Hiromichi Fukui (Keio Univ.), Takaharu Kemeoka (Mie Univ.), Kiyoshi Honda (AIT), Masayuki Hirafuji(NARO),

Seishi Ninomiya (NARO)

July 2007

--- Global Warming Front Monitoring System in Digital Asia / Sentinel Asia Project

Monitoring Imja Glacial Lake

Proposal: Himalayan glacier monitoring project with Field Server

　　 Himalaya as a global warming front The Third Pole

Objectives of Project

• To demonstrate the real time monitoring using Geoinformatics combined with field observations

• Imja glacial lake as a pilot study• Early warning to safeguard mountain communities,

infrastructure and environment,• To demonstrate local area WIFI with the possibility to

connect with national telecom network and provide rural connectivity and access to information;

Related Project

• Digital Earth/ Digital Asia Keio Univ.

• Sentinel Asia JAXA, APRSAF

• GeoGrid AIST• ICIMOD International Centre for Integrated Mountain

Development

• ALFAE Mie University

• FieldServer NARO-NARC

Local Counterparts

• Permission –MOU with ICIMOD– Dpt. National Park and Wild life Conservation --– Minst. Communication – Dpt. Hydrology , Meteorology– Nepal Research and Education Network– Private ISP ---– Nepal Telecom.– Mahavir Pun BBC focused– Local community

At ICIMOD,2006

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Source : ICIMOD

Source : ICIMOD

Pyramid

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Connectivity to InternetPyramid ：Ｅｖ－Ｋ２－ＣＮＲ http://www.evk2cnr.org/en/

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Field Server 　

Wi-Fi Mesh-network

Web ServerMeasurementDevice Control

Sensors (up to 24ch) Air temp. Humidity Solar Radiation, Ultra-Violet CO2 concentration・・・・tolerate the cold weather

Camera (0.3-8M Pixels)Solar-cellLED Lighting

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Pyramid

Network Architecture

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