| Environment - Geoinformation, monitoring and assessment |
| El Niņo situation and prospects: 7 June 2002 |
| 7 June 2002. This El Niņo situation and prospects report notes that uncertainty continues to prevail about a full-fledged El Niņo, with Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures (SST) remaining slightly above average, while the typical response of the atmosphere is still not setting in.
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| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/2002/EN0602_en.htm |
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| Environment - Geoinformation, monitoring and assessment |
| El Niņo situation and prospects: 6 May 2002 |
| The 6 May update of "El Niņo situation and prospects" notes that uncertainty continues to prevail about a full-fledged El Niņo developing this year: Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures (SST) remain above average, but the expected response of the atmosphere fails to develop. |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/2002/EN0503_en.htm |
| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/2002/EN0503_fr.htm |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/2002/EN0503_es.htm |
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| Environment - Geoinformation, monitoring and assessment |
| ASIACOVER - Towards the Development and Applications of a Multi-purpose Environmental and Natural Resources Information Base for Food Security and Sustainable Development |
| The renewable natural resources of many Asian countries have come under severe strain over the past two or three decades and most indicators point towards a continuation of this trend. Whilst a large amount of data related to land cover exist in Asia, most are not consistent over large geographic areas and therefore cannot be aggregated at regional and/or sub-regional scale. Hence, the aim of the ... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/2002/en0301_en.htm |
| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/2002/en0301_fr.htm |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/2002/en0301_es.htm |
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| Environment - Geoinformation, monitoring and assessment |
| El Niņo situation and prospects: April 2002 |
| April 2002. This report is a coupled atmospheric and oceanic phenomenon; predictions are based on several independent observations. To estimate future El Niņo-Southern Oscillation (or ENSO) conditions, a common practice is to compare different reputable models that currently represent the state-of-the-art as far as dynamical and statistical ENSO prediction systems are concerned.
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| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/2002/EN0401_en.htm |
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| Environment - Geoinformation, monitoring and assessment |
| TEMS (Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Sites database) |
| The New TEMS database is now on line. The Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Sites database (TEMS) is an international directory of sites (T.Sites) and networks that carry out long-term terrestrial monitoring and research activities. Based on a core list of 110 variables, the database provides information on the "who, what and where" of long term terrestrial monitoring for use by both the scientific... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/2001/EN0501_en.htm |
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| Environment - Geoinformation, monitoring and assessment |
| Agrometeorological Crop Forecasting |
| Low resolution satellite imagery, meteorological data and derived products and information on software tools, methods
and techniques used for environmental monitoring, crop forecasting, early warning, desert locust control and others from the ARTEMIS and Agrometeorology Groups, FAO Environment and Natural Resources Service (SDRN).
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| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EIdirect/agromet/forecast.htm |
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| Environment - Policy and management |
| Environment - Geoinformation, monitoring and assessment |
| Wetlands Monitoring by ERS Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Data in Zambia |
| The objectives of the study presented in this paper were: to assess the suitability of European Remote Sensing Satellite (ERS) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images in monitoring the seasonal changes of the wetland areas and to carry out a comparison of the results obtained from both ERS SAR and NOAA AVHRR data. A summary of the process and results of the study are provided here. |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EIdirect/EIan0007.htm |
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| Environment - Geoinformation, monitoring and assessment |
| The Role of Remote Sensing in FAO's Global Forest Resources Assessment and Monitoring Programme |
| The need for assessment and systematic observations of forest cover and to establish and/or strengthen the necessary capacities has been strongly expressed in UNCED's Agenda 21. In keeping with its mandate FAO has executed a series of forest resources assessment projects. This paper focuses on the remote sensing approach used for the tropical part of the Forest Resources Assessment 1990 Project. |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EIdirect/EIan0001.htm |
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| Environment - Policy and management |
| Environment - Geoinformation, monitoring and assessment |
| Space-related activities of FAO |
| This paper was presented at the Third UN Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (Unispace III), Vienna, 19-30 July 1999. It provides a general overview of FAO activities related to the use of space technology, including remote sensing and GIS development and applications. |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EIdirect/EIre0076.htm |
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| Environment - Geoinformation, monitoring and assessment |
| FAO activities: Environmental monitoring by satellite |
| A brief overview of FAO activities on environmental monitoring by satellite, including ARTEMIS system and the Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS). |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EIdirect/EIre0007.htm |
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