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Coastal altimetry is at the heart of the project
Online database for storm surge preparedness
UN-SPIDER's network of Regional Support Office gathered for its 6th annual meeting in Vienna on 5 and 6 February.
6th meeting of UN-SPIDER Regional Support Offices concluded
Experts stressed the importance of technology, such as Earth Observation, for disaster risk reduction
Experts stress importance of science and technology for disaster risk reduction
UN-SPIDER welcomes new Regional Support Office in Sri Lanka
Global mean land-ocean temperature change from 1880 to 2014, relative to the 1951–1980 mean. (Image: NASA/Robert Simmon)
WMO ranks 2014 the hottest year on record
Seven of UN-SPIDER's 17 Regional Support Offices participated in the Charter Project Manager training
International Charter: Project Manager Training in Vienna
2014 session of COPUOS (Image: UNOOSA/Natercia Rodrigues)
COPUOS Scientific and Technical Subcommittee meets for its 52nd session
Land monitoring satellites could support the search for lost planes and ships (Image: NASA)
Satellite imagery can support searches for lost aircrafts and ships
Launch of NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory, on a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket, on Saturday 31 January 2015 at 6:22 a.m. PST, from Space Launch Complex 2, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA (Image: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA launches Soil Moisture Mapping Satellite
Participants of the KNOW-4-DRR workshop
UNU-EHS workshop on Knowledge Management for Disaster Risk Reduction
Height of Bangladesh mangrove
POLinSAR: Mapping Earth's natural resources from Space
The NOAA-M satellite
NOAA satellites: 240 people rescued in 2014
El Niño: strong wave of warm water approaching South America on January 2010.
Global warming will increase extreme weather risk
Southeast Asia seen from Space
UN-SPIDER activities in Asia in 2015
ADRC: Regional Support Office activities in 2015
Dove cubesats of Planet Lab's "Flock 1" constellation.
Earth observation cubesats to be developed by Planet Labs
Typhoon Mindulle swiping Taiwan on July 6, 2004.
Cosmic Cube released for weather and earthquake forecasting
Global observation of swells in the Indian Ocean on 09 December 2008
Over 17 years in service: Meteosat-7 is longest-serving Eumetsat satellite
Crater Highlands of Tanzania reveals the difference between 90 meter and 30 meter SRTM data
USGS: Enhanced topographic data for climate change research
The Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 detected the landslide debris in Northern India on 18 January 2015
CartoSat-2 detects flood risk caused by landslide in Northern India
MERIS image of Denmark, on 1 June 2003.
TerraSAR-X satellite images help detect flooded areas in Denmark
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