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PEH-01 Hazards: minimizing risk, maximizing awareness - Part 2

 

Monitoring and aarly warning of natural hazards using multi sensor satellite data

 

Ramesh Singh, George Mason University (United States)
Menas Kafatos, George Mason University (United States)
 

 

The planet earth is affected by all kinds of natural hazards (earthquakes, hurricanes, dust storms, landslides, harmful algal blooms, volcanoes, droughts, floods, extreme weather conditions) affecting million people. These natural hazards occur as a consequence of slow process and bring changes in the associated domains. With the development of space technology, multi sensor satellite data provide information about the land, ocean, atmosphere and meteorological parameters that play an important role in these natural hazards.

In the present talk, we will demonstrate the use of multi sensor satellite data in monitoring the changes observed in the land, ocean and atmosphere in identifying the vulnerable hazard zones. The detailed analysis of multi sensor data will be presented from vulnerable hazard zones, showing complementary behavior in the associated domains, in providing early warning information about impending natural hazards.

 

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