Special UNISPACE III volume

Marsteller, Deborah

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Persistent identifier:: 856485039

Author:: Marsteller, Deborah

Title:: Special UNISPACE III volume

Sub title:: including: ISPRS Workshop on "Resource Mapping from Space", ISPRS-EARSeL Workshop on "Remote Sensing for the Detection, Monitoring and Mitigation of Natural Disasters", ISPRS-NASA Seminar on "Environment and Remote Sensing for Sustainable Development", July 1999, Vienna, Austria

Scope:: IV, 170 Seiten

Year of publication:: 1999

Place of publication:: Coventry

Publisher of the original:: RICS Books

Identifier (digital):: 856485039

Illustration:: Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten

Language:: English

Usage licence:: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Publisher of the digital copy:: Technische Informationsbibliothek Hannover

Place of publication of the digital copy:: Hannover

Year of publication of the original:: 2016

Document type:: Monograph

Collection:: Earth sciences

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Title:: ISPRS/EARSeL Workshop on "Remote Sensing for the Detection, Monitoring and Mitigation of Natural Disasters"

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Title:: PROGRESS OF THE CEOS DISASTER MANAGEMENT SUPPORT PROJECT. Helen M. Wood and Levin Lauritson

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International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Vol. XXXII Part 7C2, UNISPACF. Ill, Vienna. 1999 123 I5PR5 UNISPACE III - ISPRS/EARSeL Workshop on “Remote Sensing for the Detection, Monitoring and Mitigation of Natural Disasters” 2:30-5:30 pm, 22 July 1999, VIC Room B Vienna, Austria OVERARCHING CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS After more than two years of activity, a set of overarching conclusions and recommendations have been agreed. These recommendations draw heavily upon and should serve to reinforce the experiences and findings of other studies and demonstration projects. For example, the Strategic Alliances and Resources Corporation has published a Disaster Management User Requirements Study, March 1998, for the Canadian Space Agency and the Disaster Information Task Force lias published a Global Disaster Information Network Report, November 1997. A Disaster Management Support Project Progress Report was published in 1998. There is a visible willingness within the disaster management community to give due consideration to new space technologies that will improve their operations. Nonethe less, because of the difficulty in introducing new, unproven teclinology and the concern for complicating their operations, there is a general reluctance to quickly assimilate new technologies and information into their programs. It will be up to the space sector to proactively respond to this general receptiveness. They will need to invest effort into familiarizing themselves with the needs of the disaster management users by promoting mutual understanding and dialogue. They will need to create appropriate tools and perform compelling demonstrations. Timeliness, cost, accessibility, ease of use, reliability, repeatability, and demonstrated operational capability are the most important criteria affecting the implementation of space systems and data into disaster management programs. For disaster warning and response, rapid response is most important. Rapid satellite tasking for Earth observation missions and fast processing and delivery of data are very important as well. An integrated approach to applications is needed, e.g. to integrate non-space and space information and to quickly move integrated products in a seamless fashion. It is recommended that the Disaster Management Support Project focus on refining recommendations for current and future systems; considering the improved use of satellite data for application to additional hazard types; supporting outreach to users; involving seivice providers; and promoting development of information tools. The Project and each Hazard team should reach out for broader geographic and disciplinary representation, especially to specific users to determine their information needs. Describing what space- based observations can and cannot do must be as accurate as possible. Other recommendations include smoothing the transition from research to operations; raising the issue of data policy to improve and assure access, timeliness, and affordability of data, eg. high-resolution data; moving toward a more integrated approach to mission planning; and mirroring essential information to provide more timely access to tliis information. Hazard Team Recommendations In tliis section, findings and preliminary reconunendations for selected hazards are summarized. These will be refined and formalized over the next year. Drought. Satellite data are used for drought prediction, monitoring, impact assessment and response. Droughts depend on vegetation state and weather/climate conditions. For large scale and global vegetation applications, low- resolution visible and infrared radiometers continue to be the “workhorse”. For smaller scale vegetation applications, some medium-resolution radiometers are utilized routinely. Others should be more widely used. Data from weather satellites are used for monitoring weather and climate conditions, but there should be increased use of microwave radiometers. Data from new satellite systems should be utilized, as their data streams become accessible. Earthquake. Current satellite technologies are applicable in a limited way in earthquake hazards and more work is needed to fill temporal and spatial requirements. The availability of 1 or 2 meter spatial resolution satellite imageiy will make a profound contribution to eartliquake damage assessment and disaster response if adequate temporal resolution can be achieved. There is little hope that space techniques - or anything else - can help in effective earthquake prediction. Earthquake disaster mitigation is the most important element of earthquake disaster management and the area in wliich satellite observations can make - and are making - their biggest contributions. Generally, these contributions are to basic understanding although there are areas - and will be areas - of more direct application. Fire A wide range of types of satellite data is used to support the different phases of fire management-risk assessment, detection monitoring, and damage assessment. Data types are different when analyzing fuel, weather, or topography and different for various geographical scales. Global data coverage from several current civilian satellites is needed for such purposes as fire scar and biomass binning

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