UN-SPIDER Update: Philippines - Typhoon Ketsana - Space-based Information Status Update

 

 

 

UN-SPIDER

SpaceAid - Available Space-based Information for:
Philippines - Typhoon Ketsana - 26 Sep 2009

Status Updated 16/10/2009

UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER:
Focal Point: Tony Young Lyu ( spaceaid (at) unoosa.org )

Link: http://www.un-spider.org/

ReliefWeb:
Available maps: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/doc404?OpenForm&emid=TC-2009-000205-PHL&rc=3

Philippines: Typhoon Ketsana - Humanitarian Snapshot (as of 2 Oct 2009)
Link: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/AHAA-7WHLY6?OpenDocument

International Charter:
Activated 27/09/2009
Project Manager: François Boubila (francois.boubila (at) esa.int)
Charter Requestor : OCHA Philippines
Link: http://www.disasterscharter.org/web/charter/activation_details?p_r_p_1415474252_assetId=ACT-271

Additional products elaborated in the frame of the International Charter: 
Link: http://sertit.u-strasbg.fr/SITE_RMS/2009/13_rms_philippines_2009/13_rms_philippines_2009.html
Link: http://unosat.web.cern.ch/unosat/asp/prod_free.asp?id=46

Sentinel Asia:
Activated
Link: http://dmss.tksc.jaxa.jp/sentinel/contents/RDEO.html

MapAction:
Deployed 28/09/2009
Link: http://www.mapaction.org/deployments/depldetail/187.html

SERTIT
Water body monitoring the 26th of September 2009, the 28th of September 2009 and the 2nd od October 2009 (Images: ALOS PALSAR, RADRSAT-2 and TerraSAR-X)
Link: http://sertit.u-strasbg.fr/SITE_RMS/2009/13_rms_philippines_2009/13_rms_philippines_2009.html

National Contact Points
General (ret). Glen J. Rabonza
Administrator, Office of the Civil Defense (OCD)
Executive Officer, National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC)
Camp Gen. Aguinaldo, Quezon City
Philippines
Telefax : (632) 912-5947, (632) 912-0441

Dr. Prisco D. Nilo
Administrator
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)
Science Garden Complex, Agham Road Diliman, Quezon City
Telefax : (632) 9294865
Telephone : (632) 4349040
E-mail : pdnilo (at) pagasa.dost.gov.ph
 

Satellite Tasking
No
Satellite Sensor Time (UTC) Area Type Status Remarks
1
ALOS
PALSAR
26/09/2009 14:35
East Manila
Radar
Data online
Available at Sentinel Asia
2
ALOS
AVNIR-2 
29/09/2009 02:31
Manila
Optical
Data online
Available at Sentinel Asia
3
COSMO-Skymed
SAR 2000
 
 
Radar
Acquired
Flood extent vector at UN- SPIDER
4
EO-1
ALI
29/09/2009 02:05
Manila
Optical
Data online
Available at USGS Earth Explorer (preview)
5 EO-1 HYP 29/09/2009 02:05 Manila Optical Data online Available at USGS Earth Explorer (preview)
6
RADARSAT-2
SAR
2009/09/28 - 2009/10/03
Philippines
Radar
Acquired
 
7
TERRASAR-X
TSX-SAR
 
Manila
Radar
Acquired
 

 

Pre-Disaster Satellite Images
No
Satellite Sensor Time (UTC) Area Type Status Remarks
1
ALOS
PALSAR
26/06/2009 14:35
East Manila
Radar
Data online
Available at Sentinel Asia
2
ALOS
AVNIR-2 
17/09/2009 02:45
Manila
Optical
Data online
Available at Sentinel Asia
3 TERRASAR-X TSX-SAR 08/07/2008 Manila Radar available soon  

Vector Files of flooded areas of Manila (NCR Region):

Link: http://www.un-spider.org/sites/default/files/Philippines_Water_Post_Sep30_COSMO_ITHACA.zip

Source: COSMO-SkyMED
Date: 30 September 2009
Reference: 10 July 2009
Info: The zip file contains vector polygons (shapefile format) related to the few possibly flooded areas still present (01 October 2009). The files are suitable for a 1:250,000 mapping (KMZ format for Google Earth analysis is also provided)

Kindly provided by ITHACA
www.ithacaweb.org
 

Other Space-based Information:

 

Tropical Storm Risk: Forecast: http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com/tracker/dynamic/200917W.html

NOAA: KETSANA - Ensemble Tropical Rainfall Potential (eTRaP) http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/ETRAP/2009/NWPacific/KETSANA/archive.html

GDACS: http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=TC&ID=KETSANA-09_1&system=asgard&alertlevel=Orange&glide_no=&location=VNM&country=Vietnam&new=true

NASA Visible Earth: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=5952
ASTER Data Availability Notice:
Date: 10/06/2009 0240 (UTC) acquisition, STAR:75298
Country and disaster: Manila Flooding (B) - Tropical Storm Ketsana ; Philippines
Link: http://igskmncnwb001.cr.usgs.gov/aster/expedited/expedited_releases.asp

ASTER Data Availability Notice:
Date: 10/06/2009 0240 (UTC) acquisition, STAR:75298
Country and disaster: Manila Flooding (B) - Tropical Storm Ketsana ; Philippines
Link: http://igskmncnwb001.cr.usgs.gov/aster/expedited/expedited_releases.asp

Update as of 10/15/2009: Processing of requested ASTER Expedited data has been completed.
The data have been archived and are available through the ECS Clearing House at https://wist.echo.nasa.gov/api/ .

