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Space Technology for Disaster and Risk Reduction Management –

Philippine Experience

by

Raul C. Sabularse

PCIEERD

Department of Science and Technology

Philippines

• Population of more than 100 Million• 7,100 islands with area of 300,000 sq km• Visited by almost 20 typhoons/yr• Need for an early warning system• Need for preparedness• Need to be resilient

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DOST as Overall Responsible Agency for Disaster Prevention & Mitigation

Thematic Areas of the country’s overall DRRM vision (NDRRMP, 2011)

Safer, adaptive and resilient

Filipino communities

towards sustainable

development

Prevention & Mitigation

Preparedness Response

Rehabilitation and Recovery

DOST

OBJECTIVES

• To provide 6-hour lead-time warning to vulnerable communities against impending floods

• To provide information that will help avoid hazards and mitigate their potential impacts by reducing vulnerabilities and exposure and enhancing capacities of communities

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From Flood Warning to CCA-DRR Strategic

Communication NOAH Program CCA – DRR Program

FloodNETWeb-GIS

CoARE

Microsatellite Development

PEDRO Center

Strengthening of Community

Based / Localized

EWS

DRR/CCA Proofing of Critical Infra

Intelligence Operation System

Drought & Crop Forecasting & Assessment

(DCAF)

Smarter Visayas

NationwideDREAM Program

Hydromet

Dev’t of AWS-ARG

NOAH-WISE

Storm Surge

Mapping

Dev’t & Deployment of EWS for

Deep-seated

Landslides

Landslide Hazard

Mapping

Hazard Mapping of

the Philippines

using LIDAR

Resources Assessment

Using LIDAR

CRAVAT

Establishment of the Flood Information Network (FloodNET )

Objective

To provide rainfall forecast or percent chance of rain up to 6 hours lead time for 165 major cities and municipalities

• Established a command center 

• Data and forecasts available at noah.dost.gov.ph and http://climateX.ph

• Network of databases and software that automatically interpret data in terms of flood potential

• Tools developed to aid PAGASA forecasters

UP-NIGS, 2012 - 2013

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HYDROMETObjective

To provide timely data in key areas of the country to serve as input in models and other decision making tools.

• 600 Automated Rain Gauge (ARG) and 400 Water Level Monitoring Sensors (WLMS) installed nationwide 

•Conducted education and trainings to selected communities located near  river basins 

ASTI, 2012 - 2014

AUTOMATED WEATHER STATION (AWS)

Objective

To provide timely data in key areas of the country to serve as input in models and other decision making tools.

• 81 AWS and 100 ARGs installed and monitored

• 73 AWS and 90 ARGs were upgraded with new firmware version and incorporated with satellite module

• Visualization tool available at fmon.asti.dost.gov.ph/weather/predict

• AWS and ARG Manual prepared

ASTI, 2010 - 2013

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DYNASLOPE & SENSLOPEObjective

To develop and deploy Early Warning System for Deep‐Seated Catastrophic Landslides nationwide

• Landslide Sensors and Data Communication System deployed to 40 sites nationwide

• Executed MOUs with LGUs and conducted seminar training to community monitors

PHIVOLCS /UP EEEI2013 - 2015

Weather Information-integration for System Enhancement (WISE)

Objective

To enhance PAGASA’s numerical weather prediction models using High-Performance Computing

• 7‐day forecast at 4km spatial resolution covering the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR); typhoon track and intensity 

• Enhanced analytics to generate multi‐dimensional cubes, pre‐formatted reports for temperature, pressure, and rain value

UP- IESM, 2013 - 2015

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System to Identify, Quantify, and Map the Storm Surge Threat to Philippine Coasts

Objective

To predict storm surges 24 hrsbefore landfall of a tropical cyclone.

• Produced storm surge inundation maps of coastal provinces in the country

PAGASA, 2013 - 2016

Enhancing Philippine Landslide Hazard Maps with LiDAR and High-resolution Imageries

ObjectiveTo enhance Philippine landslide susceptibility maps

•Completed 1:10,000 Landslide Hazard Maps Nationwide

•Continuous monitoring of  landslide susceptible areas

UP-NIGS, 2013 - 2015

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Disaster Risk Exposure Assessment for Mitigation (DREAM)

• Flood maps, Water Level Forecast, Real-time channel inundation models of 18 major river basins available at DREAM website

• LiDar coverage of 107, 325 sq.km.• Flood models• Information disseminated to mandated

government agencies • PAGASA, NAMRIA and 15 SUCs/HEIs

capacitated

UP-TCAGP, 2011-2016

ObjectiveUse Light Detection and Ranging (LiDar) technology to capture aerial images and create high-resolution, finely detailed flood maps of the18 Philippine major river systems and their affected areas

RESOURCES ASSESSMENT USING LIDAR

UP-TCAGP and 14 HEIs2014-2017

ObjectiveUse LiDar to aid in the production of high value crops, irrigation assessment, aquaculture production, forest protection, discovery of renewable energy sources

● SUCs/HEIs trained by UPD-TCAGP on LiDAR and other remote sensing technology for resource inventory and vulnerability assessment

● produced various resources maps and distributed to LGUs and NGAs

● agricultural maps● coastal maps (mangroves & aquacultures)● canopy cover, height and Biomass estimates● hydropower maps

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16 Higher Education

Institutions Nationwide

CCA‐DRR COMPUTING AND ARCHIVING RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT (COARE)

ObjectiveTo enable multiple data integration of projects with other agencies that have high requirements for data storage and high‐performance computing 

• Data Storage: 1.118 PB of storage in the CoARE Facility (1000 TB Storage, 100 TB Science Cloud)

• High Performance & Cloud Computing: 12.44 teraflops (2,944 cores)

• Applications Running: • Flood modelling, Molecular Dynamics,

Numerical Weather Prediction Modelling, Climate Modelling, Bioinformatics Pipeline, Machine Learning

• Local and international collaborations:- Rice Genome (3kRG) Project.

ASTI, 2014 - 2017

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Philippine Earth Data Resource Observation (PEDRO) Center

ASTI, 2015-2016

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Space education, promotion, and capability expansion

Legislate the creation of a National Space Agency

Involve various government agencies in space technology development

Collaborate with regional and international organizations 

Way Forward

Source: 2SSTA Scoping‐Consultation Workshop

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Thank you …Department of Science and TechnologyPhilippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development