Meteorológicas

Definition

A hazard caused by short-lived, micro- to meso-scale extreme weather and atmospheric conditions that last from minutes to days.

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  • On 31 August 2021, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) launched its Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes (1970–2019).  This publication presents information on the impacts of extreme weather, climate and water-related events that took place between 1970 and 2019.  It presents historic data on impacts provoked by storms, floods, droughts, extreme temperature, landslides, wildfires, and other hazards.  Impacts are expressed in terms of fatalities and economic losses. The publication benefitted from the contributions by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), the World Health Organization (WHO) and Public Health England, and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).

    According to the Atlas, the ten worst disasters in terms of fatalities impacted Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Sudan, Myanmar, Mozambique, the Russian Federation, and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela....

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    02/09/2021
  • The Copernicus DEM is a Digital Surface Model (DSM) which represents the surface of the Earth including buildings, infrastructure, and vegetation. The Copernicus DEM is provided in 3 different instances. Two worldwide coverages at 90m (GLO-90) and 30m (GLO-30) resolution are openly available to the public for download via the PANDA Catalogue and FTP. A further European coverage (EEA-10) is provided at 10m resolution, but data is restricted to eligible users who meet required access rights.
  • The Copernicus DEM is a Digital Surface Model (DSM) which represents the surface of the Earth including buildings, infrastructure, and vegetation. The Copernicus DEM is provided in 3 different instances. Two worldwide coverages at 90m (GLO-90) and 30m (GLO-30) resolution are openly available to the public for download via the PANDA Catalogue and FTP. A further European coverage (EEA-10) is provided at 10m resolution, but data is restricted to eligible users who meet required access rights.
  • NOAA OneStop was created as a pathfinder effort to provide enhanced collection and granule searching for only those datasets archived at the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). The portal provides a user-orientated point of access to weather, climate, satellite, fisheries, coastal, geomagnetic, and ocean data.
  • According to the latest issue of an annual disaster statistics report, floods were the deadliest type of disasters in 2019, followed by extreme temperature, while storms affected the highest number of people. Published by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), “Natural disasters 2019 - Now is the time to not give up” draws on data recorded in the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT), which saw the addition of 396 disasters that affected a total of 95 million and caused $103 billion in economic losses around the world. 

    Accounting for 40 per cent of disaster events, Asia suffered the highest impact with 45 per cent of deaths and 74 per cent of total affected. India, which saw cyclone Fani cause destruction in 2019, was the country most...

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    20/08/2020
  • World Congress on Disaster Management (WCDM) is a unique initiative of DMICS to bring researchers, policy makers and practitioners from around the world in the same platform to discuss various challenging issues of disaster risk management. The mission of WCDM is to promote interaction of science, policy and practices to enhance understanding of risks and advance actions for reducing risks and building resilience to disasters.

    The Conference will discuss various topics, including:

    • Remote Sensing, GIS and Drones for Disaster Risk Management
    • Early Warning of Hydro-Meteorological Disasters: Tasks Ahead
    • Early Warning of Earthquakes: How Far, How Near
    • Operationalising Early Warning of Landslides
    • Application of Artificial Intelligence for Managing Risks of Disasters
    • Emerging Technologies for Climate & Disaster Resistant Agriculture
    The Conference will provide in-depth analysis of the...
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  • The major thrives of this congress will be discuss and develop an integrated Climate Resilience Ecosystem that will address Future Disaster Risk Reduction and Capacity Development of Vulnerable Communities for Sustainable & Inclusive Growth and Subsequently publish a White Paper that will be submitted to the Government of India and the State Government.
     
    The Conference will discuss different topics, including:
    • Application of GIS & Remote Sensing for Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction
    • Costal Vulnerability and Adaption strategies
    • Water Security and Risk Management
    • Management of Solid Waste for Sustainable Development
    • Climate and Carbon Financing
    • Sustainability and Inclusive Growth
    • Extreme weather Events
    • Global Warming and Coastal Risks
    • Multi hazard Early Warning Systems
    • Water Resource Sustainability and Security
    • Application of GIS& RS for...
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  • GeoEarth-2020 welcomes colleagues from all branches of Geosciences and from many countries in the world to participate to the second edition of thw 'World Congress on Geology and Earth Science'. The Conference will enable the sharing of best practices in Geoscience as well as exploring the role of remote sensing in monitoring Earth processes and dynamics.

    The topics of the Conference include:

    • Environmental Geology, 
    • GIS, Remote Sensing and Geospatial Sciences, 
    • Marine Geosciences and Oceanography,
    • Groundwater and Hydrology: Surface Hydrology/Surface Water,
    • Rock Deformation and Structural Geology,
    • Volcanology and Plate Tectonics,
    • Earth, Ecology and Ecosystems,
    • Soil Science and Conservation of Soil Biodiversity.
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  • EO4GEO aims to bridge the skills gap between the supply and demand of education and training in the space/geospatial sectors, fostering the uptake and integration of space/geospatial data and services in a broad range of application domains. 

    The event includes sessions on:

    • Introduction to Copernicus and Services (with COVID-19 examples)
    • The role of Earth Observation in emergency situations
    • NO2 Air pollution monitoring 
    • Three case studies on how satellite data combined with other data is valued for agriculture, nature conservation and monitoring of forest for detection of fire and diseases
    • The role of EO in emergency situations
    • Maritime Spatial Planning. 
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