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COCONet: Measuring atmosphere and Earth to reduce disaster risks
The Continuously Operating Caribbean Observational Network (COCONet) is a project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) with the aim of developing a large-scale geodetic…
Dam Monitoring for Saddle Dam D in Laos by Time-series InSAR Analysis
IntroductionOn 23 July 2018, Saddle Dam D, part of the Xe Pian–Xe Namnoy hydropower project in southern Laos, experienced a catastrophic structural failure. This auxiliary saddle…
Digital Twin product derived from Satellite Imagery for Sea Level Rise Simulation
This user story has been originally published on the UNOOSA Space4Water Portal. IntroductionDigital twin technology is increasingly being used to simulate the effects of sea…
Flood modelling in Guatemala using different digital elevation models
The Coyolate river is one of several rivers that originates in the highlands of Guatemala and in the foothills of the Fuego and Acatenango volcanoes. Its lower basin, in the…
Flood modelling in the Indus river using different digital elevation models
Flood hazard assessments are essential to design land-use ordinances or norms that minimize the exposure of future critical infrastructure and potential new settlements to such…
Interview: Mitigating locust infestations in Algeria and Libya with space data
The Algerian Space Agency (ASAL) has been hosting the UN-SPIDER Algeria Regional Support Office since 2009. ASAL, which was established in 2002, implements national…
Landslide and Land Emergence Detection due to Earthquake using Radar Satellite Imagery
Introduction The 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake struck northwestern Japan on January 1, with a magnitude of 7.6 at a depth of 15 km in Ishikawa Prefecture's Noto region. It…
Landslide susceptibility analysis in Guatemala with digital elevation models
Guatemala City is surrounded by steep ravines which developed over millions of years due to erosion of the surface triggered by intense rainfall as well as due to landslides…
Satellite telecommunications in tsunami early warning systems
Tsunami early warning systems rely on the timely and reliable acquisition of relevant data either from buoys at sea or from tide gauges in ports and its subsequent transmission to…
Space-based flood monitoring to support disaster risk management in Sudan
This user story has been originally published on the UNOOSA Space4Water PortalIn 2019, floods caused 43.5% of all deaths due to natural disasters and thereby represent the…