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FOSS4G Conference Bonn 2016 - Side Event on the premises of UN-SPIDER
25 Aug 2016
UN-SPIDER hosts the FOSS4G side event on Collaborative Information Management for Emergency Response
Image courtesy ofNASA by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Caption and image cropping by Adam Voiland.
23 Aug 2016
Brown sediments poured into Lake Pontchartrain, United-States
Image courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory by Joshua Stevens, using data from the Land Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE). Caption by Adam Voiland.
19 Aug 2016
Fire occurs in California, United States of America
Image courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory map by Joshua Stevens, using IMERG data provided courtesy of the Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) Science Team’s Precipitation Processing System (PPS). Caption by Kathryn Hansen.
16 Aug 2016
Heavy rainfall triggers extreme floods in Louisiana, United States
16 Aug 2016
UNCCD Conference “Enhancing resilience to drought events on the African Continent”
Republic of Portugal, image courtesy of NASA by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Caption by Adam Voiland.
12 Aug 2016
Fire in the west coast of the Republic of Portugal and South of France
Map image courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory by Joshua Stevens, using IMERG data provided courtesy of the Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) Science Team's Precipitation Processing System (PPS). Caption by Pola Lem.
12 Aug 2016
Heavy rainfall in the southeast of the United States of America
Copernicus Emergency Management Service (© activation_2016 European Union), [EMSR174] Map Title: Delineation Map.
9 Aug 2016
Floods in Skopje, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
6 Aug 2016
Humid Dust Storm over Taklimakan Desert, People’s Republic of China.
Image courtesy of NASA by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response, using VIIRS data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite. Caption by Kathryn Hansen.
6 Aug 2016
Tropical Storm Earl in Central America

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