International Charter ‘Space and Major Disasters’ International Charter: Space and Major Disasters Dr. N K Shrivastava ([email protected]) Former Charter Executive Secretariat Member Dy. Director, ISTRAC/ISRO (Retd.) Bangalore, India UNESCAP Training Workshop Kathmandu Nepal 30-31 Oct 2017
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• Limitations of ground-based systems for immediate & precise assessment of the disasters.
• Space based Disaster Management System (DMS) provides precise, unbiased, synoptic and timely information on the nature and impact of the disaster affected areas - extent of damage.
Space System for Disaster Management
International Charter ‘Space and Major Disasters’
FLOOD
MAP
DROUGHT
MAP
DAMAGE
MAP
HAZARD
ZONES
RISK
MAP
Space for
Observation and
Connectivity
Leading to Decision and Action
Observation for Information and
Knowledge
Disaster Warning, Vulnerability
Assessment, Emergency Communications, ...
DMS - Space enabled Products & Services
International Charter ‘Space and Major Disasters’
Need for International Co-operation
No single space agency can provide imaging capability to meet
the spatial and temporal requirements of different types of
disasters.
Important Parameters for Disaster Imaging:
▪ Turn - Around-Time
▪ Resolution
▪ Coverage
▪ Specific Imaging Sensors
(Different space sensors (Thermal, Microwave, Optical) required for Different
Disasters (Fire, Floods, EQ).
Hence the need for a Global System for disaster management, supported by multi-satellite and multi-imagingcapabilities
This led to setting up of ’International Charter: Space and Major Disasters’
International Charter ‘Space and Major Disasters’
World’s first coordinated multi-satellite operational Setup
for emergency response
Introduced at Space Assembly (UNISPACE III) in 1999
ESA & CNES and later Joined by CSA
Operational from Nov 1, 2000
Currently 16 Global Agencies are members
Satellite imagery provided at no cost to the user
Over 17 years, the Charter has had a large fleet of satellites,
tools & techniques developed to help support end-to-end
needs of disaster managers.
About the Charter
International Charter ‘Space and Major Disasters’
Purpose
An International Agreement among Space Agencies
to support with space-based data and information
for relief efforts in the emergencies caused by major