Session
Guest Lecture
Abstract
In March 11, 2011, Japan was hit by a large earthquake followed by huge Tsunami. They gave tremendous damages to especially Tohoku-area with more than 18,000 lost and missing persons and more than 360,000 all or half destroyed houses. Furthermore, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has been suffering from severe reactor problems caused by the electric power failure by tsunami, and still quite a large number of people cannot stay within their homes near the plants. Japan is now making every effort to restore the previous status of the people's living, economics and industry power. In this presentation, we first give the overview of the disaster. Then we focus on how satellite images, not only captured by small satellites but also by mid and large satellites, were utilized to monitor the disaster, reconstruction planning and operations. Many satellites took part in the data acquisition related to the disaster, which provided useful information on tsunami inundations and landslides, etc. To enhance satellite utilization, we finally discuss what kind on disaster monitoring system would be valuable in future, including lowcost small/micro satellite constellation and orbit maneuver.
Presentation Slides
Satellite Contributions to Disaster Monitoring - Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami Case in 2011 -
In March 11, 2011, Japan was hit by a large earthquake followed by huge Tsunami. They gave tremendous damages to especially Tohoku-area with more than 18,000 lost and missing persons and more than 360,000 all or half destroyed houses. Furthermore, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has been suffering from severe reactor problems caused by the electric power failure by tsunami, and still quite a large number of people cannot stay within their homes near the plants. Japan is now making every effort to restore the previous status of the people's living, economics and industry power. In this presentation, we first give the overview of the disaster. Then we focus on how satellite images, not only captured by small satellites but also by mid and large satellites, were utilized to monitor the disaster, reconstruction planning and operations. Many satellites took part in the data acquisition related to the disaster, which provided useful information on tsunami inundations and landslides, etc. To enhance satellite utilization, we finally discuss what kind on disaster monitoring system would be valuable in future, including lowcost small/micro satellite constellation and orbit maneuver.
