SERVIR: Putting Science

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SERVIR Putting Science Technology into
Practice in the Developing World
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SERVIR data portal, online mapping, decision
support, and 3-D earth visualization

• Users
• Decision Makers
• Media
• Educators
• Students
• Private Industry

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Inside SERVIR facility
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SERVIR Network
Implementing Agencies
Environmental Ministries
US Government
NGOs/Non-Profits
Universities Institutes Associations
Business/Industry
Other Disaster Charter (CONAE), CENAT, etc.
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Decision Support Fire Alerts
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Decision Support Burn Analysis

• May 2007 Fires in Mountain Pine Ridge Forest
  Reserve of Belize
• ASTER, LandSat 7 and MODIS data

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Decision Support Algal Blooms
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Decision Support change detection of
International Boundaries
Pre-Flood
ASTER
Red - Panamanian Land Now on Costa Rican Side of
the Channel Blue - Costa Rican Land Now on
Panamanian Side of the Channel
Post-Flood
SPOT
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Decision Support Flooding in Panama, November
2006
Met products such as MM5 (left), WRF, and SPoRT
model outputs, along with GOES imagery (above),
provide a continuous support mechanism for
decision makers.
Panamanian President Martin Torrijos (left)
consults with meteorologist Annette Quinn and
Director of CATHALAC Emilio Sempres at the SERVIR
facility in the City of Knowledge, Panama.
Rio Indio
Bridge
Bridge out
Coastline changed
TRMM data (below) are used to show total rainfall
accumulation over the period November 20-28, 2006.
SRTM
RADARSAT 10 Oct 2006
RADARSAT 24 Nov 2006
Change detection analysis (above) based on
RADARSAT data near Rio Indio, Panama. These
images help the Panamanian disaster response
agency to focus their efforts in the areas of the
floods greatest impact.
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Decision Support Tropical Storm Noel Mapping
rainfall accumulation
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Decision Support Tropical Storm Noel Mapping
flood potential
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Decision Support Tropical Storm Noel Google
Earth Reports
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Decision Support Tropical Storm NoelFlooded
Area Mapping
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Decision Support Cloud Forest Mapping

• Cloud Base Heights/MODIS
• Cloud effective droplet radii
• Cloud top temperature
• Cloud optical thickness
• Cloud mask

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Decision Support Toxic Dust Cloud or Smoke?
May 2007
CENTROAMÉRICA EN ALERTA POR NUBES DE PÓLVO
AFRICANO Publicado 18/05/2007 - 0719
Guatemala y el resto de países centroamericanos
han entrado en alerta ante el desplazamiento de
una nube de polvo hacia el territorio desde las
costas africanas..
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3-D Earth Visualization SERVIR-Viz
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Decision Support Ecological Monitoring
Forecasting

• Terrestrial Observation Prediction System
  (TOPS)
• Enhanced Vegetation Index
• Gross Primary Productivity
• Land Surface Temperature
• Leaf Area Index
• Net Primary Productivity

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SERVIR-Viz Daily Weather Forecasts in Panama
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Future SERVIR Efforts

• Climate mapping
• Biodiversity threats mapping
• Coral reef monitoring
• Air quality monitoring
• Early warning tools (disease floods)
• Geographic expansion more regional hubs

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Future Vision of SERVIR
Potential Expansion of Regional SERVIR Hubs
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SERVIR-Africa Partnership with RCMRD
Nairobi, October 2007
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SERVIR-VIZClimate Mapper
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SERVIR IRI Integration
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Summary SERVIR products services

• Satellite data and models
• Integrated platform for multiple products, data
  sets
• Geospatial technical support
• Modeling system for regional/national scale
• Technical backstopping (NASA, NOAA, others)
• Web map hosting
• National and regional training
• Mirror (backup) of national systems
• International Charter for Space Major Disasters
• Visualization

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• SERVIR A protocol for delivering products
• to scientists and decision makers

Supply of NASA research products
Demand is high where ground obs. are low
You cant push a rope
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SERVIR Regional Visualization and Monitoring
System
Daniel Irwin Principal Investigator Earth Science
Office Marshall Space Flight Center
Carrie Stokes Geospatial Information Technology
Advisor Natural Resource Management Office US
Agency for International Development