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6 September 2011 Production of imagery-derived maps to aid the Japanese earthquake/tsunami relief effort
David W. Messinger, Don McKeown, Nina Raqueño, Steve Cavilia, Chris DeAngelis, Sanjit Maitra, Weihua Sun
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Proceedings Volume 8158, Imaging Spectrometry XVI; 815802 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.899069
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2011, San Diego, California, United States
Abstract
On March 11, 2011, the magnitude 9 Tohoku earthquake and resulting tsunami struck off the coast of Japan. An estimated over 400,000 persons were displaced from their homes and the damage to the coastline and nearby urban areas was extensive. Additionally, the combined effects of the earthquake and tsunami caused damage to the Fukushima Dai'ichi Nuclear Power Station. As part of the International Charter "Space and Major Disasters", the US Geological Survey coordinated a volunteer effort to aid in the response to the disaster. The goal of the project was to produce maps derived from civilian (NASA Landsat and ASTER) and commercially available (DigitalGlobe and GeoEye), high resolution satellite imagery to be delivered to the Japanese authorities. RIT, as part of our Information Products Laboratory for Emergency Response (IPLER) program, was one of the organizations involved in this effort. This paper describes the timeline of the response, the challenges faced in this effort, the workflow developed, and the products that were distributed. Lessons learned from the response will also be described to aid the remote sensing community in preparing for responses to future natural disasters.
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David W. Messinger, Don McKeown, Nina Raqueño, Steve Cavilia, Chris DeAngelis, Sanjit Maitra, and Weihua Sun "Production of imagery-derived maps to aid the Japanese earthquake/tsunami relief effort", Proc. SPIE 8158, Imaging Spectrometry XVI, 815802 (6 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.899069
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KEYWORDS
Earthquakes
Image resolution
Satellites
Remote sensing
Satellite imaging
Earth observing sensors
Image analysis
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