The second edition of the book entitled Flood Forecasting: A Global Perspective was recently launched and it covers ...

Handbook on the use of risk knowledge for multi-hazard early warning systems 2024 ...

In recent years the space community has set up several regional and global emergency mechanisms to support disaster response operations through the provision of maps derived from satellite imagery.

Description: The EO Browser is a web-platform for cloud computing processing of remote sensing data. As part of the Copernicus Programme it aims to contribute to achieving a global, continuous and ...

Environmental hazards can cause widespread harm to humans and the physical environment and arise through the degradation of natural systems, such as the deterioration of air and water quality, land ...

The launch event of the Atlas of the Human Planet 2024 will be an occasion to explore how information on population and human settlements derived from Copernicus satellites can help tackle a broad ...

On 15th October, the European Space Agency (ESA) officially kicked off their new project, Ciseres, at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Milan. Ciseres is a small satellite mission ...

The aim of this step-by-step procedure is the generation of a burn severity map for the assessment of the areas affected by wildfires. The Normalized Burn Ratio (NBR) is used as it was designed to ...

Sargassum is a genus of large brown algae that includes over 300 species. Two prevalent species in the Atlantic Sargassum natans and Sargassum fluitans, are found in free-floating mats, held afloat by ...

The combined data from different types of satellites will allow forecasters to improve procedures for the forecasting of potentially catastrophic events. One example is the combined use of imagery ...