MALAYSIACOUNTRY REPORT(ABD. MALIK BIN TUSSIN)

The Ninth GEOSS Asia-Pacific Symposium
11-13 January 2017
Tokyo, Japan

The report covers topics on:i.

Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) Monitoring Network(Malaysian Meteorological Department)ii.

Space Technology and Earth Observation Utilization in Malaysia(Malaysian National Space Centre)iii. Applications of Earth Observation Data in Malaysia(Malaysian Remote Sensing Agency)

i. Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) Monitoring Network
 To support the GAW Programme of World Meteorological Organization(WMO) Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has since 1989
established GAW stations to carry out systematic monitoring of
atmospheric constituents in response to acquire a high quality data tostudy and understand the regional issues on trans-boundary haze, aciddeposition, climate variability, climate change and stratospheric O3
depletion.
 MetMalaysia operates four GAW stations:i.

one Global Station at Danum Valley (Nov 2003)

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three Regional Stations at Cameron Highlands, Petaling Jaya andBachok (Jun 2016)

Bachok Regional
GAW Station

Cameron Highlands
Regional GAW Station

Petaling Jaya
Regional GAW Station

GAW Measurement NetworkDanum Valley
Global GAWStationURBAN
COASTALGAW LEMBAH DANUMREMOTEGAW BACHOKRURALGAW CAMERONHIGHLANDSGAW PETALING JAYA

MAP not according to scale

The Monitoring Activities at GAW stations in Malaysia
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GAW FOCAL AREAS

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Aerosol• Aerosol Load••••

Back Scattering Coefficient
Absorption Coefficient
Aerosol Optical Depth
PM-10 & PM-2.5 Concentration

TYPE OF INSTRUMENT• High Volume Air Sampler (TSP & PM-10) &Tapered Element Oscillating Microbalance (TEOM)• Nephelometer• Multi Angle Absorption Photometer (MAAP)• Precision Filter Radiometer (PFR)• Environmental Dust Monitor (EDM)

DanumValley

CameronHighlands

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Greenhouse Gases• Carbon Dioxide (CO2)• Methane (CH4)• Nitrous Oxide (N2O)• Sulphur Hexafluoride (SF6)••••

Flask Sampling & CO2 Analyzer
Flask Sampling & CH4 Analyzer
Flask Sampling & N2O Analyzer
Flask Sampling

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Reactive Gases• Carbon Monoxide (CO)• Nitrogen Oxides (NOx)• Sulphur Dioxide (SO2)• CO Analyzer & Flask Sampling• NOx Analyzer• SO2 Analyzer

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Ozone
• Surface Ozone (O3)
• Total Column Ozone• O3 Analyzer• Brewer Spectrophotometer√√5.

UV Radiation• Brewer Spectrophotometer

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Precipitation Chemistry• Ecotech Wet Only Rainwater Sampler• Acid Precipitation Sampler (APS)

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International Collaborations
 Monitoring of aerosols, GHGs, reactive gases, acid deposition, ozone
and uv radiation
 Instrumentations and maintenance : LoFlo CO2 Analyzer – CSIRO; MAAP,Nephelometer & TEOM - TROPOS Analysis of collected samples : Flask Sampling - NIES ; POPs - GAPS Transfer of knowledge : GAWTEC Training Course – GAW; EANET
Individual Training - EANET Data sharing : Ozonesonde – SHADOZ; Aerosol Optical Depth - AERONET

Contribution to World Data Centres
 World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases
 Carbon Dioxide (Once a year) Surface Ozone (Once a year) World Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation Data Centre
 Total Column Ozone (Once a month) Ozone Profile (Once a year) World Data Centre for Aerosols
 Aerosol Physical Properties (Once a year) World Radiation Centre Aerosol Optical Depth (Continuous) East Asia Acid Deposition Monitoring Network
 Wet & Dry Deposition (Once a year) Inland Aquatic (Once a year)

Future Plan
• Since the government of Malaysia acknowledges the importance ofozone monitoring, MetMalaysia was given enough allocation to acquire
6 units of total column ozone monitoring instrument under the 11th
Malaysia Plan.
• With the installation of 6 units of Brewer Spectrophotometer in early
2017, Malaysia will be able to monitor near real time total columnozone as well as other parameter such as UV radiation and AOD all overthe country and the distribution of these parameters can be mapped.
• Before 2020, MetMalaysia is planning to acquire 4 units of CO2 and CH4Analyzer to be installed in northern and central part of Peninsular aswell as in Sabah and Sarawak.

