The Geodesastres-Sul initiative aims to support disaster management and mitigation in southern Brazil by utilizing geotechnologies and space-based information. Its goals include creating a comprehensive database of natural disasters, mapping risk areas, and enhancing educational activities for various stakeholders. This initiative seeks to foster partnerships and disseminate knowledge regarding disaster preparedness across the region.

1. SPACE-BASED INFORMATION FOR
DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION
IN INPE-BRASIL
NUCLEUS OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATION OF
GEOTECNOLOGIES IN NATURAL DISASTERS AND
EXTREME EVENTS
GEODESASTRES-SUL
Tania Maria Sausen
GEODESASTRES-SUL / INPE-CRS
tania.sausen@crs.inpe.br

2. National Institute for Space Research-INPE
Southern Regional Center for Space Research-CRS
Geodesastres-sul
Misssion
This Nucleus has as mission to develop research, methodologies and
applications projects using geotechnologies (space-based information and
GIS) to give support to the natural disasters and extreme events prevention,
aiming to the mitigation of these phenomena and their consequences in the
Southern region of Brasil and MERCOSUL.
Goals
• The develop and mantain a data base about natural disasters to support research
and application projects ;
• To map natural hazards and identify risk areas using space-based information;
• To develop new methodologies for prevention and monitoring of natural disasters
by space-based information;
• To create and implement educational and capacity building activities for
professional, undergraduate and gradute students and schools teachers, additionaly
to develop outreach activities;
• to look for partnership with national and international institutions that work with
natural disasters and geotechnology information
•To disseminate the use of geotechnologies for natural disasters and extreme events
in the Brazilian Southern region and MERCOSUL.

3. National Institute for Space Research-INPE
Southern Regional Center for Space Research-CRS
Facilities
INPE-CRS/Santa Maria, RS
GEODESASTRES-SUL facilities

4. National Institute for Space Research-INPE
Southern Regional Center for Space Research-CRS
Facilities

5. Why to establish the GEODESASTRES-SUL
in the Southern region of Brasil?
Natural Disasters in the World
(1900-2006)
Distribution of natural disasters around the world, by continents in the period of 1900-
2006. Legend: IN – Flood, ES – Landslide, TE – Storm, SE – Drought, TX – Extreme
temperature, IF – Forest fire, VU – Volcanism, TR – Earthquake and RE – Undertow.
Fonte dos Dados: EM-DAT (2007).

6. Why to establish the GEODESASTRES-SUL
in the Southern region of Brasil?
Natural Disasters in Brasil
(1900-2006)
Distribution of natural disasters around the world, by continents in the period of 1900-
2006. Legend: IN – Flood, ES – Landslide, TE – Storm, SE – Drought, TX – Extreme
temperature, IF – Forest fire, VU – Volcanism, TR – Earthquake and RE – Undertow.
Fonte dos Dados: EM-DAT (2007).

7. Why to establish the GEODESASTRES-SUL
in the Southern region of Brasil?
Climate Changes
Increase of the precipitations associated with severe storms in the period of
2090-2099. Legend: DJF(December, January and February),
JJA (June, July and August). Source: IPCC (2007).

8. Climate Changes
More Catarinas?!

9. Natural Disasters-Geotechnologies

10. GEODESASTRES-SUL
Data Base
a) Data Input:
• Data about natural disasters and extreme events given by the
Damage Evaluation Report from the Civil Defense (AVADAN) and from
the newspapers, magazines, etc;
• Geoenvironmental data from satellite images, meteorological data,
cartographic data and model data;
• Socio-economical data, such as: population, poverty index; health
conditions, education, etc.;
• Field work data, such as: questionary, damage and prejuizos
evaluation, etc.
b) Process:
• Natural disasters Inventary and sitematization;
• Development of danger, vulnerability and risk maps;
• Diagnosys about the risk areas;
• Monitoring of disasters and extreme events(before and during the
disasters);
• Geoenvironmental diagnoses of disasters and extreme events (after
the disasters).
c) Users Interface

11. DATA BASE

12. HOMEPAGE

13. HOMEPAGE

14. HOMEPAGE

15. HOMEPAGE

16. HOMEPAGE

17. DATABASE AND HOMEPAGE
Up to 1800 publications collected
Every day 33 news papers from South region in Brazil are
accessed
More than 100 disasters were reported since January
in the three states from South region and more than
500 municipalities were damages by theses events;
Precipitation data were collected in 1500 estações in the
three southerns states. From these data precipitation
historical series were developed.
More than 10.000 natural disasters events information
were collected since 1980.

18. Catarina Hurricane
23/03/04 24/03/04 26/03/04
10:09 (Vis) 10:39 (Vis) 11:39 (Vis)
27/03/04 27/03/04 28/03/04
10:09 (Vis) 20:39 (IR) 03:39 (IR)
Catarina Hurricane monitoring by GOES 12 satellite images.

19. Catarina Hurricane
MODIS image from Catarina Hurricane, on 27/march/2004.
Image source: NASA (2007)

20. Catarina Hurricane Damage Area
Mapa dos danos do Furacão Catarina realizado em SIG com dados de GPS e Modelo Digital de Terreno.

