Improving Early Warning Systems for Natural Hazards through Public Participation
NORDRESS Kick-off meeting Reykjavik 28-30 January 2015
Task 4.3 Participatory early
warning and monitoring
systems for natural hazards
Hans Jørgen Henriksen, GEUS
Task 4.3 Participatory early warning and monitoring systems
“
The problem”
•
Early warning and
monitoring
systems are sparse in many
hazardous areas, making it
difficult to issue timely public
warnings or follow the process
of hazardous events.
•
The public can provide in-situ
photographs of water levels,
snow banks, forest fires, or
other phenomena (use or test
existing APPs, crowsourcing
methods etc.).
•
Critical infrastructure
stakeholders can also upload
local time series of e.g. water
levels.
Task 4.3 Participatory early warning and monitoring systems
“
The study and the goal”
•
The study
:
The study will investigate novel ways of
expanding various
monitoring and early warning
techniques with
network-based public participation
.
•
The goal:
is to incorporate public observations into
existing monitoring networks and real time
modelling and forecasting systems
so that:
–
(i) more timely and accurate warnings can be
issued;
–
(ii) more comprehensive compilations of damage
effects targeting various critical infrastructure
are received; and
–
(iii) public risk perception and hazard awareness
are
improved.
Task 4.3 Participatory early warning and monitoring systems
Expected work and outcomes
:
•
Adapt and refine existing
web interfaces to collect,
analyse and disseminate
flood-related data.
•
The new interface will
enable better monitoring
and assessment of
floods, especially in
remote regions.
•
Outcomes:
(i) improved timely
warnings;
(ii) heightened
involvement and
awareness of local
communities; and
(iii) better model
verification and
calibration.
:
•
User needs for real time
monitoring and early
warning systems (national
– local coupled systems)
•
Workshop on use of smart
phones in participatory
early warning of floods
(TU Delft etc. / NL)
•
Local participatory early
warning and monitoring
systems (Odense case:
SMS/GPS tracking,
monitoring and early
warning)
•
Publication(s) about
community resilience and
participatory early
warning and monitoring
systems
:
•
Development of FMI’s
flood warning services/
national flood warning
center (“Tulvakeskus”)
•
New two-way mobile
application under
development
•
Analysis of economic
and behavioral impact
of such new
technologies and
processes of the
system
1.
State of the art (systems and
techniques)
2.
Nordic case studies
3.
User needs <> web interface
4.
Community resilience (test)
•
GEUS had a staff of 340
Thank you for your attention!
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This work focuses on novel ways in which the public can assist with the monitoring of emerging natural hazards and the compilation of damaging effects.
Using flooding as an example, riverine floods typically require a lead-time of several minutes to hours/days before serious hazards occur; this is a valuable period when public observations could assist with real-time forecasting and assessments of damage, especially in regions without monitoring stations.
In turn, improved participation should encourage the public to be more willing to respond to early warnings.
We will use a holistic approach and combine methods and experiences from several types of natural hazards in order to improve participatory early warning and monitoring efforts in all the Nordic countries and social learning among researchers, critical infrastructure stakeholders and the wider public (farmers, land owners, citizens etc.).
Investigating innovative approaches to enhance monitoring and early warning systems by engaging the public in data collection and analysis. The project aims to integrate public observations into existing networks for more timely warnings, comprehensive damage assessments, and increased hazard awareness. Expected outcomes include the development of new flood warning services, mobile applications, and community resilience strategies.
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Icelandic Meteorological office Finnish Meteorological Institute NORDRESS Kick-off meeting Reykjavik 28-30 January 2015 Task 4.3 Participatory early warning and monitoring systems for natural hazards Hans J rgen Henriksen, GEUS De Nationale Geologiske Unders gelser for Danmark og Gr nland - GEUS Klima-, Energi- og Bygningsministeriet
Task 4.3 Participatory early warning and monitoring systems The problem Early warning and monitoring systems are sparse in many hazardous areas, making it difficult to issue timely public warnings or follow the process of hazardous events. The public can provide in-situ photographs of water levels, snow banks, forest fires, or other phenomena (use or test existing APPs, crowsourcing methods etc.). Mobile Water Tracker involves citizens in (ground-) water management http://delta.tudelft.nl/article/watermanagement- by-crowdsourcing/28376 Critical infrastructure stakeholders can also upload local time series of e.g. water levels. http://mobilewatermanagement.com/
Task 4.3 Participatory early warning and monitoring systems The study and the goal The study: The study will investigate novel ways of expanding various monitoring and early warning techniques with network-based public participation. The goal: is to incorporate public observations into existing monitoring networks and real time modelling and forecasting systems so that: (i) more timely and accurate warnings can be issued; (ii) more comprehensive compilations of damage effects targeting various critical infrastructure are received; and (iii) public risk perception and hazard awareness are improved.
Task 4.3 Participatory early warning and monitoring systems Expected work and outcomes Icelandic Meteorological office Finnish Meteorological Institute : : Development of FMI s flood warning services/ national flood warning center ( Tulvakeskus ) New two-way mobile application under development Analysis of economic and behavioral impact of such new technologies and processes of the system : User needs for real time monitoring and early warning systems (national local coupled systems) Workshop on use of smart phones in participatory early warning of floods (TU Delft etc. / NL) Local participatory early warning and monitoring systems (Odense case: SMS/GPS tracking, monitoring and early warning) Publication(s) about community resilience and participatory early warning and monitoring systems Adapt and refine existing web interfaces to collect, analyse and disseminate flood-related data. The new interface will enable better monitoring and assessment of floods, especially in remote regions. Outcomes: (i) improved timely warnings; (ii) heightened involvement and awareness of local communities; and (iii) better model verification and calibration. 1. State of the art (systems and techniques) Nordic case studies User needs <> web interface Community resilience (test) 2. 3. 4.
Thank you for your attention! The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) is a research and advisory institution in the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Building. GEUS had a staff of 340 The work field of GEUS - geoscientific studies, research, consultancy and geological mapping - primarily covers Denmark and Greenland. GEUS works with hydrological modeling (DK model) to quantify the impacts of climate change on the water cycle. Staff: 330
