Overview
In addition to the known desert regions of the world there are an
increasing number of areas in which the risk of desertification is
growing. In these areas prediction techniques are of crucial
importance to planning and aid authorities.
Drought
![]() Sentinel-1 speeds up crop insurance payouts17 August 2017For the first time in India, a state government is using satellites to assess lost crops so that farmers can benefit from speedy insurance payouts. Sentinel-1 sees rice paddy drop in the Mekong Delta18 April 2016Europe's Sentinel-1A satellite has shown that the Mekong River Delta - one of the world's major rice-growing areas - saw a significant drop in productivity over the past year, illustrating the effect of El NiƱo on food security. ESA App Camp brings satellite data to mobile devices03 March 2015Developers of apps that use satellite data to assist the agricultural industry took home the top two prizes at this year's ESA App Camp in Barcelona. Water mission boosts food security21 May 2014ESA's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission has gone beyond its original scientific brief of delivering critical information for understanding the water cycle - this versatile satellite is now being used to predict drought and improve crop yield in regions prone to famine. Hot and dry - but why?05 May 2014Using satellite data, scientists are improving their understanding of the relationship between droughts and heatwaves in order to forecast hot spells better in the future. El Nino's impact on continental evaporation22 January 2014As global temperatures gradually increase, more water is expected to evaporate into the atmosphere. But using satellite data, scientists have discovered that El Niño-induced droughts have caused global declines in evapotranspiration despite rising temperatures. Taking Earth's temperature13 January 2014Like thermometers in the sky, satellite instruments can measure the temperatures of Earth's surfaces. ESA's new GlobTemperature project is merging these data from a variety of spaceborne sensors to provide scientists with a one-stop shop for land, lake and ice temperature data. Probing vegetation across the globe10 July 2013The first global map of vegetation from the recently launched Proba-V has been unveiled, demonstrating that the minisatellite is on track to continue a 15-year legacy of global vegetation monitoring from space. SnowMonit wins GMES Masters Best Service Challenge16 October 2012A service designed to improve natural resource management and detect hydropower generation and areas at risk of drought was selected by an online audience as the winner in one of seven categories of the GMES Masters competition. Satellites protect wetland areas18 July 2012Wetlands are havens of biodiversity, and have important ecological, hydrological and economic value, but their misuse can have devastating consequences. Satellite data are being used for wetland conservation and management. |
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