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Earth Observation Training, Education,
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ASIA OCEANIA REGION COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
FLOODS WORKING GROUP
18 April 2024
Today’s agenda
Time (UTC) | Agenda item | Presenter/moderator |
04:00 | Welcome | CM Bhatt |
04:05 | Introductions | All participants |
04:10 | Spotlight presentation Innovations in hydrological predictions: GEOGLOWS Updates and Applications This presentation will cover capabilities of the upcoming new version of GEOGLOWS as well as uses of the tool in the region. | Jorge Luis Sanchez Brigham Young University Manish Shrestha ICIMOD |
04:40 | Membership updates Share your news on training, tools, and other resources | All participants |
04:50 | Global leadership and Secretariat updates Flood tools tracker survey, June 18 drought webinar and other developments… | EOTEC DevNet Secretariat |
05:00 | Upcoming opportunities | Secretariat, participants |
05:10 | Next meeting, other next steps, and thanks | CM Bhatt |
05:15 | Conclusion | |
Spotlight presentation
Innovations in hydrological predictions:
GEOGLOWS Updates and Applications
Manish Shrestha
ICIMOD
Jorge Luis Sanchez
Brigham Young University
Use of Streamflow Prediction Tool/GEOGLOWS in the HKH region
Date: April 2024
Manish Shrestha
The Earth Observation Training, Education, and Capacity Development Network
Asia Oceania Flood Working Group
ICIMOD as a regional hub of SERVIR
Connecting space to village through innovative solutions using Earth observation and Geospatial technologies to address critical challenges, improve livelihoods and foster self- reliance in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
SERVIR-HKH
Thematic Focus
Water security
Ecosystems & carbon
Weather & climate resilience
Air quality & health
Agriculture &� food security
Major focus
Natural disaster trend in the HKH
Significant increase in numbers of disaster events, people effected and economic loss.
Flood accounts for ~45% of the total disaster, Billion $ 325 worth of damages
Data Source: EM-DAT
Why invest in early warning systems?
EWS contributes to reducing human casualties and save movable property of the households and communities.
In Nepal, the estimated value of the benefits from the Flood EWS is equivalent to USD 1083 per household.
In Europe, for every 1 Euro invested, benefits are of the order of 450 Euro.
Establishment of EWS can lead an average of 23,000 lives save per year, 300 million to 2 billion USD avoided asset losses, and additional 3 to 30 billion USD of economic benefits (agriculture, energy, etc.).
Collaborators
Streamflow Prediction Tool
NEPAL
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Adoption by stakeholder
National partners - NDRRMA
Integration of SPT in BIPAD portal NDRRMA, Ministry of Home Affairs
National Disaster Risk Reduction And Management Authority, Nepal
https://bipadportal.gov.np/realtime/
National partners -FFWC
Flood Forecasting and Warning Center, Bangladesh
SPT provides boundary flow at 17 location in the NE boundary of Bangladesh
Supported in developing Mobile app for dissemination
Localization of early warning system
Engaging stakeholders
Sample of Logbook
Validation
Validation- Flood forecasting tools
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-021-05014-y
Validation by end users
Key to our success
Thank you
Global and Secretariat updates
Your opinions matter!
Help us improve Flood Tools Tracker 2.0
What’s new…
https://eotecdev.net/flood-tools-tracker-feedback-requested/
FIND THE TRACKER AND OTHER TOOLS AT https://eotecdev.net/tools/
New feature on www.eotecdev.net�Photo of the week: Share your imagery!
**Upload your image to this form**
https://forms.gle/vBfSfN46wP7ND3936
Toward establishing Drought Working Groups�Matrix update, UNCCD-EOTEC joint webinar June 18
**Reminder: Please review and add resources to our drought tools matrix**
| June 7 |
| June 18 |
| November |
| 2025 |
Next steps and timing
More volunteers needed - join the team!
Guidance on EO needs assessment moving forward
Next steps and timing
FIND THE MATRIX ON THE TOOLS PAGE https://eotecdev.net/tools/
| May 22 |
| June 19 |
| Sept 4 |
UN-SPIDER International Conference March 12-14�New report: Space-technologies for early warning systems
Coming soon: UN-SPIDER EOTEC webinars
Website and member platform at www.eotecdev.net
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Member updates�What are you working on? Share updates on your activities…!
Upcoming opportunities
Opportunities and resources
SAMPLE OF TRAINING AND CONFERENCES | |
UNOOSA 6th Conference on the Use of Space Technology for Water, 7-10 May Management, Costa Rica (in-person and virtual). | 13th EARSeL Workshop on Imaging Spectroscopy. 16-18 April, In person, Valencia. |
ISPRS Technical Commission 1 Midterm Symposium,on sensors, 13-17 May, Changsha, China, in person | ISPRS Techncal Commission 5 Symposium, 6-8 August, Manila, Philippines. Abstract deadline: April 5 |
European Geophysical Union 2024: 14-19 April, Vienna, Austria, in-person and virtual. https://egu24.eu/ | ICT for Ag, 28-30 May, in 5 locations simultaneously (India, Kenya, Mexico, Philippines and USA, and online. Session deadline: March 29 |
AI for Good, 30-31 May, Geneva, Switzerland and virtual. UN-SPIDER Symposium, 10-12 September, Beijing. Details coming! | Global Digital Development Forum, 12-13 June, in person (Washington, D.C.) and virtual |
HYR-SENSE: Hyperspectral and Thermal Remote Sensing for Environmental Justice, June 10-13, Colorado, Boulder, US (in-person) (applications by March 24) | COSPAR 2024 Scientific Assembly, July 13-21 2024, Busan, South Korea, in person. |
2nd International Symposium on Remote Sensing in Meteorology METEO IRS 2024, 11-13 June, in person (Istanbul) and online | 44th International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) 2024, 11-15 July, 2024, Athens, Greece. |
Opportunities and resources
PLACES TO FIND TRAINING | |
New resource: World Climate Research Programme catalog wcrp-academy.org/catalog | International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing calendar of training events: https://www.isprs.org/calendar/2024.aspx |
IIRS Website: https://elearning.iirs.gov.in/ | EO Africa R+D Facility webinars on youtube: @eoafricardfacility3607 |
CEOS Training Calendar: training.ceos.org New resource: CEOS Earth Observation Handbook 2023: ceos.org/news/eohb-2023/ | NASA ARSET: bit.ly/3Fh7ERe New resource: NASA’s Transform to Open Science curriculum: https://nasa.github.io/Transform-to-Open-Science/ |
UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal: www.un-spider.org and events page: bit.ly/3LjKHk0 | |
GEO Events Calendar: https://earthobservations.org/events | EO College: eo-college.org. New MOOC: Cubes and Clouds https://eo-college.org/courses/cubes-and-clouds/ |
EUMETSAT training catalogue: catalog.trainhub.eumetsat.int | UN CC: e-Learn: https://unccelearn.org/ |
WMO Global Campus: learningevents.wmo.int/#/ | WMO-CGMS VLab: wmo-sat.info/vlab/vlab-training-calendar/ |
New resource: Environmental Satellite Training on COMET MetED: www.meted.ucar.edu | |
Summary and next steps
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