Space and aerial technology

Use of space-based and aerial technologies such as satellite communications, remote sensing and drones to improve disaster management and collect data for disaster risk reduction (DRR).

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The focus of this research is to consider the analysis of risks and recovery related to satellite disruption within the context of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 (SFDRR)

Springer Nature
California wildfires, July 2021
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The impacts of climate change are escalating, compounded by urban expansion into fire-prone areas. Eight cutting-edge technologies have the potential to revolutionize wildfire risk reduction strategies.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (Ä¢¹½´«Ã½)
Passengers on the street during winter storm.
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During mid-Atlantic winter storm, NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) played a pivotal role in monitoring and supporting the nation's response to this significant weather event.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Research briefs

SLF researchers use satellite data to enhance models predicting snowmelt timing and location, improving flood warnings. Radar data refined snow cover models, reducing uncertainties, especially in complex terrains.

Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL
Aerial Photos of flooding caused by Hurricane Florence
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MIT scientists have developed a method that generates satellite imagery from the future to depict how a region would look after a potential flooding event.

Massachussets Institute of Technology
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An international team of scientists using observations from NASA-German satellites found evidence that Earth's total amount of freshwater dropped abruptly starting in May 2014 and has remained low ever since.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Rock and soil cover destroyed houses in La Conchita, California after a landslide tore through the community in 2005.
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The inventory identified some 1,000 landslide points in São Sebastião, São Paulo state, Brazil. The research group is now using airborne laser scanning and other data inputs to create a methodology capable of more precise results.

São Paulo Research Foundation (Agência FAPESP)
GPS satellite in the Earth's orbit
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Asia is using geospatial tech for climate adaptation. As COP29 approaches, global cooperation on tech-driven climate resilience is increasingly urgent.

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP)
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