23 rd APAN Earth Monitoring Working Group Sessions January 23-25, 2007 Manila

APAN Earth Monitoring Working Group To utilize the APAN network resources in the exchange and distribution of earth observation satellite data in a full and open manner with a minimum time delay and minimum cost, recognizing relevant international instruments, national policies and legislation. To utilize the APAN network resources in the exchange and distribution of earth observation satellite data in a full and open manner with a minimum time delay and minimum cost, recognizing relevant international instruments, national policies and legislation. Preservation and open access to the long term record of satellite earth observation data through digital archives. Preservation and open access to the long term record of satellite earth observation data through digital archives. Open access to a wider range of geospatial data of the Asia Pacific region. Open access to a wider range of geospatial data of the Asia Pacific region. Exchange of open source software for use in the access, display and analysis of earth observation satellite data. Exchange of open source software for use in the access, display and analysis of earth observation satellite data. Review of information requirements for consumers and policymakers in environmental, economic, and social arenas to further expand EO data utilization. Review of information requirements for consumers and policymakers in environmental, economic, and social arenas to further expand EO data utilization. Capacity building activities to engage participation from all nations in the region and to maximize the availability and utilization of earth observation satellite data in developing countries. Capacity building activities to engage participation from all nations in the region and to maximize the availability and utilization of earth observation satellite data in developing countries. Exploration and prototyping of innovative technologies and distributed methods for accomplishing the above. Exploration and prototyping of innovative technologies and distributed methods for accomplishing the above.

Our assets are growing! APAN Backbone JAXA’s ALOS (Daichi)

EM-WG Membership is open to anyone who attends one of our sessions or meetings Membership is open to anyone who attends one of our sessions or meetings If you are here and would like to be a member – let us know! If you are here and would like to be a member – let us know! Co-chair terms end this week Co-chair terms end this week New chair / co-chairs will serve for two years New chair / co-chairs will serve for two years

23 rd APAN Theme: Saving Lives, Improving Lives Through Global Collaboration Using Advanced Networks You can find more and more examples……..

Example: Unanticipated telecommuting in Colorado – December 21, 2006 Office was closed – but continuing work from home was easy thanks to high bandwidth internet.

EM Sessions January 23, 2007 Session 1: 11:00-12:30 Review of Recent Disasters in the Philippines Chair Elvidge (NOAA) 2006: A year of disastrous typhoons in the Philippines (Dr. Prisco Nilo, Director of PAGASA) Geologic hazard and disaster reduction efforts in the Philippines (Dr. Renato U. Solidum, Director of Philvolcs) Session 2: 14:00-15:30 Role of Remote Sensing in Natural Resource Studies Chair Elvidge (NOAA) Use of Remote Sensing at the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA) Geoinformatics mapping for Higher Education Institutions and Programs in the Philippines (Carlos Pascual, Mariano Marcos State University) Pilot Application of Forest Canopy Density Mapper (FCDM) in the Philippines (Merlinda R. Manila, Department of Environment and Natural Resources) Application of MODIS satellite landscape phenology with AsiaFlux tower measures for environmental stress detection (Alfredo Huete, University of Arizona) Session 3: 16:00-17:30 Japan's Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) Chair Isao Nakanishi (JAXA) ALOS (Daichi) Status Update (Isao Nakanishi, JAXA) Plan for EO data transfer Experiment (Mitsuhiko Fuda, JAXA) !

EM Sessions January 24, 2007 Session 4: 9:00-10:30 Disaster and Natural Hazard Warning Systems (A) Chairs: Pakorn (GISTDA) and Fukui (Keio U.) TEIN-2 Application Framework (George McLaughlin) Introduction on Satellite image network for natural disaster management (Pakorn) Sentinel Asia: status and update (Fukui) Satellite image network for natural disaster management in Indonesia (TBD) Session 5: 11:00-12:30 Disaster and Natural Hazard Warning Systems (B) Chairs: Pakorn (GISTDA) and Fukui (Keio U.) ASIA-ES: Status and update (Pakorn) Overview of the Pacific Disaster Center (David Lassner, University of Hawaii) Satellite observation of disasters in Southeast Asia (Ryoichi Furuta, RESTEC) Access to near real time global visible and thermal band mosaics from NGDC (Elvidge) Session 6: 14:00-15:30 Towards a Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS) Chair Elvidge The progress report on GEO Grid (Hirokazu Yamamoto, AIST) Review of the GEO Implementation Plan: What Can the EM-WG Contribute? (Elvidge) Session 7: 16:00-17:30 Aquaculture (joint session with AG-WG) Chair Elvidge. Lights in the Water: Satellite detection of lights from human activities in and around the Philippines (Elvidge) Mapping Coastal Aquaculture and Fisheries Structures by Satellite Imaging Radar (Nelson Lopez) EM-WG meeting

Joint AG-EM Meeting January 25, :00? 11:00? 16:00? Selection and welcome the new AG and EM chairs and new NR Area director! Review of new EM web site. Planning for 24 th and 25 th APAN meetings. Discussion