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New NASA sensor to support drought and wildfire prediction

Major disasters such as droughts and wildfires are driven by the dryness of vegetation. To enhance the monitoring of plant water stress, NASA launched and installed a new sensor on the International Space Station. ECOSTRESS (ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station) allows identifying loss of water in leaves- even before they show visible signs of trouble.

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Detecting Invisible Plant Stress

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Getting Started with MODIS Version 6- Vegetation Indices Data (Part1)

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This short tutorial is the first video (Part 1) of the “Getting Started with MODIS Version 6 -Vegetation Indices Data” video series.

This video focuses on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Terra and Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Version 6 Vegetation Indices data distributed by NASA’s Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC).

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09/08/2019

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Ven, 09/08/2019

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NASA

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United States Geological Survey (USGS)

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Getting Started with MODIS Version 6- Vegetation Indices Data (Part1)

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Standardized Vegetation Index (SVI)

The Standardized Vegetation Index (SVI) provides information about the relative vegetation condition compared to the years being analyzed. As the state of vegetation is influenced by weather conditions the SVI can also be utilized as a drought-index and for regular drought monitoring to facilitate the early identification of the slow-onset natural hazard. The SVI is based on satellite Vegetation Indices (VI) such as the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) or Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) indicating the estimated vegetation condition.

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NASA: Advanced Webinar: Techniques for Wildfire Detection and Monitoring

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NASA's Applied Remote Sensing Training Department is offering a new webinar on wildfire detection on July 19th, 2018 from 18:00-20:00 EDT (UTC-4). Following the event the webinar will be available as a recording. 

In light of increasing drought and wild fire frequencies, the first session describes key aspects of satellite based wildfire monitoring and introduces a new QGIS plugin: "QGIS Fire Mapping Tool (FMT)". The second session gives an overview of the Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS) and demonstrates how to use the GWIS viewer.  

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19/07/2018

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NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training Department 

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NASA: Advanced Webinar: Techniques for Wildfire Detection and Monitoring

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Stakeholder Workshop on Earth observation-based information products for drought risk on a national basis

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The Stakeholder Workshop on Earth observation-based information products for drought risk on a national basis (EviDENz) occurred from 4 to 8 June 2018 in Pretoria and Eastern Cape, South Africa.

 

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04/06/2018 to 08/06/2018

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Lun, 04/06/2018

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Pretoria and Eastern Cape

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  • South Africa

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DiMTEC, University of the Free State (UFS), South Africa, ZFL, University of Bonn, UNU-EHS, UNOOSA / UN-SPIDER

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Stakeholder Workshop on Earth observation-based information products for drought risk on a national basis

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Remote Sensing of Drought

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Prolonged drought can result in economic, environmental, and health-related impacts. In this webinar, participants will learn how to monitor drought conditions and assess impacts on the ecosystem using precipitation, soil moisture, and vegetation data. The training will provide an overview of drought classification, as well as an introduction to web-based tools for drought monitoring and visualization. Lectures will be followed by hands-on demonstrations of data access and visualization.
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By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

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12/07/2017 to 19/07/2017

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Mar, 11/07/2017

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NASA ARSET

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Advanced Webinar: Remote Sensing of Drought

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Twelfth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNCCD (COP12)

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The 12th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 12) to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) will take place over two weeks in Ankara, Turkey. As the Convention's primary decision-making body, the COP will meet to discuss and make decisions regarding the Convention's implementation.

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12/10/2015 to 23/10/2015

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Congresium Ankara - Ato International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Söğütözü Caddesi No:1/A, 06510 Çankaya

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Ankara

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  • Turkey

Organisateurs de l’événement: 

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

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UNCCD

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Mises à Jour ONU-SPIDER Août 2014

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Ven, 05/09/2014
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International Training Course on Drought Monitoring and Assessment using Space Technology

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The UN-SPIDER Beijing Office and the National Disaster Reduction Centre of China are jointly organising the “International training course on Drought Monitoring and Assessment using Space-based Information” from 18 to 22 September 2014 (back to back with the fourth UN-SPIDER Conference in Beijing, see above). The training is organised for the benefit of the countries supported by UN-SPIDER through its technical advisory support services.

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The training is organised for the benefit of the countries supported by UN-SPIDER through its technical advisory support services.

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18/09/2014 to 22/09/2014

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Beihang Training centre, Beihang University

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Beijing

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UN-SPIDER and the National Disaster Reduction Centre of China (NDRCC)

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Mises à Jour ONU-SPIDER Mars 2014

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Mar, 01/04/2014
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