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Space-based Solutions for Disaster Risk Management and Emergency Response for Southern Africa
UN-SPIDER and ZFL are holding a regional virtual expert meeting for Southern Africa, a region vulnerable to hydrometeorological, geological, coastal and biological hazards and gravely impacted by droughts in recent years.
The objectives of this regional virtual expert meeting are:
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) Through Its Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER)
The Center for Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces of the University of Bonn (ZFL)
Like other African countries, Niger is exposed to floods and other natural hazards. In the fall of the year 2020, the Niger river triggered some of the worst floods in many decades affecting Niamey, other cities, and rural communities located on the shores of the river.
The Joint Stock Company "National Center for Space Research and Technology" (NCSRT) of Kazakhstan is the leading institution in space-related activities. The main objective of the Center is to carry out scientific research, and steer production and economic activities in space research and technology.
The National Center for Space Research and Technology (NCSRT) of Kazakhstan is the leading institution in space-related activities. The main objective of the Center is to carry out scientific research, and steer production and economic activities in space research and technology.
The Joint-Stock Company National Center of Space Research and Technology (NCSRT) in Kazakhstanhas experience with monitoring of various disasters and emergency situations using space-based information. NCSRT has developed technologies in the field of remote sensing and Earth Observation and has international capacity-building experience. NCSRT’s experience with disasters and emergency situations include the monitoring of floods, drought, accidents in oil fields and oil pipelines, forest and steppe fire outbreaks, but also with the use of radar interferometry to study the dynamics of deformation processes of the earth's surface, buildings and structures (see: https://spaceres.kz/en/napravleniya-issledovanii-eng/environmental-monitoring/; http://igmass.kz/index.php/en/home/about-en/; http://igmass.kz/index.php/en/fire-monitoring/)
NCSRT conducts fundamental and applied research in the following areas:
Monitoring of disasters
Monitoring of geodynamic and geophysical processe
Environmental monitoring
Agricultural monitoring
Aerial monitoring (UAV)
Space weather
Solar-terrestrial relations
Astrophysical research
Space engineering
Scientific programs of Kazakhstan cosmonauts
Space materials
Advanced training and retraining of specialists in the space science.
NCSRT has access to images of the Kazakhstan’s satellites KazEOSat-1 and KazEOSat-2 with high and medium resolution. The National Center for Space Research and Technology is the principal center for space-related research in Central Asia.
NCSRT has developed technologies in the field of remote sensing, Earth Observation and corresponding training workshops. NCSRT has experience in organizing various short courses to improve the qualifications of specialists of KazCosmos subordinate enterprises. NCSRT signed various agreements with leading universities of Kazakhstan, for which it annually invites students, undergraduates and doctoral students to conduct internships at NCSRT. NCSRT can offer training workshops on the processing of remote sensing data including remote sensing methods, statistical analysis of data, the use of RS software packages like ENVI SARScape, ERDAS and GAMMA.
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.
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"A week-long celebration of the many ways NASA Earth Science is being utilized to make out world a better place."
Coinciding with the celebration of 20 years of the Applied Sciences Program, the 2021 NASA Earth Science Applications Week highlights experts and end users from within and outside the agency, speaking about everything from space-borne to boots on the ground solutions to our planet's most pressing concerns.
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Small island nations are highly vulnerable to climate change and natural disasters, such as hurricanes, cyclones, and other storms, which can lead to severe flooding, landslides, and result in the loss of life and property. In addition, a rise in the global mean sea level places island nations at a higher risk for permanent submersion of land, coastal erosion, coastal ecosystem loss or change, salinization, and impeded drainage.
Southern Africa is exposed to hydrometeorological, geological, coastal and biological hazards. The region has been hard hit by droughts in recent years. Tropical cyclone Idai triggered massive floods in Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe in March 2019, and in 2020 several countries experience a severe locust outbreak. And unfortunately, COVID-19 continues to impact all countries in this region.
On 22 June 2021, the Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite entered its operational phase, which means that its first data products have been released to users. The data from Sentinel-6 is being processed by EUMETSAT in their headquarters in Darmstadt, from where the satellite is controlled. The data is then made available to climate researchers and ocean and weather forecasters for operational usage.
The accelerated demise of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is daunting and a cause for concern. Satellite evidence shows that the encroachment of warmer waters from the Atlantic Ocean are causing a decrease in ice regrowth in winter. Satellite-based forecasts are vital for fisheries, shipping, and indigenous communities.
