NASA, ESA, JAXA Reveal New COVID-19 Dashboard

NASA, ESA, JAXA Reveal New COVID-19 Dashboard

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During times of crisis like the world is enduring now

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we are forced to think differently.

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And with a crisis of the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic

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we are challenged with the very human question:

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What can we do to help?

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It is from times like these that great things can be accomplished.

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NASA, ESA, and JAXA collectively represent

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a unique and valuable human asset: Earth-observing instruments in space

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that we use every day to benefit society and advance

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scientific knowledge about our home planet.

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As this pandemic spread across the globe,

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scientists began to see from space how patterns of human activity

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were changing and how those changes affected the environment.

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The pandemic was not only leaving a staggering toll of human suffering,

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it was having a global impact that we could document from space.

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Our three space agencies realized that if we could combine forces

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we could bring a more powerful set of analytical tools

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to bear on this fast-moving crisis.

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We have a long and very strong relationship

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of cooperation and collaboration.

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We know how to work together.

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And we realized that we needed to act quickly

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if we were to capture critical global observations of these changes

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as the world reacted to the spread of the virus.

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So NASA, ESA, and JAXA began building on an accelerated schedule a

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public web portal to synthesize our most relevant data and analytical tools.

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What we are releasing today – the COVID-19 Earth Observation Dashboard

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is the result of that intensive effort.

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Today we present Version 1.0 of the dashboard,

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which includes key indicators of air and water quality,

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climate change, and economic activity.

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We will be adding more information in the weeks and months ahead,

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including a look at agricultural production around the world.

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We hope to learn a great deal from the

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data collected here as the world

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recovers from this pandemic.

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This collaborative effort has given us a deep appreciation

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of how much we can accomplish when we work together.

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COVID-19 is a global crisis.

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It’s a health crisis, it is an economic crisis

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and is a crisis for humanity.

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So therefore, as the European Space Agency, we have looked at our assets

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that means our satellites,

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and see how we can help providing information

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based on our satellites for the benefit of decision makers,

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but also the people.

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We have monitored economic indicators

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we have monitored health indicators like

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air pollution, water pollution

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but also economic indicators like

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number of cars parked in parking lots

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number of planes in different airports

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but also different productions of different factories

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and see how we can monitor during the lockdown

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what happens in the economy and with the people.

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These assets that we provide from space

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With free information derived from Copernicus data

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which is the European program, led by European commission

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we are very happy to share with everyone in a free and open format.

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What we have done is we have created a dashboard

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and this dashboard allows to have time series

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of critical information over different areas

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and therefore compare information.

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But I am particular glad to say that this is not

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only a European effort. We have joined forces

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with the global space powers, in particular with NASA

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but also with JAXA, the Japanese Space Agency

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And really combined the assets which we have in the U.S.

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in Japan, in Europe in order to derive this information

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And provide information related to COVID

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to the citizens worldwide in the global dashboard

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which we jointly offer to you today.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought difficulties

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to daily lives and caused various changes

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in socio-economic activities and environments.

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In order to tackle this issue we have considered

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and came to the conclusion that

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it is our responsibility to monitor

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the changes of the earth from space,

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share the observation results with the public,

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and record it for the future generations.

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To fulfill this responsibility, JAXA has developed the

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Earth Observing Dashboard together with NASA and ESA.

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Satellite-based earth observation allows us to

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monitor the earth's surface globally and periodically

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with various physical parameters.

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In this cooperation we have utilized Japanese satellites,

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namely GOSAT, ALOS-2 and GCOM-C.

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This trilateral collaboration among the space agencies

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gave us a great opportunity to maximize the value of our earth observation data.

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but extending the data and knowledge.

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The Dashboard is just the start.

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I strongly anticipate that by using the Dashboard,

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experts in various different fields would further contribute

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to society and create new values.

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I am very proud of this collaboration with NASA and ESA

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and look forward to the delivery of a unique view

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from space to the changing society.

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