The data is available through the ASTER Expedited Data Processed link at http://igskmncnwb001.cr.usgs.gov/aster/expedited/expedited_releases.asp
Username: anonymous
Password: your-email address
FTP Directory: For ASTER data, cd to “aster” then to “AST_L1”

-rw-r--r-- 1 88883838 Oct 14 22:59 AST_L1AE_003_10152009023441_10142009225521.hdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 25406 Oct 14 22:59 AST_L1AE_003_10152009023441_10142009225521.met
-rw-r--r-- 1 25458 Oct 14 23:00 AST_L1BE_003_10152009023441_10142009225521.met
-rw-r--r-- 1 101266903 Oct 14 23:00 AST_L1BE_003_10152009023441_10142009225521.hdf

-rw-r--r-- 1 25406 Oct 14 22:59 AST_L1AE_003_10152009023450_10142009225522.met
-rw-r--r-- 1 88883852 Oct 14 22:59 AST_L1AE_003_10152009023450_10142009225522.hdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 101266905 Oct 14 23:00 AST_L1BE_003_10152009023450_10142009225522.hdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 25458 Oct 14 23:00 AST_L1BE_003_10152009023450_10142009225522.met

-rw-r--r-- 1 25406 Oct 14 23:00 AST_L1AE_003_10152009023459_10142009225523.met
-rw-r--r-- 1 88893780 Oct 14 23:00 AST_L1AE_003_10152009023459_10142009225523.hdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 25458 Oct 14 23:00 AST_L1BE_003_10152009023459_10142009225523.met
-rw-r--r-- 1 101276925 Oct 14 23:00 AST_L1BE_003_10152009023459_10142009225523.hdf

Click on the links below to view Browse Images
ftp://e0mss21u.ecs.nasa.gov/aster/OPS_AST_L1/AST_EXP_BROW_003_10152009023441_10142009225521.1.jpg
ftp://e0mss21u.ecs.nasa.gov/aster/OPS_AST_L1/AST_EXP_BROW_003_10152009023441_10142009225521.2.jpg
ftp://e0mss21u.ecs.nasa.gov/aster/OPS_AST_L1/AST_EXP_BROW_003_10152009023441_10142009225521.3.jpg
ftp://e0mss21u.ecs.nasa.gov/aster/OPS_AST_L1/AST_EXP_BROW_003_10152009023450_10142009225522.1.jpg
ftp://e0mss21u.ecs.nasa.gov/aster/OPS_AST_L1/AST_EXP_BROW_003_10152009023450_10142009225522.2.jpg
ftp://e0mss21u.ecs.nasa.gov/aster/OPS_AST_L1/AST_EXP_BROW_003_10152009023450_10142009225522.3.jpg
ftp://e0mss21u.ecs.nasa.gov/aster/OPS_AST_L1/AST_EXP_BROW_003_10152009023459_10142009225523.1.jpg
ftp://e0mss21u.ecs.nasa.gov/aster/OPS_AST_L1/AST_EXP_BROW_003_10152009023459_10142009225523.2.jpg
ftp://e0mss21u.ecs.nasa.gov/aster/OPS_AST_L1/AST_EXP_BROW_003_10152009023459_10142009225523.3.jpg

To report a problem, please contact:
LP DAAC Operations
Operations Control Center (OCC)
voice: 605.594.2732
Email: edaacops (at) usgs.gov

 

Situation Reports:

Government of Philippines:
NDCC Update - Situation Report No. 21 on Humanitarian Coordination on Tropical Storm "Ondoy"
Link: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/MYAI-7WJ3PB?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=TC-2009-000205-PHL#

UN OCHA:
Philippines Humanitarian Situation Update, 27 Sep 2009
Link: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/retrieveattachments?openagent&shortid=RMOI-7WARY7&file=Full_Report.pdf

Philippines: Tropical Storm Ketsana and Parma Situation Report No. 5
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/RMOI-7WHSGQ?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=TC-2009-000205-PHL
 

Other Links:

Reliefweb:

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc108?OpenForm&emid=TC-2009-000205-PHL&rc=3

Google: Ondoy Landing Page:
http://www.google.com/landing/typhoon-ondoy.html