Dear readers,
We're glad to share with you the January 2020 UN-SPIDER Monthly Updates, and would like to make you aware of our latest Recommended Practice, which explains how to map floods and assess related damage using Sentinel-1 data and Google Earth Engine. This step-by-step procedure provides a useful outline of floods, while overlaying the flood extent with land use and population information to instantly output statistics such as area of cropland and number of population within the damaged areas. It aims to be a simple and quick tool for users of any experience level to obtain an overview of a flood event.
The Recommended Practice can be accessed on the UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal: www.un-spider.org/advisory-support/recommended-practices/recommended-pra...
Below the updates, you'll also find an events calendar with upcoming conferences, workshops and seminars organized by the community.
Enjoy the read!
UN-SPIDER at a glance
As the African space sector is growing rapidly, with Ethiopia being the latest country from the region to launch its first satellite, the number of initiatives to make use of space technologies in sustainable development is increasing. In... Read more
In order for South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Member States to be able to incorporate the routine use of space technology-based solutions, there is a need to increase awareness, build national capacity and develop... Read more
News from the community
A new report lists extreme weather events and major natural disasters among the top five risks in terms of likelihood over the next decade. The Global Risks Report 2020, published by the World Economic Forum, is based on a survey of 750 global... Read more
The Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTEAP), which is affiliated to the United Nations, has announced its 2020/2021 postgraduate... Read more
A first of its kind study by researchers at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, calculated the Value of Information (VOI) for the near real-time satellite data available during a disaster. The team used MODIS data and... Read more
Up-coming events
| Title | Organized by | City | Country | Date | Registration deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twenty-fifth Post Graduate Course in Remote Sensing & Geographic Information System |
Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific |
Indian Institute of Remote Sensing Indian Space Research Organization Department of Space, | India | 01/07/2020 to 31/03/2021 | 28/02/2020 |
| Twelfth Post Graduate Diploma Course in Space and Atmospheric Science (SAS-12) |
Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and Pacific (CSSTEAP) |
Ahmedabad | India | 01/08/2020 to 30/04/2021 | 02/03/2020 |
| Twelfth Post Graduate Course in Satellite Meteorology and Global Climate |
Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTEAP) |
Ahmedabad | India | 01/08/2020 to 30/04/2021 | 02/03/2020 |
| Rapid Landslide Detection with Sentinel-1 |
RUS |
31/03/2020 | 31/03/2020 | ||
| GISTAM 2020 - 6th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management |
Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Controls and Communications |
07/05/2020 to 09/05/2020 | 01/04/2020 | ||
| Cartografía global de áreas quemadas mediante teledetección: fortalezas y limitaciones |
RedLaTIF |
08/04/2020 | 08/04/2020 | ||
| Pollution monitoring over Italy with Sentinel-5P |
RUS |
16/04/2020 | 15/04/2020 | ||
| Introduction to Geospatial Information Technology Applications, Flood Forecasting and Early Warning Systems in West Africa |
UNITAR |
11/05/2020 to 30/06/2020 | 17/04/2020 | ||
| Introduction to Geospatial Information Technology Applications, Flood Forecasting and Early Warning Systems in West Africa |
UNITAR |
20/04/2020 to 20/05/2020 | 17/04/2020 | ||
| Air Quality with Sentinel 5P Training |
RUS |
07/05/2020 | 07/05/2020 | ||
| Advanced Webinar: Forest Mapping and Monitoring with SAR Data |
NASA ARSET |
12/05/2020 to 21/05/2020 | 12/05/2020 | ||
| Webinar Avanzado: Mapeo y Monitoreo de los Bosques con Datos SAR |
NASA ARSET |
12/05/2020 to 21/05/2020 | 12/05/2020 | ||
| Webinar on Space4Health |
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs |
14/05/2020 | 14/05/2020 | ||
| Virtual Seminar on COVID-19: Strategies for a geospatial response in the Americas |
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the United Nations initiative on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM): Americas. |
15/05/2020 | 15/05/2020 | ||
| Using EUMETSAT’s Climate Data Records: Satellite data for climate applications |
EUMETSAT |
20/05/2020 | 20/05/2020 | ||
| Disaster and world heritage with focus on pandemics |
Wildlife Institute of India - Category 2 Centre (WII-C2C) for "World Natural Heritage Management and Training for Asia and the Pacific Regoin", under the auspices of UNESCO |
22/05/2020 | 22/05/2020 | ||
| Introductory Webinar: Satellite Remote Sensing for Agricultural Applications |
NASA ARSET |
14/04/2020 to 05/05/2020 | 24/05/2020 | ||
| Webinar Introductorio: Un Vistazo a Cómo la NASA Mide la Contaminación del Aire |
NASA |
26/05/2020 to 28/05/2020 | 26/05/2020 | ||
| Remote Sensing for Earth Observation |
Transmitting Science |
Barcellona | Spain | 07/09/2020 to 10/09/2020 | 31/05/2020 |
| 8th International Conference on Cartography & GIS (ICCGIS) |
International Corographic Association (ICA), Bulgarian Carographic Association, University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy |
Nessebar | Bulgaria | 15/06/2020 to 20/06/2020 | 31/05/2020 |
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