2017 ESIP Winter Meeting: Disaster Cluster Sessions

Notes from 2017 Winter Meeting Disaster Sessions

2pm Disaster Cluster Session (Karen leading - Dave Jones remote)

● David Green - NASA Applied Science for Disasters - Outcomes of NASA applied science efforts ○ addressing need for a timeline of disaster response efforts ○ Recent workshop on low latency datasets for time-sensitive applications (104 participants) ■ definitions of near realtime (low latency) ■ 0-1 hours (realtime) ■ < 3 hours (near realtime) ■ 3-24 hrs - ■ NASA ESD endeavors to provide low latency data when small cost ■ NASA ESD mission to provide non-real-time data may outweigh near-real-time ○ NASA Mission support for NRT is secondary and considered as needed ○ ○ Created an inventory of NRT - lots of datasets. How to identify/search/discover, and usable ○ Earthdata.nasa.gov - useful for NRT if you know how to use the site, but not so much for others ○ Recommendations for discoverability were prepared ○ Establishing a Latency Working Group ■ focus on use cases - how to address response “workflows” ■ need for “hazard” datasets (maybe special processing for low-latency datasets) ○ Questions - ■ Phil Beilin in CA clearinghouse - how to get involved with latency project? ■ GSFC (name?) - has similar ideas to help identify relevant datasets for types of event ■ (David) looking at how the DAACs can do a better job of providing disaster relevant data ■ Gary Foley EPA - working with anyone from EPA? - some on ecological hazards - need more links ■ Aaron Sweeny - NOAA - services built on top of products? Is cluster considering this? Discussed at NRT workshop - starting to look at services more ● Maggie Glasscoe (JPL) - Earthquake activities - Cascadia Rising 2016 - Exercise Timelines and Product Deliveries