The Relationship between LANCE and NASA Disasters Program

The Relationship between LANCE and NASA Disasters Program Tian Yao, David Green NASA Disasters Program NASA LANCE UWG Meeting, April 17 -18, 2019

Overview �NASA Disasters Program �LANCE provided critical information to help manage Disasters �NASA Disasters program can help LANCE develop new products and improve applications NASA LANCE UWG Meeting April 17 -18, 2019 2

NASA Disasters Program Source: NASA Disasters Program 2017 Annual Summary � The Disasters program, within Applied Sciences, supports NASA Earth Science within the Science Mission Directorate (SMD). The NASA Disasters Program promotes the use of Earth observations to improve the prediction of, preparation for, response to, and recovery from natural and technological disasters by addressing the research, response and resiliency aspects of Disasters. � In NASA Disasters Program, the response team is comprised of disaster coordinators who are physically located at all NASA Centers across the country. NASA LANCE UWG Meeting April 17 -18, 2019 3

LANCE Provided Critical Information to Help Manage Disasters (source: UNSDR) VIIRS corrected reflectance (true color) product for Super. Typhoon Trami Disasters Mitigation Preparedness Response Recovery Fire Flood Cyclone Hurricane Volcano Landslide Earthquake. . . Vulnerability analysis; land cover and land use mapping; hazard mapping; digital elevation models … Early warning; flood/fire detection; rainfall mapping; monitoring slope stability … Flood/ fire mapping; mapping affected areas; mapping lava flows; impact assessment … Damage assessment; spatial planning … VIIRS Fires and Thermal Anomalies product for Kilauea Eruption in Hawaii VIIRS Black Marble Night-time Light Product for Cyclone Idai in Mozambique NASA LANCE UWG Meeting April 17 -18, 2019 4

Using LANCE Products to Support NASA Disasters Responses � From June 2018 to March 2019, LANCE products were assessed or/and provided to support 25 NASA Disasters responses. Tropical cyclone events were the most common disaster, accounting for 7 of the 25 responses. Flood-related responses occurred 6 times, while there were 5 volcano responses, 4 earthquake-related responses, and 3 separate wildfire responses. � The product most frequently used is MODIS NRT Global Flood Mapping Product. The Black Marble product and VIIRS Fire product have been widely used in Disasters responses as well. � SMAP Soil Moisture products were provided to support Hurricane Florence and Cyclone Idai events, to show flooding areas transformed from dry to saturation associated with flooding rainfall. NASA LANCE UWG Meeting April 17 -18, 2019 5

NASA Disasters Program can Help LANCE Develop New Products and Improve Applications NASA missions assigned to the Disasters program will bring new products, which may need to be integrated into LANCE: � NASA ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR). The NISAR mission is scheduled for launch in 2021. PI Paul Rosen, JPL. DPA’s Sue Owen and Natasha Stavros, JPL. � Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS). The TROPICS mission, originally scheduled for launch in 2022, has been put on hold indefinitely; however, the Applications Team is still conducting quarterly telecons. PI Bill Blankenship, MIT Lincoln Laboratory. DPA Emily Berndt, NASA MSFC. � Lidar Surface Topography (LIST). The LIST Tier 3 Decadal Survey mission remains in concept design phase. DPA David Harding, NASA GSFC. NASA LANCE UWG Meeting April 17 -18, 2019 6

Feedback from Disasters Community can Help LANCE Develop New Products and Improve Applications Questions from LANCE: � What the disasters community need that they are not getting that LANCE could feasibly provide? � Are there any user comments /feedback specifically on any of the LANCE products? � What about the formats of products? Are they easy to use? Have you had any feedback on this? NASA LANCE UWG Meeting April 17 -18, 2019 7

What the disasters community need that they are not getting that LANCE could feasibly provide? � Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) NRT Product To estimate tropical cyclone/earthquake/fire/landslide damaged areas due to flooding/fire/landslide, SAR has the advantage to penetrate cloud cover and smoke. � High Spatial Resolution NRT Product When supporting the California Wildfire response, Disasters program received the request from users for high-resolution images. � SMAP Soil Moisture NRT Product SMAP Soil Moisture products have been provided to support Hurricane Florence and Cyclone Idai events, to show flooding areas transformed from dry to saturation associated with flooding rainfall. NASA LANCE UWG Meeting April 17 -18, 2019 8

