Speaker
Prof.
Kohei Cho
(Tokai University)
Description
In 2016, Tokai University initiated a project call “Constructing glocal
monitoring system for safe and secure society”. “Glocal” is the cointed
word of “global” and “local”. The main concept of the project is to connect
the global monitoring system using satellite observation with the local
monitoring system using SNS for monitoring disasters and environmental
changes. The project was approved by the Ministry of Education, Culture,
Sports, Science and Technology(MEXT) of Japan as one of the Research
Branding Project of Private Universities in Japan. Tokai University is receiving
MODIS, VIIRS and AVHRR data at it's ground stations one in Shonan Campus
and another in Kyushu Campus. The data are automatically processed and
archived in near real time. On the other hand, the authors have been operating
Disaster Information Tweeting System(DITS) for disaster information collection.
The authors are constructing the Glocal Monitoring System by connecting the
satellite data system with DITS. The concept and progress of the Glocal Monitoring
Project will be presented.
