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Looking Inside Hurricane Rina

After a two-week period without any named storms, the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season revived in late October with the arrival of Hurricane Rina.

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Publishing Date: 
Fri, 28/10/2011 - 12:30
latitude: 
18.2563
longitude: 
-84.1553
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Nasa Earth Observatory
Processed by max.stephan on Oct 28th 2011

Caribbean User-defined Satellite Products for Disaster Management

National Disaster Managers, Regional organizations, development partners and space agencies advance in the development of user-defined satellite products for disaster management in the Caribbean.

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Mon, 06/06/2011 - 12:39
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CDEMA
Processed by Inna Bludova on Jun 6th 2011

SPIDER Thematic Partnership LAC: 3D-UDOP Geo-viewer for Guatemala

Using the 3D-UDOP Geo-viewer to enhance situational awareness of seismic risk in Guatemala

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Fri, 01/04/2011 - 13:24
latitude: 
14.6133
longitude: 
-90.5353
Processed by natalie.epler on Apr 1st 2011

From Preparation to Response: Coastal Decision Support during the Caribbean Hurricane Season 2010 with RADARSAT-2

By Aube et al., posted on December 28th, 2010 in earthzine, Disasters, Earth Observation, Featured Article

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Publishing Date: 
Tue, 25/01/2011 - 12:52
latitude: 
24.3575
longitude: 
-77.1945
Processed by natalie.epler on Jan 25th 2011

New UN-SPIDER RSO established at the Disaster Risk Reduction Centre of the University of the West Indies

On 8 October 2010 the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the UN Office of Outer Space Affairs signed the cooperation agreement that established the tenth UN-SPIDER Regional Support Office (RSO

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Publishing Date: 
Tue, 19/10/2010 - 12:10
latitude: 
18.0033
longitude: 
-76.7445
Processed by Giulia.Gammaraccio on Oct 19th 2010

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO/IOC)

The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO was created in 1960 and promotes international cooperation and coordinates programmes in marine research, services, observation systems, haz

Processed by maria.leon on Feb 19th 2010

SERVIR update on recent extreme events in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean

SERVIR—Spanish for “To Serve”—is a Regional Visualization and Monitoring System that integrates earth observations (e.g.

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Publishing Date: 
Tue, 15/09/2009 - 20:30
latitude: 
34.7304
longitude: 
-86.5861
Processed by clemens.rendl on Sep 15th 2009

Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and The Caribbean (CATHALAC)

CATHALAC is an international organization established in 1992 at the service of the humid tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean.  Its objective is to promote sustainable development

Processed by marin.eladi on Jun 4th 2009

Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA)

CDERA's main function is to make an immediate and coordinated response to any disastrous event affecting any Participating State, once the state requests such assistance.

Processed by marin.eladi on Jun 4th 2009