UN-SPIDER has released a new Recommended Practice that improves flood mapping by integrating Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) ...

Jen Ziemke can't feed the needy in Libya. But, like many academics, the political scientist in Cleveland can pitch in on relief efforts with a different skill: map making. And as agencies look to ...

On 22 April, the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), through the UN-SPIDER programme, officially established a new Regional Support Office (RSO) at Wuhan University in China. This ...

The National Institute of Disaster Management (INGC), established in 1999, coordinates disaster risk management activities in Mozambique. INGC operates under the Ministry of State Administration (MAE) ...

Flood mapping in urban areas poses significant challenges for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) sensors due to limitations in detecting water in regions characterized by dense vegetation, urban ...

There are multiple steps in this practice, you can already perform before a flood hits your Area of Interest (AOI). This will help you to safe crucial time during the disaster, to ensure a rapid ...

This course explains the process of defining a riverine flood hazard and performing loss estimations using Hazus-MH. While Hazus-MH offers a wide range of options for defining a flood hazard, this ...

The Step-by-Step Explanation is also available as a PDF, which can be downloaded. 1. Downloading the Scenes from the Alaska Satellite Facility The Alaska Satellite Facility (ASF) downlinks, processes, ...

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) was established in 2010. Following a period of rapid growth and transition the agency has made significant advancements towards addressing its mandate ...

Flood mapping in urban areas poses significant challenges for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) sensors due to limitations in detecting water in regions characterized by dense vegetation, urban ...

This recommended practice introduces a novel algorithm developed by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission that combines SAR-derived flood layers with digital terrain models and the ...