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European Space Agency's Geohazard Exploitation Platform (GEP)

20 June 2019
Background; Thematic Apps and Services; Community platform and e-collaboration; The Early Adopters programme

Stories of Impact

19 June 2019
In this presentation, ADB's Woochong Um highlighted ADB's commitment to reduce the bank's carbon emissions from its operations. In particular, he highlighted that ADB procured certified emission reductions (CERs) from the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project registered by the UNFCCC to offset…

Earth Observation for Sustainable Development's Disaster Risk Reduction (EO4SD DRR) in support to risk and recovery in Central Sulawesi

19 June 2019
General presentation of EO4SD DRR Support to Sulawesi recovery; General presentation of the EO4SD DRR project. How the project was “activated” for supporting Central Sulawesi Recovery. Identification of needs and translation into technical requirements. Summary of the products produced and…

Introduction to theory of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) for ground motion monitoring

19 June 2019
Introduction to SAR, SAR Interferometry (InSAR), and DInSAR; Working principles, applicability requirements, and main error sources of SAR techniques covering all relevant theoretical concepts.Theory of Persistent Scatterers and Distributed Scatterers technique to carry out the displacement time…

Analysis of the PSI results on Central Sulawesi; Added value to the PSI result

19 June 2019
Rheticus® Displacement service presentation; Presentation and discussion of the results of the MT-DInSAR data processing (PS/DS map), ex-ante and ex-post Palu earthquake, based on the Sentinel-1 data and performed using the Rheticus® Displacement processing chain.

The Strategic Mitigation Adaptation and Resilience (SMART) Tool: Integrating Planning Objectives in Southeast Asia and Pacific Countries

18 June 2019
Developing long-term low emissions development strategies (LT-LEDS) provides an opportunity for Asia-Pacific countries highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change to simultaneously achieve other development objectives, including energy and food security, economic resilience and resilience to…

Water Ownership in the Age of Changing Climate Patterns

18 June 2019
Water, electricity, and food are significant vulnerabilities worsened by climate change. Providing for survival now requires independent ownership over these vital resources. Moving beyond infrastructure-centric solutions that worsen existing water extraction rates is thus critical. Zero Mass Water…

Copernicus - Earth Observation Program

17 June 2019
Copernicus space segment (operational and planned satellites of Sentinel constellation; Elements of ground segment (examples of Collaborative Ground Segments and cloud infrastructures of Data and Information Access Services – DIAS); Copernicus geoinformational services

Land cover mapping; Cropping intensity mapping; Surface water and surface deformations monitoring; Surface potential erosion and sediment yield modelling; Coastline and surface water coverage mapping; Ecosystems/biodiversity mapping and monitoring

17 June 2019
Products and services description, means of data and information

Photo Gallery: Training of Earth Observation Products to Support the Enhanced Water Security Investment Project and the Emergency Assistance for Rehabilitation and Reconstruction

17 June 2019
ADB, with support from the European Space Agency and in cooperation with the Ministry of Public Works and Housing of the Republic of Indonesia, conducted a training on 17-21 June in Jakarta on the use of high-technology innovation to support development projects. Hosted by the Indonesia's National…