ABSTRACT

Extreme weather and climate change aggravate the frequency and magnitude of disasters. Facing atypical and more severe events, existing early warning and response systems become inadequate both in scale and scope. Earth Observation (EO) provides today information at global, regional and even basin scales related to agrometeorological hazards. This book focuses on drought, flood, frost, landslides, and storms/cyclones and covers different applications of EO data used from prediction to mapping damages as well as recovery for each category. It explains the added value of EO technology in comparison with conventional techniques applied today through many case studies.

section I|101 pages

Remote Sensing of Drought

chapter 1|29 pages

Drought and Remote Sensing

An Overview

section III|106 pages

Remote Sensing of Wildfires

chapter 12|23 pages

Remote Sensing of Fire Effects

A Review for Recent Advances in Burned Area and Burn Severity Mapping

section IV|100 pages

Remote Sensing of Floods

section V|51 pages

Remote Sensing of Storms

section VI|46 pages

Remote Sensing of Landslides