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Artistic image of KOMPSAT-3A (Image: Hotaroo0521)
30 Mar 2015
South Korean satellite KOMPSAT-3A launched
Representatives from 20 agencies engaged in disaster risk management shared their experiences
27 Mar 2015
Nepal: ICIMOD conducts workshop about rapid response mapping
Bolivia: Recommended Practice by Ukraine RSO used in International Charter activation
27 Mar 2015
Bolivia: Recommended Practice by Ukraine RSO used in International Charter activation
Large thunderstorms cause rainfall increase (Image: Flickr/ Barto)
26 Mar 2015
New study suggests large organised storms cause rainfall increase
Global Digital Elevation Model produced by ASTER (Image: NASA)
26 Mar 2015
GFDRR and DFID: Challenge Fund to improve disaster risks assessment
Phlegraean Fields monitored by Sentinel-1 (Image: ESA)
26 Mar 2015
How satellite radar can detect slight surface movements on Earth
Floods in Jakarta 2013 (Image: Arsonal/Wikipedia)
25 Mar 2015
Indonesia: Fujitsu announces smartphone-based disaster information-sharing tool
Tomnod calls for crowdsourcing volunteers to help map Vanuatu (Image: Tomnod)
25 Mar 2015
DigitalGlobe: Community to help map damage in Vanuatu through Tomnod
Satellite radar image of the magnitude 6.0 South Napa earthquake (Image: ESA)
25 Mar 2015
Using GPS data to characterize earthquake fault lines
Group picture of the participants of the workshop on digital elevation models
24 Mar 2015
UNOOSA participates in CEOS Working Group on Capacity Building

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