Data Sources

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This database provides descriptions of a large variety of satellite imagery, elevation models, land use and land cover maps as well as near real-time data products for different hazard types. You can search the database by data type or hazard as well as by other relevant factors including costs, temporal or spatial coverage, satellite or file types.

When you select a specific country under "spatial coverage", please note that the system will retrieve datasets that are exclusively carrying information for that specific country (and no other country). This means that global datasets, which include information for a particular country of interest as well as for other countries, will not be displayed. As a result, it is recommended to start with a global search.

The results of each search are connected to other items on the UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal, such as the database of GIS and remote sensing software and the descriptions of natural hazards.

To support Member States in identifying and accessing relevant space-based information, UN-SPIDER also creates booklets that provide an overview of data sources listed on these pages and of particular interest to the countries it is providing technical advisory support to. The following booklets are available:

- Tunisia

- Ethiopia

- Cameroon

ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS-NASA)
Type:
satellite data or aerial image
Costs:
free
Hazard:
Forest Fire, Drought, Volcanic Eruption, Extreme Temperature
Format:
export data
Publisher:
Emergency and Disaster Information Service (RSOE)
Type:
hazard specific data
Costs:
free
Hazard:
Insect Infestation, Epidemic, Forest Fire, Drought, Earthquake, Mass Movement, Tsunami, Flood, Severe Storm, Extreme Temperature, Pollution
Format:
statistical data (e.g. graphs)
Publisher:
Hungarian National Association of Radio Distress-Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE)
eMODIS NDVI in SPIRITS format (JRC-IES)
Type:
hazard specific data
Costs:
free
Hazard:
Drought
Format:
export data
Publisher:
Joint Research Centre (JRC)
eMODIS NDVI in SPIRITS format (JRC-IES)
Type:
hazard specific data
Costs:
free
Hazard:
Drought
Format:
export data
Publisher:
Joint Research Centre (JRC)
Environmental Data from Geostationary Satellites (NOAA)
Type:
hazard specific data, satellite data or aerial image
Costs:
free
Hazard:
Tsunami, Flood, Severe Storm
Format:
export map
Publisher:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Environmental Data from Polar-orbiting Satellites (NOAA)
Type:
land use, land cover data, satellite data or aerial image
Costs:
free
Hazard:
Format:
export data, export map
Publisher:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA - NOAA)
Type:
hazard specific data
Costs:
free
Hazard:
Pollution
Format:
visualization of data (e.g. web GIS or real time monitoring)
Publisher:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Envisat/ASAR imagery (ESA)
Type:
satellite data or aerial image
Costs:
free with restrictions
Hazard:
Epidemic, Forest Fire, Drought, Mass Movement, Earthquake, Tsunami, Volcanic Eruption, Flood, Severe Storm, Extreme Temperature, Pollution
Format:
export data
Publisher:
European Space Agency (ESA)
Map
EO Portal (EUMETSAT)
Type:
satellite data or aerial image
Costs:
free
Hazard:
Forest Fire, Drought, Tsunami, Volcanic Eruption, Severe Storm, Extreme Temperature
Format:
export data
Publisher:
European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
Map
EO Portal (EUMETSAT)
Type:
satellite data or aerial image
Costs:
free
Hazard:
Forest Fire, Drought, Tsunami, Volcanic Eruption, Severe Storm, Extreme Temperature
Format:
export data
Publisher:
European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
Map
EO Portal (EUMETSAT)
Type:
satellite data or aerial image
Costs:
free
Hazard:
Forest Fire, Drought, Tsunami, Volcanic Eruption, Severe Storm, Extreme Temperature
Format:
export data
Publisher:
European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
Map
EO Portal (EUMETSAT)
Type:
satellite data or aerial image
Costs:
free
Hazard:
Forest Fire, Drought, Tsunami, Volcanic Eruption, Severe Storm, Extreme Temperature
Format:
export data
Publisher:
European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
Map
EO Portal (EUMETSAT)
Type:
satellite data or aerial image
Costs:
free
Hazard:
Forest Fire, Drought, Tsunami, Volcanic Eruption, Severe Storm, Extreme Temperature
Format:
export data
Publisher:
European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
Map
EO Portal (EUMETSAT)
Type:
satellite data or aerial image
Costs:
free
Hazard:
Forest Fire, Drought, Tsunami, Volcanic Eruption, Severe Storm, Extreme Temperature
Format:
export data
Publisher:
European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
Satelite map
EO-1 Sensor Web (NASA)
Type:
satellite data or aerial image
Costs:
free
Hazard:
Forest Fire, Drought, Tsunami, Volcanic Eruption, Severe Storm, Pollution
Format:
export data
Publisher:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Satelite map
EO-1 Sensor Web (NASA)
Type:
satellite data or aerial image
Costs:
free
Hazard:
Forest Fire, Drought, Tsunami, Volcanic Eruption, Severe Storm, Pollution
Format:
export data
Publisher:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
EOLi (Earth Observation Link) - European Space Agency's client for Earth Observation Catalogue and Ordering Services (ESA)
Type:
Costs:
free with restrictions
Hazard:
Drought, Earthquake, Epidemic, Extreme Temperature, Flood, Forest Fire, Mass Movement, Pollution, Severe Storm, Tsunami, Volcanic Eruption
Format:
export data, export map, statistical data (e.g. graphs), visualization of data (e.g. web GIS or real time monitoring), web processing/cloud computing
Publisher:
European Space Agency (ESA)
EOWEB (DLR)
Type:
satellite data or aerial image
Costs:
free
Hazard:
Format:
export data
Publisher:
German Aerospace Center (DLR)