Stephanie Wegscheider & Joachim Post

Satellite-Based Crisis Information and Risk Assessment: Contributions Following the Earthquake in W. Sumatra and the Mentawai Tsunami

When a disaster occurs, rapid mapping activities using satellite data can provide valuable information to support emergency response actions. Such was the case recently when severe earthquake and tsunami events hit Sumatra, prompting the contribution from the Center for Satellite Based Crisis Information, a service of the German Aerospace Center (DLR).

Stephanie Wegscheider & Joachim Post, posted on March 2nd, 2011
Articles, Disaster Management, Earth Observation