SERVIR in Extreme Events

SERVIR serves as a resource for imagery and modeling support to partner countries during extreme events, and in building capacity to use GIS and remote sensing for disaster management. We cooperate with international initiatives to harness expedited satellite imagery for hazard identification and impact assessment on behalf of identified customers.

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SERVIR in Action

The innovative tools SERVIR creates, along with our capacity-building workshops and training, enable developing countries to apply geospatial data in managing environmental issues and monitoring extreme events. This section highlights our impacts and achievements. For example, it provides links to stories about SERVIR data being used to document earthquake damage, give decision-makers flood forecasts with longer lead-times, and deal with other disasters. You can also read about SERVIR developing vital partnerships to achieve our goals.

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Success Stories

The SERVIRglobal.net geospatial data platform

3/31/2012
SERVIRglobal.net provides access to NASA products and interactive user tools to give the public an “actionable,” multi-layered view of

SERVIR success: Facilitating international cooperation

7/01/2011
The SERVIR Program is doing more than providing geospatial data and environmental monitoring services to developing nations; SERVIR is

SERVIR success: Promoting cooperation between U.S. Government agencies

7/01/2011
USAID and NASA’s SERVIR Program cooperates with multiple other U.S. agencies to make its mission successful overseas.

SERVIR success: Developing a new SERVIR One-Stop geospatial data platform

7/01/2011
SERVIR is developing a new platform called the SERVIR One-Stop— a "one-stop shop" for geospatial information about Mesoamerica, East Africa,

SERVIR success: Expanding sensor networks from the ground to the International Space Station

7/01/2011
SERVIR plans to add an imaging system to the Destiny Laboratory module aboard the International Space Station and is developing ground-based

Summary: SERVIR's 2010 Capacity Building activities

6/29/2011
Capacity building is a fundamental component of NASA and USAID’s SERVIR initiative.
Latest Geospatial Analyses

Monitoring floods from Earth and space in East Africa

9/26/2011
SERVIR-East Africa is expanding its cooperation with the Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD), using space-based rain and soil moisture

Africa ecosystems: Clip, Zip, and Ship tool

11/12/2010
When SERVIR first started work on the Ecosystems application, we had just a few goals in mind:a) Highlight the new Ecosystems data recently
Geospatial Analyses Archives

Coupled Routing and Excess STorage (CREST) model

4/23/2010
Floods are one of the most catastrophic natural disasters in East Africa impacting human lives and infrastructure. Implementation of a flood

Mt Nyamulagira volcanic eruption

1/13/2010
Mount Nyamulagira, situated in Virunga National Park 25km (16 miles) north of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, erupted in the early
Projects and Partnerships

60-Year Rainfall Data Sets for Africa

3/31/2012
SERVIR-East Africa is putting together a comprehensive rainfall dataset using global reanalysis data. As a result, a more accurate and

30-meter Resolution Land Cover Data Set for East Africa

3/30/2012
SERVIR is producing land cover maps (for 2000, 2005, and 2010) for six African countries (Malawi, Zambia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Botswana, and