ii. Space Technology &Earth Observation Utilization in Malaysia

The Role of National Space Centreo To develop an integrated and coordinated national capacity
in the field of space science and technology
o To improve information support in various applications
o To add value to national policies related to spaceo To increase and strengthen international cooperation andcollaborations related to spaceo To promote education and research in space science andtechnology

Malaysia Space Sector

THE SPACE PROGRAMMES• Space science• Space technology• Ground infrastructures• Space applications• Space policy

RazakSAT-2• Malaysian government expand the national earth observation
satellite development program after the the launched ofTiungSAT and RazakSAT-1.
• Funded by the government, RazakSAT-2 will have muchhigher image resolution capability. The satellite will carry an
optical sensor of 1 meter for panchromatic band and 4
meters for multispectral bands to be launched on sunsynchronous orbit.
• Applications will cover urbanization, agriculture, landuse,forestry, mapping, biodiversity, environment monitoring anddisaster management.

of Joint Project Team (JPT) in Sentinel
Sentinel Asia - Member
Asia which is a space-based disaster management
support system in the Asia-Pacific region

Sentinel Asia Step-3:
Objectives & Main Activities
Objectives:• Improve safety in society by Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) and space technologies• Improve the speed and accuracy of disaster preparedness and earlywarning• Minimize the number of victims and social/economic losses
Main Activities:• Emergency observation by earth observation satellites uponrequests in case of major disasters• 4 Working groups activities focusing on specific disasters such as
wildfire, flood, glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF), and tsunami• Capacity building and human resources development for more
effective disaster management

Sentinel Asia Step-3:
Sentinel Asia
Step-3: Participation
Participation• A Cooperate Arrangement between ANGKASA–JAXA wassigned on August 2011.
• WINDS 51M-VSAT as a ground terminal for Sentinel Asia
operations. The terminal has been successfully installed onNovember 2012 and begin its operation on December 2012.
• ANGKASA is a Data Analysis Node (DAN) member which
implement the analyses of satellite data provided by DPN,
make value add product and disclose the result through theSentinel Asia System within the domestic legislation of each
DAN permits• In-house Image
Processing for Disaster
Management- ERDAS IMAGING- ENVI- ArcGIS

iii. Applications of Earth Observation Datain Malaysia

The Role of Malaysian Remote Sensing Agency
o To develop applications of remote sensing and related
technologies for use in operational agencies for more
effective management of agriculture production, naturalresources, environment, disaster, security and landdevelopment of the countryo To optimise the use of remote sensing and related
technologies for sustainable development of the countryo To provide total solution in remote sensing and related
technologies applications, and centrally acquire anddistribute remote sensing satellite images for therequirement of the country

AGRICULTURE (SDG#2)
Paddy Cultivation Management System Using
Remote Sensing and GIS

BENIFITS(i) Improve
theefficiency of rice
crop management;and(ii) To faster estimationof post harvest yieldfor logistics planning,including
theplanning of country'srice import.

FISHERIES (SDG#14)
Fishing Site Identification (FSI)

BENIFITS(i) Benefits to 35,000
fishermen;(ii) The increase in catches
between 30% to 50%;(iii) Location search timesavings of up to 30%;(iv) Reduce
fleet
fuel
consumption by up toof Fishes using30%; and Location
Sonar & Echo-Sounder(v) Moreefficient
enforcementinnational waters.
NO LATITUDLONGITUD

1 4° 17.22' N 100° 04.14' E

2 4° 05.03' N 100° 01.68' E
3 4° 03.77' N 100° 20.04' E
4 3° 54.06' N 100° 25.44' E
5 3° 49.92' N 100° 35.45' E
6 4° 18.78' N 100° 03.60' E

7 4° 22.20' N 100° 07.25' E
8 4° 18.24' N 100° 07.86' E
9 4° 00.66' N 100° 09.00' E

10 4° 00.77' N 100° 11.39' E
11 4° 00.59' N 100° 15.42' E
12 4° 07.38' N 100° 20.63' E
13 4° 03.47' N 100° 21.96' E
14 4° 14.70' N 100° 14.82' E

Date, Zone State
Catches

Electronic
dissemination ofinformation

Locations of PFZ

SMS: Type RSENSING IKAN [NO VESEL]
and SMS to 15888

http://ikan.remotesensing.gov.my:3000

NATURAL RESOURCES DAN ENVIRONMENTAL (SDG#15)
Forest Monitoring System

Achieving a balanced of the natural resources
taking into account the importance of physicaldevelopment with preservation andsustainability of forest and the environment

Thank you