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TerraMA2 is a software product, a computational system, based on the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), which provides the technological infrastructure required to develop operational systems for environmental risks monitoring and alert. TerraMA2 provides services to gather updated data through internet and to add it to the alert system database; services to manipulate/analyse new data in real time and check if a risk situation exists by comparing with risk maps or a defined model; services to execute/edit/create new risk and alter models; services to create and notify alerts to system users; and other basic and advanced services.
This course will teach you in detail all the steps to build a monitoring system with INPE platform and inform you about several fixes and improvements of the release 4.0.5.
INPE - National Institute for Space Research Av. dos Astronautas, 1758 Prédio SERE II – DPI - Sala 61 Jd. da Granja 12227-010 - São José dos Campos SP - Brasil Tel: 55 -12 3208 6444 - Fax: 55 - 12 3208 6468