** August 2023 News from Sentinel Asia Project Office **- * - * - * - * - * - *- * - * - * - * - * - *- * - * - * - * - * - *Topics:
1. [News] Emergency Observation of Disasters (as of 29 August)
2. [News] BRIN organized Project Manager training on the Disasters Charter for Indonesianagencies
3. How to Send an Emergency Observation Request
4. Using the Sentinel Asia Operation System, OPTEMIS- * - * - * - * - * - *- * - * - * - * - * - *- * - * - * - * - * - *1. [News] Emergency Observation of Disasters (as of 29 August)(1) Flood, Landslide, and Storm in Vietnam on 5 August, 2023 (GLIDE Number FF-2023000136-VNM)
Heavy rain affected northern Vietnam, causing floods and resulting in damage. The VIETNAMPOSTS reported that as of 9 August, floods in Yen Bai province have killed four people and189 houses were lost in Mu Cang Chai district.
https://vietnam.postsen.com/local/432162/Flooding-in-Yen-Bai-killed-4-people-washed-away80-billion-VND.html
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) of Vietnam made an EOR toSentinel Asia on 8 August. Among DPNs, ISRO and JAXA provided data. Among DANs, EOS
and MBRSC provided their VAPs.
Information on the latest response by Sentinel Asia is available at the link below.
https://sentinel-asia.org/EO/2023/article20230805VN.html

Post-disaster satellite image provided by ISRO

Post-disaster satellite image (ALOS-2) provided by JAXA

Value-Added Product by EOS

Value-Added Product by MBRSC

(2) Landslide in Vietnam on 4 August, 2023 (GLIDE Number LS-2023-000143-VNM)
A landslide occurred in Dak Nong province in Vietnam and the cracks on National Highway 14through Dak Nong City continue to widen. Cracks and subsidence have widened 30–50 cm, andin some places nearly 1m. There are sections of the road that are split, falling 1–2 m deep.
https://vietnam.postsen.com/news/425052/The-crack-on-National-Highway-14-through-DakNong-widens-and-lengthens.html
MONRE made an EOR to Sentinel Asia on 16 August and this EOR was escalated to theInternational Disasters Charter. MONRE assumed the role of Project Manager for this Charter
activation. Among DPNs, JAXA and TASA provided data.
Information on the latest response by Sentinel Asia is available at the link below.
https://sentinel-asia.org/EO/2023/article20230816VN.html

Post-disaster satellite image (ALOS-2) provided by JAXA

Post-disaster satellite image (FORMOSAT-5) provided by TASA

- * - * - * - * - * - *- * - * - * - * - * - *- * - * - * - * - * - *2. [News] BRIN organized Project Manager training on the Disasters Charter for Indonesian agencies“The International Charter: Space and Major Disasters” (“the Charter”) is an international frameworkfor space agencies, currently 17, to provide satellite observation images in response to disasteremergencies worldwide. Sentinel Asia has close relations to the Charter. In addition to some membersof Sentinel Asia also being members of the Charter, any member organizations of Sentinel Asia canrequest emergency observation by Charter satellites at the same time that they send an Emergency
Observation Request (EOR) to Sentinel Asia when needed. “Project Manager” is a role within theCharter to manage activation and communicate with users and space agencies.
The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) is an active member of Sentinel Asia. On 12th
July 2023, BRIN, with the support of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), organized
Project Manager Training at the BRIN Office in Jalan Pemuda, Rawamangun, Jakarta.
BRIN was launched in 2021 by merging research institutes under Indonesian ministries, including
the National Institute of Aeronautics and Space of Indonesia (LAPAN) and the Agency for theAssessment and Application of Technology Indonesia (BPPT), both of which are long-time membersof Sentinel Asia. The Secretariat of the Indonesian Space Agency (INASA) of BRIN handles
international collaboration activities with other space agencies of the world, as well as administrative
matters for Sentinel Asia.
For the Project Manager Training, in addition to the participants from BRIN, they invited the National
Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) and ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian
Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre), and 21 people participated in total.
The training started with opening remarks by Prof. Dr. Erna Sri Adiningsih, Executive Director,INASA, BRIN, and participants learned about how Sentinel Asia’s cooperation process works andthe importance of the role of Project Managers in invoking it. There was a presentation by Mr.
Suwarsono, who has been a Project Manager at BRIN, including its former organization LAPAN, andshared his own experience. In the second half of the training, the European Space Agency joined andlectured on the Charter Mapper, the Charter’s newly introduced processing environment. The
participants deepened their understanding of its web-based operation system.
The International Charter: Space and Major Disasters
https://disasterscharter.org/How the Charter Works
https://disasterscharter.org/web/guest/how-the-charter-worksA Value-Added Product produced by BRIN for a landslide in Indonesia, 06 March, 2023.

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JPT member organizations are entitled to send an Emergency Observation Request (EOR) for
disasters in the Asia-Pacific region. Please refer to https://sentinel-asia.org/elearning/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

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Sentinel Asia launched a new operation system, OPTEMIS. Please refer to the website on how tocreate an account for OPTEMIS.
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