** May 2020 News from Sentinel Asia Project Office **- * - * - * - * - * - *- * - * - * - * - * - *- * - * - * - * - * - *Topics:
1. [News] Emergency Observation of Disasters Occurring in May 2020
2. [News] Kobe University joined JPT as a DAN
3. [Announcement] New Geospatial Analysis Knowledge materials by Yamaguchi University
4. Events
5. How to send Emergency Observation Request
6. Using Sentinel Asia Operation System, OPTEMIS- * - * - * - * - * - *- * - * - * - * - * - *- * - * - * - * - * - *1. [News] Emergency Observation of Disasters Occurring in May 2020.
(1) Severe Flood at Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Several areas in the city of Banda Aceh have been hit by flooding due to high intensity rain thatoccurred in the capital of Aceh Province since 5th May until 7th May. On behalf of Indonesian
National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB), ASEAN Coordinating Centre for
Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre) sent EOR to Sentinel Asia.
As of 25 May, among Data Provider Nodes (DPNs), JAXA, ISRO, and NARL provided theirsatellite imagery and among Data Analysis Nodes (DANs), AIT, EOS, JAXA, LAPAN analyzed
the satellite data and provided the products. The information on the latest response by Sentinel
Asia is available from the following link.
https://sentinel-asia.org/EO/article20200508ID.html

Product by AIT(2) Cyclone Amphan in India and Bangladesh
On 20 May 2020, Cyclone Amphan made landfall near Jammu Island, West Bengal , near
Bangladesh, at 5.00 pm BST with 130-140 km/h wind speed. An Indian newspaper, The Timesof India reported that at least 72 people have died in West Bengal and United Nations estimatesthat around 10 million people in Bangladesh are impacted, with half a million families
potentially having lost their homes. The rains and heavy winds caused massive damage to crops
and infrastructure in Odisha, India too.
In this case, well prior to the actual landfall of the cyclone, National Remote Sensing Center(NRSC), ISRO (for Indian Area) and International Water Management Institute (IWMI) on
behalf of Disaster Management Department, Bangladesh (for Bangladeshi area) promptly sent
Emergency Observation Request to Sentinel Asia for India and Bangladesh respectively. Also,
the EOR for Bangladeshi area was escalated to the International Disasters Charter as “SentinelAsia Escalation”, with Dr. Giriraj Amarnath of IWMI playing the role of Project Manager for
the Disasters Charter.
As of 25 May, among Data Provider Nodes (DPNs), JAXA provided their observation data.
Also, among Data Analysis Nodes (DANs), AIT, EOS, and Yamaguchi University analyzed thedata and provided their products. The information on the latest response by Sentinel Asia isavailable from the following link.
https://sentinel-asia.org/EO/article20200518IN.html (India)
https://sentinel-asia.org/EO/article20200518BD.html (Bangladesh)

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Product by ISRO- * - * - * - * - * - *- * - * - * - * - * - *- * - * - * - * - * - *2. [Announcement] Kobe University joined JPT as DAN
Research Center for Urban Safety and Security (RCUSS) of Kobe University in Japan became aJoint Project Team member of Sentinel Asia as well as a member of DAN in April 2020.
RCUSS was established in 1996, about one year after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. The
mission of RCUSS is to make contributions in building safe and secure urban society by developing
the visions towards such society and by conducting research and education on suitable
methodologies and frameworks in realizing such society.
On their participation, Professor Kenichio KOBAYASHI of RCUSS comments, “We are delighted
to be a member of Sentinel Asia and excited to support Sentinel Asia colleagues by generating andproviding VAPs in the upcoming EORs”.
http://www.rcuss.kobe-u.ac.jp/English/index-e.html

- * - * - * - * - * - *- * - * - * - * - * - *- * - * - * - * - * - *3. [Announcement] New Geospatial Analysis Knowledge materials on the Sentinel Asia website
provided by Yamaguchi University, Japan
Yamaguchi University provided new technical materials on Geospatial Analysis forcapacity building for the benefit of the Sentinel Asia community. Professor Masahiko
NAGAI, Director, Center for Research and Application of Satellite Research Sensing at
Yamaguchi University, said “We would like to introduce and share our E-Learning
contents with Sentinel Asia members. These technical materials are produced byYamaguchi University as a Geospatial Analysis Knowledge Portal. We are delighted tocontribute to Sentinel Asia activity. This work was supported by the Coordination
Funds of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of
Japan for Promoting AeroSpace Utilization.”
The materials are available from the Sentinel Asia Web site:
https://sentinel-asia.org/e-learning/TechnicalMaterials.html

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Upcoming Events:- The 8th Joint Project Team Meeting (JPTM), Fall 2020 (TBC), LAPAN, Indonesia- The 27th Session of the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF-27), 27-30
October 2020, Vietnam- * - * - * - * - * - *- * - * - * - * - * - *- * - * - * - * - * - *5. How to send Emergency Observation Request
JPT member organizations are entitled to send Emergency Observation Request (EOR) for disasters
in the Asia-Pacific region.
Please refer to https://sentinel-asia.org/e-learning/Emergency_Observation_Request.html
EOR Order Desk:
Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC)
HP: http://www.adrc.asia/
E-mail: sarequest@adrc.asia
FAX: +81-78-262-5546,
TEL: +81-78-262-5540- * - * - * - * - * - *- * - * - * - * - * - *- * - * - * - * - * - *6. Using Sentinel Asia Operation System, OPTEMISThe Sentinel Asia launched new operation system, OPTEMIS.
create the account of OPTEMIS.

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