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Workshop on "Space Application to Reduce Water-related Disaster Risk in Asia" 7-9 December 2010 Bangkok, Thailand ESCAP and the International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM) in partnership with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee co-organized a regional workshop on managing water related disaster risks in Asia. The Workshop was supported by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The workshop provided an opportunity for flood forecasters and river managers from 11 ESCAP member states in Asia to exchange information on the application of space based technology to measures such as flood risk assessment, flood monitoring, forecast and early warning, and evacuation. Participants also discussed the Quantitative Precipitation Estimation and Forecast (QPE and QPF), the Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP), and the Sentinel Asia. The second half of the workshop was devoted to training on the Integrated Flood Analysis System (IFAS) which is a flood-runoff analysis system for more effective and efficient flood forecasting targeting developing countries. IFAS implements interfaces to input not only ground based but also satellite based rainfall data, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) functions to create river channel network and to estimate parameters of a default runoff analysis engine and interfaces to display output results. JAXA and ESCAP are cooperating in promoting the activities of Asia Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF) and Sentinel Asia, a voluntary-basis initiative using space based technology such as earth observation satellites data for emergency observation and disaster risk management activities.
Presentation materials
Quantitative Precipitation Estimation and Forecast (QPE and QPF) by Mr. Masashi Kunitsugu, JMA
Global satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) by Mr. Shinichi Sobue, JAXA Emerging Space Application by Mr. Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, ESCAP Sentinel Asia by Mr. Shinichi Mizumoto, JAXA
Ms. Susan R. Espinueva, PAGASA & Ms. Lenie Duran-Alegre, Office of Civil Defense , Philippines Mr. Li kin-wai, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong , China Mr. Dang Ngoc Tinh, Hydrological Forecasting Division for the North National Centre , Viet Nam Mr. Nguyen Cao Don, Hanoi Water Resources University , Viet Nam Mr. Tes Sopharith, Department of Hydrology and River Works , Cambodia Mr. Inthapatha Bouneseuk, Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, Lao PDR Mr. Mohd. Hakimi B. Abdul Rahman, Malaysian Remote Sensing Agency, Malaysia Mr. Huang Shifeng, Remote Sensing Technology Application Center , China Mr. Manzul Hazarika, GIC, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Mr. Tae Sung Cheong, NIDP, Republic of Korea Ms. Patchara Petvirojchai, Meteorological Department, Thailand Mr. Thongplew Kongjun, Royal Irrigation Department , Thailand Mr. Chaowalit Silapathong, GISTDA, Thailand Mr. Rahmatullah Jilani, SUPARCO, Pakistan
http://www.typhooncommittee.org/IWS_docs.htm
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