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Data application of the month: Mapping land cover

Global land cover map from 2015 (Source: esa)

What are land cover maps used for?

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Data application of the month: Land Cover
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Land cover information is important for many applications like flood modeling, observation of agricultural drought, climate change modeling, and monitoring of environmental changes including vegetation phenology, flooding, fire occurrence, and monitoring of carbon emission due to deforestation and forest degradation.

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Access to global land cover maps
Access to land cover maps (global and national)
Recommended practice on flood hazard mapping using land cover information

Space application of the month: Measuring soil moisture

Soil moisture seasonality

What is soil moisture data used for?

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Space application of the month: Soil moisture
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Soil moisture data can be used for drought prediction and to improve flood forecasts. Data sets derived from satellite sensors are freely available in near real time. The image archives on soil moisture go back to the late 1970s.

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Near-real-time soil moisture data based on Metop-ASCAT data (Copernicus Global Land Service)
Historical reference from 1978-2013 for surface soil moisture (ESA CCI)
Soil moisture based on 1km resolution ASAR data (TU Vienna)
Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS)
Satellite Application Facility on Support to Operational Hydrology and Water Management (H-SAF) (EUMETSAT)
Sentinel-1
Landsat-8

Dataset of the month: USGS's Hazards Data Distribution System (HDDS)

HDDS Explorer (USGS)

In case of a disaster, immediate access to relevant information can save lifes.

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September 2014 dataset of the month: HDDS
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USGS's Hazard Data Distribution Service (HDDS) explorer facilitates easy access to satellite imagery for specific disasters.

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Direct access to HDDS (USGS)
HDDS (USGS) in the UN-SPIDER database on data sources

United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Risk Management "Best Practices for Risk Reduction and Rapid Response Mapping"

This is event is available for participation on an ongoing basis
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22/11/2011 to 25/11/2011

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Zhongmin Plaza, 7, Baiguang Road, Xicheng District

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Beijing

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United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China

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GIST Data Sets Vietnam

GIST is currently processing the 44 200K Russian topographic sheets covering the area affected by Typhoon Ketsana and will publish them next week.

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GIST Data Sets Philippines

Last update: 13/11/2013

further data sources for Philippines (Haiyan): Open here

GIST is currently processing the 44 200K Russian topographic sheets covering the area of the Philippines affected by Typhoon Ketsana and will publish them next week.

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