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Sebastian Wesselman
Geospatial solutions for the Himalayas SERVIR Himalaya
• The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is working in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan
• Aim: Address challenges related to globalization and climate change that affect mountain ecosystems and livelihoods
An area of majestic beauty – a world heritage site for biodiversity
Sources of freshwater reserves - headwaters for 10 major river systems
Great relevance of Earth Observation due to inaccessible conditions and lack of data
The Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region
Climate Change
Demographic Change
Land use Change
Globalization Social Change
Increase adaptive capacity and resilience of mountain and downstream communities
SERVIR Facility at NASA
SERVIR-Mesoamerica
SERVIR-Africa
SERVIR-Himalaya
USAID-NASA SERVIR Initiative
SERVIR ~ to serve To improve environmental management and resilience to climate change by strengthening capacity of governments and key stakeholders to integrate EO and geospatial technologies into decision making for sustainable development
Questionnaire
survey
National
Workshops
Qualitative
Modeling
Pilot Applications
In-situ
Data
EO
Data
GIS
Data
Knowledge
Base
Issues/ Priorities
Thematic Applications
Quantitative
Modeling
(Near) Real-time
Information
Interactive
Mapping Decision Support
Plan / Policy & Decision making
Data Access and
Sharing
Capacity Building and
Training
SERVIR-Himalaya
Platform
Gap
Analysis
Tools and
Methods
Data and Information
Priority
Areas
Stakeholder
Consultations
Spatial
Analysis
Data and
Information
Integration
Framework
Analysis and
Modeling
Visualization
and web-
based
Platform
Institutional
Strengthening
and
networking
Framework for Science Applications and Information Systems
Earth Observation for sustainable mountain development Aligning with GEOSS Priority Areas
Cryosphere & Water
Cryosphere & Water
Glacier mapping
Automated snow cover product Hydrological modeling
Snow Melt Runoff Models
National partners
Basin level water management
Ancillary data
Product design
verification
Product use &
application
Tools adoption
Cryosphere & Water
• Glaciers Monitoring - decadal change 1980-2010
• Snow cover dynamics
Historic changes of Snow and Glaciers in the HKH
Monitoring changes in glaciers and glacier lakes
Image is a portion of an uncalibrated ASTER Level 1A VNIR false-color image (321RGB), acquired on November 20, 2001
Bhutan Himalaya
Tibet Himalaya
Cryosphere & Water
Cryosphere & Water
• Hydrological modeling
- Climate change and water availability scenarios (Wanchu basin, Bhutan)
MODIS based automated snow cover monitoring
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
• Land cover change and GHGs • Multi scale biomass modeling • Phobjika habitat conservation
National Partners
Field data support
Product design
verification
Product use &
application
Tools adoption
Forest cover reporting systems
REDD MRV framework
RAMSAR site monitoring
system
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Forest Land cover Nepal 2010
Remote sensing based approaches for REDD+ mechanism in community forestry of Nepal Multi resolution satellite data based biomass models for baseline carbon assessment and monitoring
Green house gas inventory (Forest carbon flux)
Operational forest monitoring system
2010
2000
1990
Pragati , Janapragati and NibuwaterCommunity Forest
Pragati , Janapragati and NibuwaterCommunity Forest
Tree Crown Size Analysis
2002
Tree Crown Size 2002
<50
50-100
100-150
150-200
200-250
>250
2009
Tree Crown Size 2009
<50
50-100
100-150
150-200
200-250
250-300
300-350
>350
Multi-scale Biomass Modeling REDD MRV Framework
• To develop multi resolution satellite data based
biomass models for baseline carbon assessment and monitoring
• Spatial biomass models tested, under calibration
• Landsat TM Seasonal Multispectral Reflectance
• GeoEye based Stand level canopy Morphology
• GeoEye based Species level canopy projected area
• MRV Spatial frame work being worked out
R2=0.7674
Landsat TM based Spatial Biomass map (Decision tree model)
Parameter Variable Importance
Disasters & Natural Hazards
Disasters & Natural Hazards
Forest fire detection & monitoring
Flood early warning system
National Partners
Near real time fire reporting
system
Flood early warning system
Ancillary data
Product design
verification
Product use &
application
Tools adoption
Earth Observation: Forest fire detection
SMS alert
Agriculture & Food Security
Agriculture & Food Security
In season crop monitoring
Crop production assessment
National Partners
Agriculture Drought
Warning system
Crop Planning management
Historical data
Product design
verification
Product use &
application
Tools adoption
Crop Growth Monitoring and Production Assessment
In season crop growth monitoring Crop production assessment in peak of season
In season anomaly maps based on 10 years average vegetation conditions data within the agriculture areas of Nepal
Establishing relation between crop production and Season Max. NDVI based on 10 years data for wheat crop
Air & Atmosphere
Air & Atmosphere
Automated Aerosol Monitoring
Validation of MODIS Aerosol Data Air Quality and Health
Satellite based air quality reporting system
National Partners
Ancillary data
Product design
verification
Product use &
application
Tools adoption
MODIS based applications
Visibility and partnerships
Access to Information
Outreach and Capacity Building
• Symposium
• Workshops/Training
• Youth Forum
• Science Applications Showcase
Youth Programme
Way forward
• Raise awareness and make use of the wealth of Earth Observation data
• Regional collaboration, exchange of data and standardizing methodologies
• Capacity building
• Work with key partners to implement geospatial solutions
Thank You...