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Meet the SERVIR scientists helping communities manage water and hydrological hazards.
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Meet the SERVIR scientists helping communities manage water and hydrological hazards.
The impact of the 2022 floods on Pakistan's rural communities and agriculture has been devastating, resulting in the loss of crops, livestock, and essential infrastructure.
|Faisal M. Qamer, SERVIR HKH/ICIMOD
SERVIR's Dr. Jim Nelson and Jorge Luis Sánchez, both of Brigham Young University (BYU), are helping government agencies in South America develop web tools for meteorology and hydrology forecasts.
SERVIR-HKH has been helping the FFWC/BWDB build forecasting capabilities through the enhanced use of Earth observation and geospatial information technology.
|Manish Shrestha, Hydrologist at SERVIR HKH/ICIMOD
In February 2023, SERVIR officially welcomed its fourth Applied Sciences Team. For the next three years, they will support SERVIR’s efforts to deliver geospatial tools for communities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
With support from organizations such as the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, SERVIR scientists like Dr. Narendra Das of Michigan State University are working with our regional hubs and other stakeholders on models that will better predict crop yields in the face of climate change.
SERVIR is stepping in to explore how Earth observations can provide reliable sources of data on growing conditions to inform the design and implementation of gender-responsive, index-based insurance in East Africa.
The objective of the Supporting Near Real-Time Flood Monitoring in Myanmar Service was to develop a multi-sensor based near real-time flood monitoring tool to support the Myanmar Department of Disaster Management (DDM) in monitoring flood events.