Example of a space role in disaster assistance and humanitarian relief

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Example of a space role in disaster assistance
and humanitarian relief
DAA 5th Annual Defense Technology ForumMay 9th,
2006
F. Nordlund Head, ESA Washington Office
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ESA facts and figuresAn international
intergovernmental organisation17 Member States
1800 staffApprox. 3 billion euros per year
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ENVISAT

• One of the largest Earth Observation satellite
  ever
• Flagship of ESA Earth Observation
• 10 sensors to monitor the Earth system
• 78 types of data products
• 250 GB data generated per day
• Launched 1st March, 2002

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Meteorology METOP - NPOESS
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Telecommunications

• Two roles for telecommunications satellites
• Role for restoration/installation of unavailable
  communications capabilities,
• Augmentation of capabilities in mobility,
  special ad hoc wideband communications
  applications (e.g. telemedecine, tele-location,
  tele-monitoring).
• ESA has been conducting different projects in the
  context of its Advanced Research in
  Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) programme.

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Telecommunications examples
Remsat and Remsat II fire, flood, portable hand
held units and mobile command centres
Transportable stations to extend use of GSM
cellular network using satellite links in
combination with Transportable Base Stations for
crisis management
Search and Rescue Forward Operation Support
System (SARFOS)
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Telecommunications another example

• Telemedecine projects activated at ESA since 1996
  in the context of the ARTES programme.
• Seven projects ongoing
• Broadband, highly interactive applications
• Distributed environment for medical simulation
• Emergency consultations
• Tele-consultation and tele-homecare
• Clinical research
• Access to patient multimedia database
• Continuing medical education

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Galileo - GPS
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Tectonics
Landers (USA) earthquake (1993)
Bam
ERS-1 SAR Interferogram
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International Charter on Space and Major Disasters

• Initiated by CNES and ESA, joined by CSA, NOAA,
  ISRO, CONAE JAXA
• Unified system of space data acquisition /
  delivery in case of natural or human-made
  disasters
• Data delivery to civil protection agencies,
  emergency rescue services UN cooperating body
  since 2003
• Operational since 2000 24 hrs on-duty-operator,
  data resources from all Charter members
• Recent Examples of Charter Activation

• Bam Earthquake 2003
• Darfur Crisis 2004

• Tsunami Catastrophe 2004/2005
• Hurricane Katrina 2005

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International Charter on Space and Major Disasters
Space-based satellite observations for RT/NRT
information delivery, maps, humanitarian aid
assistance, damage assessment, reconstruction So
far, 80 of Charter activations outside Europe
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International Charter on Space and Major Disasters
Examples of 2005
Tsunami, SE Asia, 2004/05
Earthquake in Iran, Feb. 2005
Floods, Romania, Bulgaria, June 05
Forest Fires, France Portugal, August 05
Hurricanes Rita Katrina, Sept. 05
Earthquake, Pakistan / India, Oct. 05
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International Charter on Space and Major Disasters
Tsunami, SE Asia, 12/2004, 1/2005
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International Charter on Space and Major Disasters
Floods in Romania and Bulgaria, May / June 2005
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Global Monitoring for Environment and Security
(GMES)
Initial Services
CoastWatch
Real-time Ocean
ICEMON
Northern View
Risk fire flood
Forest Monitoring
Soil Water
Land Motion
Urban Services
Humanitarian Aid
Atmosphere
Food Security
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Global Monitoring for Environment and Security
(GMES)
Marine and Coastal Environment

• ROSES monitoring of algae bloom and oil spill
  user services (data access user information)
• Coastwatch water quality monitoring services,
  coastal indicator services

Coastwatch
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Global Monitoring for Environment and Security
(GMES)
Initial Services

• RESPOND humanitarian aid (basic maps, crisis
  damage mapping, situation maps, refugee / IDP
  support maps, thematic maps, information for
  reporting communication, alert services)

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GMES IEOS in the GEOSS context
GEOSS 60 states and 40 international
organisations
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Thank you !
The smart way combination of all of the above !