcitiesaroundtheworld.
DaliaKirschbaumandFelipeMandarinogiveanoverviewoftheNASA-Riopartnership.
CynthiaRosenzweigdetailsthehistoryofclimatechangereportingandadaptationinNewYorkCity.
FelipeMandarinoandKlausJacobdiscussthe‘AlertaRio’system.
KeyTakeawaysfromWorkshop
Foreachofthekeyfocusareasoftheworkshop,theripestopportunitytocompleteimmediatelyfollowingtheworkshop,nextsteps,andapotentialapplicationtocitiesglobally(viaUCCRN)wereidentified.
1. Sealevelrise
Lowhangingfruit–ForthecityofRiodeJaneiro,regionalsealevelriseprojectionswillbedeveloped.Theseprojectswillincludeall6components,advancingtheinitialprojectionsthatweredeveloped.Thetwotermstobeaddedwillbethe‘fingerprint’(takenformtheliterature)andlandsubsidence(takenfromPeltier).Wherepossible,Integrationwithfederalpolicies/informationwillbeexplored.
UCCRNTemplate–UsingNASAaltimetrydatatimeseries(Jason3,TOPEX),observedsealevelrisetrendscanbecomputedforcitiesglobally.NASAMODISDatasnapshotincludingkeystonespecieswillbedeveloped.
Nextsteps–Oncethesealevelriseprojectionsarecompleted,wewillconductareviewofthebestscienceavailableforfloodmodeling,inparticularhydrodynamicmodelingforcoastalstormsurge.ThiswillentailsearchingandanalyzingdatasetsandmodelsthatcouldprovidetheCitywithone(ormore)toolstoevaluatefuturefloodrisk.
NASAJason-2satelliteradaraltimetermonitoringforsealevelrise.Source:NASA
2. Urbanheatisland
Lowhangingfruit–UrbanheatislandmapsforRioweredevelopedusingNASAEarthScienceData(Landsat8).Additionalmapproductswillbedeveloped.AwebapplicationfeaturingtheseproductsisalreadyreleasedbyIPPathttp://arcg.is/2hdM05w.
UCCRNTemplate–Mapproductsshowingsurfacetemperatures,otherclimatevariables,andlandsurfacecharacteristicsusingNASAremotesensingproducts(Landcoverchange,NDVI)canbedevelopedforcitiesglobally.Thiswouldincludesnapshotimagesanddatatimeseries.
Nextsteps–Forthefuture,providingatmosphericcorrectionforthermalbandsfromLandsatisagoal.Theinformationfromtheremotesensingproductscanbeutilizedforbetterunderstandingoftheimpactsofheatwavesonpublichealth.
NASALandsatdatamapshowingsurfacetemperaturesandtheUrbanHeatIslandinNewYorkCity
3. Coastalwaterquality
Lowhangingfruit–InitialworkwillfocusondataprocessingandworkflowforLandsat8,advancingsoftwareexpertise,andexploringthecompatibilityofoperatingsystems.ThegoalistocreateaprocedureinsideSEADAStomonitorwaterqualityinthecoastalecosystemsofRiodeJaneiro.
UCCRNTemplate–Aselectionofkeyindicatorsincluding,ChlorophyllA,totalsuspendedmattersediment,turbidity,seasurfacetemperature,canbeobtainedfromMODISTerraTruecolor.Withthesedata,animageforasnapshotofacoastalurbanareawithkeychallengeshighlightedcanbedeveloped.Thiswouldberelevanttocitiesglobally.
Nextsteps–Astheworkcontinues,effortswillfocusonInvestigatingthepossibilityofestimatingcoliformconcentrationlevelsfromLandsatproxy,withadditionaldatafromadronebasedaerialsurvey.Thegoalistouse,evaluate,andimprovethealgorithmcreatedforRiousinglocalmonitoringdataforcalibrationandvalidation.
MODISAquaTotalSuspendedMatterforGuanabaraBay,Brazil,30June2015@250m
Landsat-8Chlorophyll-aforGuanabaraBay,Brazil,19March2016@30m
4. Landslidesandflooding
Lowhangingfruit–ThefirststepthatisalreadyunderwayistoevaluatetheusageoftheexistinglandslideforecastmodelinRIO’soperationscenter(COR).After,thegoalistoIntroducePMM’sGlobalLandslideNowcastinthedecisionframeworkofAlertaRio(City’smeteorologyofficethatisresponsibleforsendinglandslidesalertsandsirensactivation).
UCCRNTemplate–UsingtheGPMlandslidecatalog(snapshotwherelandslideshaveoccurredrecently)basedonintenseprecipitation,vulnerabilitiesofcitiesgloballycanbeassessed.Forheavyprecipitation,aglobalinlandfloodingmodelcanbeevaluated.
Nextsteps–Followingup,thenextstepistoadaptthelandslidemodeltoreadlocaldataandimprovespatialresolution,evaluateexistingfloodmodelanditspotentialtobeintegratedintotheOperationsCenterroutine,interactionswithColumbiaengineersworkingonlandslidesandfloodinginnovations
• ActionItemsContinuedevelopingprocessesandpartnerships• Linkdatatoresponsibleinstitutions• Provideopenaccesstotheproductsdevelopedunderthispartnership• Strengthencommunicationandrelationshipsforadministrationtransitions• Documentandprovidefeedbackforuseofdatafordecisionmaking• Exploreframeworkfordatasharing• Sharebestpracticesoninstitutionalframeworksfordevelopmentofclimateresiliency• Developlong-termsustainabilityforhumanresources,data,models,analysisforclimate
resilience• ContinuetobuildtheNASA-RIO-UCCRNPartnership•
NextSteps
- SchedulenextworkshopinRio(2017)
- Continuetointegrateeducationandoutreachandworkwithdatavisualizationproducts
- Identifynewtopicsandexperts
- Reachouttonewpartners(e.g.,INPE,IBGE,AEB,CONAE)
- WorkwithUCCRNontemplates
- Schedulemonthlyteleconferences
FormoreinformationonthePartnership:
www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/nasa-helps-cities-address-climate-risks
www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/nasa-to-aid-disaster-preparedness-in-rio-de-janeiro
UrbanClimateChangeResearchNetwork(UCCRN):
www.uccrn.org
PereiraPassosInstitute:
www.armazemdedados.rio.rj.gov.br/
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