Reports of Steering Committee and APRSAF28

8th Joint Project Team Meeting
September 16, 2023
Co-Chair of Steering Committee
Koji Suzuki

1. Concept of Sentinel Asia
Strategic Plan
“Challenges for Disaster Risk Reduction by a Collaboration
between Space and Disaster Management Agencies”
Not only the Disaster Response but all Disaster Risk Reduction
Cycles.
MITIGATIONPREPADNESSRECOVERYRESPONSE••••

Hazard Map
Early Warning
Success Story
Pre-disastermonitoring• Mid/Long-termmonitoring• Recovery Status• Training• Capacity Building• Standard Operation
Procedure （SOP)• Emergency
Observation• Data Analysis• Damage Assessment

22. Steering Committee Members
The Steering Committee(SC) is the advisory committee for strategic management of Sentinel
Asia(SA).
The purpose of SC is to discuss and define the management strategy of SA for its sustainability
and affordability on the use of space technology and applications to contribute to substantial
disaster risk and damage reduction in Asia-Pacific region.
There are 12 organizations as Steering Committee Members
ADRC and GISTDA are current Co-Chairs

32. Steering Committee Members
12 organizations
ADRC and GISTDA are current Co-Chairs
Organization of Steering Committee
Asian Disaster Reduction CenterADRC

Asian Institute of Technology

AITCenter for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing

CRISP

Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency

GISTDA

Indian Space Research Organization

ISRO

International Water Management InstituteIWMI

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

JAXA

Mohammad Bin Rashid Space Centre

MBRSC

Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology

Phivolcs

Taiwan Space Agency

TASA

Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology – Space Technology Institute

VAST-STI

Yamaguchi UniversityYU4

3. Dates of SC Meetings
Year DateMeeting Type

Host2020 1/21-22

SC Face to Face Hosted by ISRO

6/23Web Meeting

11/4

Web Meeting

2021 3/15Web Meeting

8/5

Web Meeting

11/11

Web Meeting2022 2/21

Web Meeting

7/20

Web Meeting

10/10-11

SC Face to Face Hosted by AIT

2023 3/13

Web Meeting53.1 Face to Face Meeting in 2020 hosted by ISRO• Steering Committee Meeting in January 2020
• Co-organized with ISRO

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3.2 Major Discussion Themes of Face toFace Meeting in 2020 hosted by ISRO• ISRO made four presentations on theiractivities related to the disaster management.
• ISRO’s DMS Programme (Dr. G.S. Rao)
• Space Inputs for Disaster management(Dr. P V N Rao)
• Spatial Flood Early Warning for DisasterRisk Reduction – Role of Space Technology(Dr. K H V Durga Rao)
• Regional Landslide Early Warning along
Selected Road Corridors in India (Dr. TapasMartha)
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3.3 Example of Presentations in SC Face to Face
Meeting in 2020 hosted by ISRO
Introduction of Volcanic Hazard Ranking Map by AIT

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3.3 Example of Presentations in SC Face to Face
Meeting in 2020 hosted by ISROGISTDA introduced OPTEMIS: Emergency Observation Data Management
System9

3.3 Example of Presentations in SC Face to Face
Meeting in 2020 hosted by ISRO

Online Education Materials for creating Value Added Products
Introduction of Volcanic Hazard Ranking Map by AIT

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3.3 Example of Presentations in SC Face to Face
Meeting in 2020 hosted by ISROIWMI：Linking Sentinel Asia Activities to Sendai Framework113.3 Example of Presentations in SC Face to Face
Meeting in 2020 hosted by ISRO

Phivolcs: Successful Application of SA to Disaster Response123.4 Face to Face Meeting in 2022 hosted by AIT• Steering Committee Meeting in October 2022
• Co-organized with GIC-AIT13

3.4 Face to Face Meeting in 2022 hosted by AIT14

3.5 Major Discussion Themes in SC FtoF 2022
Some of the major themes discussed in the meeting.
1ADRC

QZSS Disaster and Crisis Management Report

2AITMobile Apps

3IWMILinking Step3 to Sendai Framework for DRR

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GISTDA

Flood Management System and Rapid data acquisition

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ISROIWMI

Capacity Building Webinars Rapid Flood Mapping andDrought Monitoring

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JAXA

Interaction with JICA; Autonomous Analysis

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TASA

Emergent Value Added Product; Open Data Cube

8YU

Online Education Materials; University Data Analysis
Network15

3.5 Example of Presentations in SC Face to Face
Meeting in 2022 hosted by AITADRC： Disaster and Crisis Management Report using QZSS163.5 Example of Presentations in SC Face to Face
Meeting in 2022 hosted by AITInteraction with JICA
in the case of Flood in Pakistan : Statistic information
JICA expected the statistical information such as the affected population to understandthe scale of the flood impact
In this regard, JAXA created below affected population information as a sample andintroduced it to JICA

 Created by overlaying flooddetected area and world
population information provided
by the United Nations.
 Color gradation from pale orange
to brown indicates the increase in
the affected population.

https://sentinelasia.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/sidebar/index.html?appid=d5ae4fbba046423892df17cad7da40b3

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3.5 Example of Presentations in SC Face to Face
Meeting in 2022 hosted by AITInteraction with JICA
In the case of Volcano Eruption in Indonesia
December 2021
 Thanks to disaster information provided by EOS and optical satellite data from FORMOSAT-5 by TASA on WebGIS, the JICA expert and the consultant found potential landslide risk information that was hard to acquire fromthe field survey:(1) The pyroclastic potential flow extent around 5km from volcanic crater, the area too hot to enter(2) The potential river flow change due to the large amounts of volcanic debris the upstream of river

Pyroclastic flow18

4. Sentinel Asia Session of APRSAF28
 Sentinel Asia is an initiative aiming space-based international cooperation for disastermanagement in the Asia-Pacific region
 In February 2006, Sentinel Asia was established and started its activities inaccordance with the recommendation at APRSAF-12 in October 2005

 Sentinel Asia Session in Space Application Workshop in APRSAF28 inVietnam

194.1 Topics of Sentinel Asia Session APRSAF28

1 JAXASentinel Asia Report

2 ADRC

Trend of Emergency Observation Request

3 JICA

Practical utilization of Value-added products (VAPs) for JICA operations

4 EOS

Rapid disaster response using Synthetic Aperture Radar

5 PhilSA

The DHARMA Project: Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) contribution on
the use of Earth Observation (EO) data for Disaster Risk Reduction andManagement (DRRM) in the Philippines:

6 GISTDAGISTDA's space technology and application for disaster management

7 IWMI

Earth Observation data for climate resilience and strengthening disaster risk
management

8 ADRC

Satellite Report for Disaster and Crisis Management (DC Report) using EWS
for the Asia-Pacific region

9 YU

Development of Mirror Target Calibration for Multiple Optical Satellite Data20

4.2 Plenary Session of APRSAF28
 Sentinel Asia Plenary Report was presented by Co-Chair of the Steering Committee,
Mr. Tatiya Chuentragun of GISTDA, emphasizing the international cooperation andgood practices towards Disaster Response and Mitigation.

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5. Future Event The 29th session of the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF-29)- 17 to 21 September 2023, Jakarta, Indonesia- Co-organized by BRIN, MEXT, and JAXAFor detail, please refer to below URL:
https://www.aprsaf.org/annual_meetings/aprsaf29/meeting_details.php
https://www.aprsaf.org/annual_meetings/aprsaf29/registration.php
We look forward to meeting you at APRSAF-29 in Indonesia!

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