21. Tornado in Muitos Capões city - RS
(GPS)

22. Tornado in Muitos Capões city - RS
Subtração LANDSAT/TM band 7(Before - After)

23. Tornado in Muitos Capões city - RS
Classificação: F3
Ventos: 250 a 330 km/h
Extensão: 48 km
Largura Máxima: 290 m

24. Vegetation Index MODIS/EVI
Brazilian Souhtern Region
More than 600 MODIS images from
Brazilian Southern Region and part of
MERCOSUL, in the period from
September 2000 to October 2007
MODIS Mosaic CBERS Mosaic

25. MODIS Images for drought and flooding studies
In this same area there were floodings events
In this same area there were floodings events
from 2001 to 2004.
from 2001 to 2004.
Flooding areas in:
2004
Severe drougth during the summer in 2004/2005. 2003
2002
2001
Regular Water-MODIS

26. Flooding Monitoring
MODIS/AQUA Image-September 9th, 2007
MODIS/AQUA Image- September 25th, 2007

27. Floods in Rio Grande do Sul in 2003
Paraguai
Santa Catarina
Argentina
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28. Drought in Rio Grande do Sul state
from 2003 to 2005
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Santa Catarina
Argentina
Drought 2005
2004
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29. Heat Spot /Month in Rio Grande do
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30. Heat Spot in Brazilian Southern Region

31. Heat Spots-2006

32. Heat Spot in Rio Grande do Sul
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33. Terrain Elevation Model in Rio Grande do Sul
Coverage of all South
of all South SRTM Image
America
CBERS Mosaic

34. Terrain Elevation Model-SRTM
Paraná State
Santa Catarina state
Rio Grande do Sul state

35. Disasters Identification

36. Natural Disasters Intensity (low, medium, high)

37. Kinds of Natural Disasters

38. CAPACITY BUILDING
Educational Material
TOPICS:
• Natural Disasters-Fundamentals Concepts;
• Geotechnologies-Fundamentals Concepts;
• Natural Disasters and Geotechnologies: Lanslides; Drought; Hurricane; Flood; Burning; Heat
Islands; Hail; Tornado; Windstorm; Earthquake; Avalanche; Lahar; Tsunami; Volcanic activity

39. CAPACITY BUILDING
Training Courses
REGIONAL CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
EDUCATION FOR LATINA AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN-CRECTEALC
CAMPUS BRASIL
(AFFILIATED TO THE UNITED NATIONS)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PSACE RESEARCH-INPE
Southern Regional Center for Space Research-CRS
GEODESASTRES-SUL
With the support of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
(UNOOSA) by its new program UN-SPIDER – United Nations Platform for
Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency
Response
I SEMINAR
“GEOTHECNOLOGIES FOR NATURAL DISASTERS PREVENTION AND
MITIGATION IN THE BRAZILIAN SOUTH REGION AND MERCOSUL”
November 27-29, 2007

40. Early Warning Systems Operational in
Brazil
• Brazil
is the largest and most populous country in South
America.
• Annually the country is affected by a variety of natural
disasters as severe storms, flooding, landslides, droughts
•Nowadays the capacity of the country
and fires which affect thousand of people. to foresee the occurrence of natural
• More than 95% of these disasters are related to the climate, disasters with antecedence in order to
its variability and extremities. mitigate its adverse consequences is
reduced
•Frequently, due to lack of forecasts,
the actions of the governmental
authorities are limited to post-event
activities without prevention or
mitigation.
Flooding in São Paulo city
Drought in Amazonia

41. CPTEC/INPE
• The Center for Weather Forecasting and Climate Studies -CPTEC of
INPE develops, produces and disseminates weather forecasts as well
as seasonal climate forecasts.
• Since its establishment in 1994, the CPTEC/INPE disseminates
meteorological warnings of extreme meteorological phenomenon for
the whole country.
• In case of intense or drawn out rains, the CPTEC/INPE developed as
part of its operational routine, an information system to support the
Civil Defense.

42. Semi-automatic System of Forecast,
Hydrometeorological and Environmental Data to
Sustain Natural Hazards Management
CPTEC/INPE and others Brazilian institutions are developing a semi-automatic
system of forecast, hydrometeorological and environmental data to sustain
natural hazards management.
The main objective of the project is to develop predictive capacity to identify
probability of occurrence of natural disasters caused by meteorological and
climatic extremities for the 5500 Brazilian municipalities.
Map of number of days with hydric deficit
http://www.cptec.inpe.br/proclima/index.shtml Potential Risk Map
http://sigma.cptec.inpe.br/produto/queimadas

43. Semi-automatic System of Forecast, Hydrometeorological and
Environmental Data
to Sustain Natural Hazards Management
Natural hazards risk
and vulnerability data
Potential risk areas
mapping
Meteorological, Semi-automatic System U
climate Environmental of Forecast, S
and hydrological extremes Hydrometeorological ANALISIS WARNING E
ACTIONS
data and Environmental R
Data to Sustain
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Natural Hazards Management
Additional databases

44. Semi-automatic System of Forecast, Hydrometeorological and
Environmental Data
to Sustain Natural Hazards Management
Pilot Project
DR. EYMAR SILVA SAMPAIO LOPES http://www.cptec.inpe.br/serradomar/desenvolvimento.shtml
Coordinadtor-INPE/
DPI

46. Landslide in São Sebastião in 06 December 1994
Photo IPT (2001)
After the
Before the
Landslide
Pedras River Basin
+ than 100 spots of mass movement
Presidente Bernardes Refinery

47. BRAZILIAN DISASTERS NETWORK
AND PORTAL
IBGE SEMINAR IN AUGUST 30TH, 2007
The Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistic-IBGE has invited all
Brazilian institutions involved wiht disasters to build up a network and a
portal about disasters activities in Brasil. The goals of this portal are:
•To put together all information about disasters that are available in several differents
sites
•To give more accessibility about disaster information to the Brazilian community;
•To ensure that relevant information is easily accessible and disseminated to all
interested end-users
•To be a bridge to connect the disaster management and space communities
•To transfer of knowledge and technology to Brazilian community
• To establish communities of practice
• To be a platform for fostering alliances

48. GEODESASTRES-SUL
THANK YOU
CBERS-CCD Image
November 11, 2005
Uruguai River
Uruguaiana city
CBERS-CCD Image
February 19, 2005
Uruguai River
Uruguaiana city