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Welcome!

Earth Observation Training, Education,

and Capacity Development Network

ASIA OCEANIA REGION COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

FLOODS WORKING GROUP

17 October 2024

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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

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Spotlight presentation

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission: opportunities for data and applications

Dr. J. Indu

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

(Video recording)

Dr. Cassandra Nickles

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

(Video recording)

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Update on the 2024 Monsoon Season: Monitoring and Related Activities

CM Bhatt

Indian Institute of Remote Sensing and Asia-Oceania Flood Working Group Lead

(Video recording)

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Global and Secretariat updates

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Floods working group update

Flood tools tracker awaits feedback and new tools

https://eotec-dev.ceos.org/

  • Presented at Global Flood Partnership in Nairobi in July
  • Key improvements
    • More user friendly landing page with more content
    • Ability to rate tools
    • Re-classification of tools to align with the disaster management cycle
    • Improved searchability

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EOTEC outreach events

Drought Resilience +10 Side Event & Poster

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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

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Member updatesWhat are you working on? Share updates on your activities…!

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The Hydrologic Cycle and Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction:

How can EOTEC DevNet support integrated solutions?

Open Discussion

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Upcoming opportunities

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Opportunities and resources

SAMPLE OF TRAINING AND CONFERENCES

ARSET:

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)

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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/

UN-SPIDER Events Calendar: bit.ly/3LjKHk0

WMO Global Campus: learningevents.wmo.int/#/

UN CC: e-Learn: https://unccelearn.org/

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Summary and next steps

  • CoP Task Team meeting: December 5, 04:00 UTC

  • Next Floods Working Group meeting: January 16, 04:00 UTC

Thank you for being part of the EOTEC community of practice.

See you online!