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Appendix
CEOS Working Group on Disasters
(WGDisasters)
The overarching goals of WGDisasters are
to increase and strengthen satellite Earth
observation contributions to the various Disaster
Risk Management (DRM) phases, and to educate
politicians, decision-makers, and major stakeholders
on the benefits of using satellite Earth
Observations in each of those phases. To achieve
these goals, CEOS Agencies have agreed to a series
of objectives and supporting actions that will
improve the coordination of satellite acquisition
and data distribution, and foster the use of
satellite data by DRM users. Objectives include:
– Define a global satellite observation
strategy for DRM, including a detailed assessment of
needs, gaps, and satellite Earth observation
requirements and the development of a strategy;
– Ensure the appropriate inclusion of
satellite Earth observations in the Post-2015
framewor for disaster risk reduction process;
– Continue other supporting actions,
including DRM Outreach & Evaluation of CEOS DRM
Actions, satellite Earth observation capacity
building for DRM, and satellite Earth observation
DRM Projects Database.
Further reading
and contacts for WGDisasters can be found on the
CEOS website:
www.ceos.org/ourwork/workinggroups/disasters
EO Handbook Online
The full text of this report is
available on the Earth Observation Handbook’s
website at
www.eohandbook.com/eohb2015/. A supporting database of the satellite missions,
instruments and measurements is available at
database.eohandbook.com
and contains powerful search and presentation tools,
with the ability to export customised tables and
timelines in support of analyses of current and
planned provision of observations in support of
different applications and measurements.
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