Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- About the editor
- List of contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The art and science of large-scale disasters
- 3 Multiscale modeling for large-scale disaster applications
- 4 Addressing the root causes of large-scale disasters
- 5 Issues in disaster relief logistics
- 6 Large-scale disasters: perspectives on medical response
- 7 Augmentation of health care capacity in large-scale disasters
- 8 Energy, climate change, and how to avoid a manmade disaster
- 9 Seawater agriculture for energy, warming, food, land, and water
- 10 Natural and anthropogenic aerosol-related hazards affecting megacities
- 11 Tsunamis: manifestation and aftermath
- 12 Intermediate-scale dynamics of the upper troposphere and stratosphere
- 13 Coupled weather–chemistry modeling
- 14 Seasonal-to-decadal prediction using climate models: successes and challenges
- 15 Climate change and related disasters
- 16 Impact of climate change on precipitation
- 17 Weather-related disasters in arid lands
- 18 The first hundred years of numerical weather prediction
- 19 Fundamental issues in numerical weather prediction
- 20 Space measurements for disaster response: the International Charter
- 21 Weather satellite measurements: their use for prediction
- Epilogue
- Index
20 - Space measurements for disaster response: the International Charter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 October 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- About the editor
- List of contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The art and science of large-scale disasters
- 3 Multiscale modeling for large-scale disaster applications
- 4 Addressing the root causes of large-scale disasters
- 5 Issues in disaster relief logistics
- 6 Large-scale disasters: perspectives on medical response
- 7 Augmentation of health care capacity in large-scale disasters
- 8 Energy, climate change, and how to avoid a manmade disaster
- 9 Seawater agriculture for energy, warming, food, land, and water
- 10 Natural and anthropogenic aerosol-related hazards affecting megacities
- 11 Tsunamis: manifestation and aftermath
- 12 Intermediate-scale dynamics of the upper troposphere and stratosphere
- 13 Coupled weather–chemistry modeling
- 14 Seasonal-to-decadal prediction using climate models: successes and challenges
- 15 Climate change and related disasters
- 16 Impact of climate change on precipitation
- 17 Weather-related disasters in arid lands
- 18 The first hundred years of numerical weather prediction
- 19 Fundamental issues in numerical weather prediction
- 20 Space measurements for disaster response: the International Charter
- 21 Weather satellite measurements: their use for prediction
- Epilogue
- Index
Summary
The history of satellite remote sensing applications is not so recent, and there have been numerous national activities and international initiatives to promote the use of these applications for managing disasters of natural or manmade causes. Space-based remote sensing is carried out by means of both passive and active sensors onboard polar and geostationary orbital platforms. A major program developed to use space technology in disaster management is the International Charter “Space and Major Disasters.” It was established to achieve cooperation among space agencies and space system operators to deliver data and information products to help civil protection, rescue, and relief organizations in the wake of disasters: hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, forest fires, and oil/chemical spills. In this chapter, in addition to remote sensing principles, policies, and programs, some typical cases of disaster coverage by the International Charter are described to demonstrate the growing relationship between space data and service providers and the user communities in need.
Introduction
One of the immediate casualties in the event of a major disaster is the very system on the ground that is expected to be of help in responding to the disaster. The management of a major disaster is often beyond the scope of the ground-based or airborne systems, hence the use of space technologies, which is not only beneficial but also necessary.
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- Large-Scale DisastersPrediction, Control, and Mitigation, pp. 453 - 542Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008
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