Articles & Stories NASA feature highlights Applied Sciences Team monitoring drought in Eastern Africa A recent NASA article highlighted Applied Sciences Team Principal Investigator Dr. Evan Thomas and the Drought Resilience Impact Platform (DRIP). March 3, 2021
Articles & Stories Mekong River Commission Utilizes Space Technology to Improve Flood Forecasting Lower Mekong countries suffer from the effects of seasonal flooding and flash flooding caused by monsoon rains and tropical storms. Regional and national level organizations and agencies require a range of information, forecasts, and decision-support tools to better prepare for, monitor, issue warnings, and respond to flood risk. August 8, 2019
Articles & Stories Using Geospatial Technology and Earth Observations to Monitor and Forecast Drought in Vietnam and Address Agricultural Productivity Impacts To better understand and plan for future droughts in the region, SERVIR-Mekong approached the Vietnam Academy for Water Resources (VAWR) to develop a drought monitoring service. June 5, 2019
Blog Transforming Data into Information for Improved Food Security Decisions in Eastern and Southern Africa The ability to transform data into actionable information and obtain easily accessible, analysis-ready Earth observation (EO) data is often a critical missing link for decision makers in the developing world. February 5, 2019
Articles & Stories Mainstreaming Gender in Drought Forecasting Vietnam experienced one of its worst droughts in almost a century from 2015 to 2016, affecting over 2 million people in 52 provinces nationwide. Ninh Thuan, a province in south central Vietnam with a population of just over 600,000, was severely affected. August 11, 2018