What the disasters community need that they are not getting that LANCE could feasibly provide? Cloudy 2019 March 20 ARIA Flood Proxy Map Global Landslide Nowcast GPM Precipitation Accumulation; Sentinel-1 A/B RGBs images; SEDAC Gridded Population; Infrastructure Data from Open. Street. Map. Cloudy March 21 Cloudy March 22 Landsat 8 Flooding images: product based Natural on Sentinel-1 SAR data from Color RGB and Dartmouth MNDWI Flood Observatory Clear! March 24 Location: Beira, Mozambique Disaster: Cyclone Idai March 29 LANCE Black Marble High Definition (HD) product LANCE NRT Global MODIS Flood Mapping Product NASA LANCE UWG Meeting April 17 -18, 2019 April 04 SMAPbased root zone soil moisture LANCE Black Marble standard product over AOI in response to the requests from Department of State’s Humanitarian Information Unit 9

SAR Products have been Widely Used in NASA Disasters Responses � SAR products have the unique ability of 'seeing' through heavy clouds and rain showers during disasters. � SAR products have been used to support NASA Disasters Responses including Tropical Cyclone, Volcano, Flood, Fire and Earthquake. NASA LANCE UWG Meeting April 17 -18, 2019 10

Are there any user feedback specifically on any of the LANCE products? "I’ve heard from our field teams that the maps that we are making with NASA data are also being used by the Mozambique government for initial assessments and decision-making, so that’s great news. The data you’re providing is very useful for us as we work with partners to respond to the flooding. " Lauren Bateman, IFRC 2019 March 20 ARIA Flood Proxy Map Global Landslide Nowcast GPM Precipitation Accumulation; Sentinel-1 A/B RGBs images; SEDAC Gridded Population; Infrastructure Data from Open. Street. Map. " In terms of any direct asks we have relating to data needs for our current production on Tropical Cyclone Idai, there is one item of interest that stands out. 1. Black Marble Power Outages – We see this is available for the city of Beira. Is it possible to get this on the scale of the entire province of Sofala in Mozambique? Access to electric is key for proper hygiene, especially this long after the onset of the disaster and, 22 combined extent March 21 Marchwith 24 flood March 29 April 04 and displacement, can be really helpful in showing the scale of potential Cholera/disease outbreaks. " Ryan Latgis, Landsat Humanitarian Information Unit, 8 Flooding SMAPU. S. Department of State product based images: based root on Sentinel-1 Natural SAR data from Color RGB and Dartmouth MNDWI Flood Observatory LANCE Black Marble High Definition (HD) product LANCE NRT Global MODIS Flood Mapping Product NASA LANCE UWG Meeting April 17 -18, 2019 zone soil moisture LANCE Black Marble standard product over AOI in response to the requests from Department of State’s Humanitarian Information Unit 11

What about the formats of products? Are they easy to use? Have you had any feedback on this? � Feedbacks on linking LANCE NRT products with other website/data portal. � NASA Disasters GIS team is working on linking LANCE NRT products to Disasters Mapping Portal. LANCE team had two meetings with Disasters GIS team to provide assistance on this. � Jonathan Flack, the CTO of Disaster Intelligence, Inc. is trying to combine LANCE MODIS/VIIRS NRT Fire products with other disasters related information in their system. He would like to know if LANCE can provide automated mechanisms alerting their server for the availability of new data. Diane and Otmar are working on this. NASA LANCE UWG Meeting April 17 -18, 2019 12

For more information � Please visit NASA LANCE Website for Hazards and Disasters: https: //earthdata. nasa. gov/earthobservation-data/near-real-time/hazards-and-disasters NASA Earth Science Disasters Program Website: https: //disasters. nasa. gov/ NASA Disasters Mapping Portal: https: //maps. disasters. nasa. gov/ � Questions? Tian Yao, tian. yao@nasa. gov NASA LANCE UWG Meeting April 17 -18, 2019 13