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Participants during the training on flood mapping using SNAP and QGIS.
10 Mar 2020
Flood mapping at centre of UN-SPIDER training in Tunisia
Participants at the workshop organized as part of the UN-SPIDER Technical Adivsory Mission to Tunisia, 4-6 March 2020.
5 Mar 2020
UN-SPIDER conducts Technical Advisory Mission to Tunisia
Workshop participants at the AFAD emergency operations room. , Participants during training course.
24 Feb 2020
UN-SPIDER strengthens capacity for combatting disasters in arid regions using space technologies
Wetlands of Uganda from Copernicus Sentinel data. Image: ESA
20 Feb 2020
Satellite observations support wetlands management
Dzud risk map. Image: information and Research Institute of Meteorology Hydrology and Environment
19 Feb 2020
Remote sensing data used for dzud early action in Mongolia
The terminus of Bear Glacier occurs in iceberg filled freshwater lagoon. Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska. Image: NASA.
3 Feb 2020
Large integrated satellite study reveals Greenland Ice Sheet melting faster
3D visualization of the Australian smoke plumes. Image: NASA.
3 Feb 2020
NASA releases interactive 3D visualization of Australian smoke plumes
Aftermath of Cyclone Idai in Mozambique in March 2019. Image: Denis Onyodi/IFRC/DRK/Climate Centre.
16 Jan 2020
Extreme weather events, major disasters among top five in Global Risks Report 2020
16 Jan 2020
CSSTEAP announces 2020/2021 postgraduate programmes
17 Dec 2019
Satellite data saves precious minutes and millions of dollars during disasters, NASA study finds

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