Tag: satellite

Health Risks From Famine Likely to Persist

by | 11.9.2011 at 5:58pm
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Video Short: IRI’s Madeleine Thomson discusses the short- and long-term health risks of the East Africa famine

Hybrid Climate Data for East Africa

by | 9.28.2011 at 2:56pm | 1 Comment
Herdsmen Wait for the Rain / Los pastores esperan la lluvia/ Les

In our latest video interview, climate scientist Tufa Dinku talks about his work on combining weather station data with satellite information to generate high-resolution data sets. These data could be used for making more accurate forecasts and can feed into other climate risk management activities, such as early-warning systems. With funding from Google.org, Dinku and [...]

Remote Sensing Critical for Monitoring Drought

by | 8.18.2011 at 12:58pm | 1 Comment
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Remote sensing scientist Pietro Ceccato talks about how satellite information is being used to monitor conditions in East Africa.