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Natural disasters
Effects of volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, landslides, windstorms, floods and forest fires are often visible from space. If satellite observations are to be useful in management of the resulting emergencies, they must be available instantly. ESA’s REMSAT project (Real Time Emergency Management via Satellite) integrates satellite observations with the use of telecommunications and navigation satellites in a generic system that could be used anywhere else in the world to manage the response to any large natural (or manmade) disaster. A long-term aim is to widen the scope of early warnings from space, already available in the case of hurricanes.
Last update: 12 March 2002 | |
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