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Project NOAH

Project NOAH is the Philippines Department of Science and Technology's response to the President's call for an improved disaster prevention and mitigation system. It involves installing hydrometeorological devices and developing technologies like LIDAR to create more accurate hazard maps, assess coastal hazards, develop flood and landslide warning systems, and provide weather information to local communities. Project NOAH aims to harness various technologies to strengthen disaster risk reduction through partnerships between government agencies and universities.

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Project NOAH

Project NOAH is the Philippines Department of Science and Technology's response to the President's call for an improved disaster prevention and mitigation system. It involves installing hydrometeorological devices and developing technologies like LIDAR to create more accurate hazard maps, assess coastal hazards, develop flood and landslide warning systems, and provide weather information to local communities. Project NOAH aims to harness various technologies to strengthen disaster risk reduction through partnerships between government agencies and universities.

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Project NOAH (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards)

Project NOAH is the Department of Science


and Technology’s (DOST) response to the call of President Benigno S. Aquino
III for a more accurate, integrated, and responsive disaster prevention and
mitigation system, especially in high-risk areas throughout the Philippines.

The Project will harness technologies and management services for disaster
risk reduction activities offered by the DOST through PAGASA, PHIVOLCS, and
the DOST-Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI), in partnership
with the UP National Institute of Geological Sciences and the UP College of
Engineering.

The Project has the following components:

• Distribution of Hydrometeorological Devices in hard-hit areas in


the Philippines (Hydromet). A total of 600 automated rain gauges (ARG)
and 400 water level monitoring stations (WLMS) will be installed along the
country’s 18 major river basins (RBs) by December 2013 to provide a better
picture of the country’s surface water in relation to flooding.

• Disaster Risk Exposure Assessment for


Mitigation – Light Detection and Ranging (DREAM-LIDAR)
Project. The project, which is targeted to be completed by December 2013,
aims to produce more accurate flood inundation and hazard maps in 3D for
the country’s flood-prone and major river systems and watersheds.

• Enhancing Geohazards Mapping through LIDAR. The project, which is


targeted to be completed by December 2014, shall use LIDAR technology and
computer-assisted analyses to identify exact areas prone to landslides.

• Coastal Hazards and Storm Surge Assessment and Mitigation


(CHASSAM).  CHASSAM, which is targeted to be completed by December
2014, will generate wave surge, wave refraction, and coastal circulation
models to understand and recommend solutions for coastal erosion.

• Flood Information Network (FloodNET)


Project. Targeted to be completed by December 2013 is a flood center that
will provide timely and accurate information for flood early warning systems.
The FloodNET  Project will come up with computer models for the critical RBs,
automate the process of data gathering, modeling and information output,
and release flood forecasts.

• Local Development of Doppler Radar Systems (LaDDeRS). LaDDeRS


seeks to develop local capacity to design, fabricate, and operate sub-systems
of Doppler radars for remotely sensing the dynamic parameters of sea surface
such as wave, wind field, and surface current velocity.

• Landslide Sensors Development Project. This project is a low-cost,


locally developed, sensor-based early monitoring and warning system for
landslides, slope failures, and debris flow. As of May 2012, ten sensors

have  been installed in San Francisco, Surigao


del Norte; Tago, Surigao del Sur; Tublay, Bugias, and Bokod in Benguet;
Guihulngan City, Negros Occidental; St. Bernard, Southern Leyte;  and
Tubungan, Iloilo. Additional sensors are expected to be deployed to not less
than 50 sites by 2013.

• Weather Hazard Information Project (WHIP). WHIP involves the


utilization of platforms such as television (DOSTv) and a web portal
(http://noah.dost.gov.ph),  which display real-time satellite, Doppler radar,
ARG, and WLMS data to empower LGUs and communities to prepare against
extreme natural hazards. This is complemented by activities, such as: a)
conducting of IEC (Information, Education, and Communication) activities;
and b) the processing and packaging of relevant and up-to-date information
for public use.

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