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Saving lives through early warning systems and emergency
preparedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Maryam Golnaraghi Ph.D, Chief; James Douris, Technical Officer and
Jean-Baptiste Migraine, Junior Professional Officer,
Disaster Risk Reduction Division, World Meteorological Organization
Between human security and disaster management – the role of
satellite derived information in achieving the goals of the
international community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Francesco Pisano and Einar Bjorgo, UNITAR/UNOSAT
Development of an Environmental Surveillance
Network for South Carolina, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
G. Scott, S. Cross, W. McFee and S. Morton, NOAA; J. Miglarese, FedSolve;
K. Kirkwood, J. Burdine and J. Richter, University of South Carolina; L.
Brock, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources; A. Caver and M.
Martin, Clemson University Livestock & Poultry Health Programs; E.
Covington, S. Finklea, P. Lee and J. Rice, South Carolina Department of
Health and Environmental Control; J. Davis and T. Murphy, South
Carolina Emergency Management Division; J. Shelton and E. Strom,
USGS, South Carolina Water Science Center
Development and implementation of a forecasting and warning
system for harmful algal blooms by the US National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Nathalie Valette-Silver, Quay Dortch, Richard P. Stumpf, R. Wayne Litaker,
Marc E. Suddleson and Gary C. Matlock, National Centers for Coastal
Ocean Science, NOAA, USA
The Singapore Civil Defence Force:
a new state of readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
LTC N. Subhas, Director, Public Affairs Department, Singapore Civil
Defence Force
NASA science serving society: improving capabilities for fire
characterization to effect reduction in disaster losses . . . . . . . . . . .158
Vincent G. Ambrosia, California State University – Monterey Bay/NASA-
Ames Research Center; Everett Hinkley, USDA-Forest Service – Remote
Sensing Applications Center; Stephen D. Ambrose, NASA Headquarters
A multi-sensor approach analysing atmospheric signals for
possible earthquake precursors: application of remote sensing for
disaster management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
Dimitar Ouzounov, Shahid Habib, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center;
Stephen D. Ambrose, NASA Headquarters, Applied Sciences Program,
Disaster Management
e-Flood Map: flood damage assessment in Thailand . . . . . . . . . . .166
Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency
Coping with drought – the tragedy of the commons . . . . . . . . . . .168
Joon Kim, Song-You Hong and Jhoon Kim, Department of Atmospheric
Sciences and Global Environment Laboratory, Yonsei University, Seoul;
Sung Kim, Sustainable Water Resource Research Center/KICT, Korea
Assessing natural hazard risk in the Asia-Pacific region:
first we must ask the right questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171
Alanna Simpson, Phil Cummins, Jonathan Griffin, Trevor Dhu and
John Schneider, Geoscience Australia
The first tsunami early warning centre in the Indian Ocean . . . . . .175
Shailesh Nayak and T. Srinivasa Kumar, Indian National Centre
for Ocean Information Services
Decision support for disaster risk reduction in India:
remote sensing and GIS-based operational approach . . . . . . . . . . .178
P.S. Roy, C.S. Murthy, P. Manjusri and M.S.R. Murthy,
Remote Sensing and GIS Applications Area, National Remote
Sensing Agency, India
Sentinel Asia – the next step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Kazuya Kaku, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
An approach to disaster management from space . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
Ryo-ichi Furuta, Tsutomu Yamanokuchi, Riiko Ueno, Nobuhiro Tomiyama,
Tamotsu Igarashi and Yukio Haruyama, Remote Sensing Technology Center
of Japan
Notes & References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190
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