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IRDR and CBAS jointly provide satellite data provides and service for disaster emergency response

26 June 2025

IRDR collaborates with International Research Center for Big Data for Sustainable Development (CBAS) provide satellite data products and services for emergency response, risk assessment and post-disaster reconstruction observation and assessment through an IRDR Pilot Study "Sustainable Development Scientific Satellite-1 (SDGSAT-1) for Disaster Risk Reduction and Global Emergency Response". It is expected that the study will summarize and optimize the methods of applying satellite data to disaster reduction research and practice.

The collaboration has resulted in several reports and open data for recent disaster events, which were endorsed and promoted by international organisations and platforms such as PreventionWeb, ReliefWeb, and AHA Center. Workshops and technical trainings were also organized to provide methodologies and share experiences.

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Deliverables:

Myanmar Earthquake 28 March 2025

SDGSAT-1 Image for Myanmar Earthquake 28 March

SDGSAT-1 Image for Myanmar Earthquake 28 March - Report 2

Assessment of Myanmar Earthquake based on high spatial Nighttime light data from VIIRS DNB

2025 Los Angeles wildfires (Palisades & Eaton)

Assessment of Los Angeles Wild Fire Based on Multisource Remote Sensing Data

Xizang Earthquake 7 January 2025

Assessment of Xizang Earthquake Based on High Spatial Remote Sensing Data

2024 Northern Portugal Wildfire

Analysis of Wildfire in Northern Portugal

2024 Typhoon Yagi

Preliminary Assessment of Power Supply Caused by the Super Typhoon Yagi

2024 Ganzi Wildfire

Analysis of Wildfire in Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, Based on SDGSAT-1 Satellite Data

2023 Libya Flood

Assessment of Libya Flood Based on High Spatial Nighttime Light Data from SDGSAT-1

Gansu Earthquake 18 December 2023

Analysis of Gansu Jishishan Earthquake Based on Nighttime Light

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