PROGRAM: 2-3
Title:
TECHNOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO “LAST MILE” DRRM EFFORTS OF THE PHILIPPINES*2University of the Philippines Resilience Institute, C.P. Garcia Street, U.P. Diliman, Quezon City 1101 Philippines
Abstract:
In 2012, the Philippines launched a responsive program to install locally manufactured and locally developed rain and water level sensors all over the country in strategic sites. The program, called the Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards (NOAH), developed an early warning capability for the entire Philippines using near-real time sensors to complement forecasts of PAGASA, the country's weather bureau. Through the parallel, complementary efforts of the Emergency Distribution of Hydro-Meteorological Devices in Hard-hit Areas in the Philippines (HYDROMET) and the Deployment of Early Warning System in Disaster-Prone Areas (DEWS) projects, there are now around 1,700 sensing instruments deployed nationwide. This large-scale network of sensors stream data every 10-15 minutes to a data repository and computing back-end infrastructure established by the Advanced Science and Technology Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-ASTI). Known as the Computing and Archiving Research Environment (CoARE), this facility supports multiple data integration for various projects and provides a high performance computing environment that enable the processing of sensor data for weather monitoring, modeling and forecasting. The near real time processed data are made available to communities through a web platform (http://noah.up.edu.ph; http://noah.dost.gov.ph) and via iOS and Android mobile apps for ease of access. Open access to these real-time data provide timely information to communities and has proven invaluable in the “last mile” efforts of the country for disaster prevention and mitigation.
Acknowledgements:
We would like to acknowledge the invaluable support given by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in providing the direction and necessary funding in creating this modern and innovative early warning system for the Philippines.
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