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VADUGS-derived column concentration of volcanic ash in grams per square metre for the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in 2010
22 Sep 2014
German Aerospace Center develops satellite-based volcanic ash tool
Situation Map - Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, France
19 Sep 2014
Floods in France: International Charter activated
The report states that almost 22 million people were displaced by disasters in 2013.
18 Sep 2014
Disaster statistics: 22 million people displaced in 2013
Classification of a Forest Fire in Salamanca Island Road Park, Colombia, based on a 8 LDCM Landsat image
17 Sep 2014
IGAC: Development of Forest Fire Detection and Classification App
Asia is heavily and frequently affected by disasters. Here: 2004 tsunami in Indonesia
16 Sep 2014
Singapore sets up regional disaster relief centre
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image of the floods.
15 Sep 2014
Floods in Pakistan: International Charter activated
, The United Nations International Conference in Beijing is the fourth of its kind since 2011.
15 Sep 2014
UN-SPIDER Beijing Conference "Multi-hazard Disaster Risk Assessment"
Dubai seen from space
12 Sep 2014
UAE: Remote Sensing Applications Competition
The flooding has been particularly strong along the Brahmaputra River
11 Sep 2014
Satellites capture exceptional 2014 floods in Bangladesh
Russia and China plan to cooperate on satellite navigation stations
5 Sep 2014
Russia to cooperate with China on satellite navigation

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