Welcome!
Earth Observation Training, Education,
and Capacity Development Network
ASIA OCEANIA REGION COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
FLOODS WORKING GROUP
17 October 2024
Today’s agenda
Time (UTC) | Agenda item | Presenter/moderator |
04:00 | Welcome | CM Bhatt, IIRS |
04:05 | Introductions | All participants |
04:10 | Spotlight presentations The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission: opportunities for data and applications SWOT data for Indian Hydrology | Cassandra Nickles, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory J. Indu, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay |
04:40 | Report on monsoon and flood-related monitoring | CM Bhatt |
04:50 | Open discussion: The Hydrologic Cycle and Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction: Should EOTEC DevNet Combine Flood and Drought Working Groups? | EOTEC DevNet Secretariat |
05:05 | Membership updates Share your updates on training, tools, and other resources | All participants |
05:10 | Global leadership and Secretariat updates and upcoming opportunities | EOTEC DevNet Secretariat |
05:14 | Next meeting, other next steps, and thanks | CM Bhatt |
05:15 | Conclusion | |
Spotlight presentation
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission: opportunities for data and applications
Update on the 2024 Monsoon Season: Monitoring and Related Activities
CM Bhatt
Indian Institute of Remote Sensing and Asia-Oceania Flood Working Group Lead
Global and Secretariat updates
Floods working group update
Flood tools tracker awaits feedback and new tools
https://eotec-dev.ceos.org/
EOTEC outreach events
Drought Resilience +10 Side Event & Poster
EOTEC outreach events
EO4 Africa and EuroGEO events:
Panel discussions + Posters
Panel discussion: "Stakeholder engagement; Capacity Development and Youth”
Poster: Fostering EO Capacity for Disaster Management in Europe
Poster: Connecting Users to EO Capacity Building: Africa CoP
Panels: CoP Co-leads chaired five panels
Member updates�What are you working on? Share updates on your activities…!
The Hydrologic Cycle and Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction:
How can EOTEC DevNet support integrated solutions?
Open Discussion
Upcoming opportunities
Opportunities and resources
SAMPLE OF TRAINING AND CONFERENCES | |
NEW! EO College Introduction to Machine Learning for Earth Observation, online, self-paced. |
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Europe and Central Asia Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR), Republic of Montenegro, 6-8 November. | |
Climate Responsive Land Governance and Disaster Resilience: Safeguarding Land Rights, NICS Conference, 14-16 November, in-person Kathmandu, Nepal. | World Space Forum, 3-5 December, in person, Vienna, Austria. Registration closes 3 November. |
Satellite Remote Sensing Data Acquisition & Processing, UN CSSTEAP, 18-29 November, in-person, Hyderabad, India. | AGU24, 9-13 December, Washington, D.C., USA and hybrid |
International Emergency Management Society, Pune, India, 26-29 November, in-person and hybrid. | ESA’s Living Planet Symposium 2025, 23-27 June 2025, Vienna, Austria, call for abstracts open (14 October - 1 December) |
Opportunities and resources
PLACES TO FIND TRAINING | |
SELPER BRASIL COURSES (Portuguese) https://selperbrasil.org.br/cursos-e-treinamentos/ 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 |
CEOS Training Calendar: training.ceos.org CEOS Earth Observation Handbook 2023: ceos.org/news/eohb-2023/ | NASA ARSET: bit.ly/3Fh7ERe Upcoming course: An Introduction to Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Its Applications (6-20 November) |
UN-SPIDER Events Calendar: bit.ly/3LjKHk0 | |
GEO Events Calendar: https://earthobservations.org/events | EO College: eo-college.org New MOOC: Introduction to Machine Learning for Earth Observation |
EUMETSAT training catalogue: https://trainingevents.eumetsat.int/trui/ Upcoming course: International Training Workshop on Capacity Building for EarlyWarningsforAll Initiative | |
WMO Global Campus: learningevents.wmo.int/#/ | UN CC: e-Learn: https://unccelearn.org/ |
Summary and next steps
Thank you for being part of the EOTEC community of practice.
See you online!