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Daniel E. Irwin NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center

From Space to Village: The Growing SERVIR Program. Daniel E. Irwin NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center. SERVIR Regional Platform for Science and Policy in the Americas and Africa.

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Daniel E. Irwin NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center

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  1. From Space to Village:The Growing SERVIR Program Daniel E. Irwin NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center

  2. SERVIRRegional Platform for Science and Policy in the Americas and Africa Using earth observations and predictive models for environmental management, disaster preparedness and response, and climate change adaptation. • Data and Models • Online Maps • Visualizations • Decision Support • Training • Partnerships Training and Capacity Building Flood Forecasting in Africa

  3. SERVIR-Central AmericaThe Regional Visualization and Monitoring System • Launched in March 2005 • Addressed over 20 natural disasters and 11 environmental threats • Access to thousands of satellite images and geographic datasets. • Products routinely presented on television news • Trained hundreds of scientists, researchers, and government employees Panamanian President Martin Torrijos at SERVIR facility at CATHALAC addressing severe flooding in Nov. 2008

  4. SERVIR-AfricaThe Regional Visualization and Monitoring System • Launched in November 2008 • Flood forecasting, flood mapping, and Rift Valley Fever • Making new African geospatial datasets to publicly available for the first time • Strengthening collaboration between NASA centers and other USG agencies • South-South exchange between SERVIR nodes on two continents • Training and capacity building South-South Collaboration Between SERVIR-Central America and SERVIR-Africa facilities

  5. SERVIR ApplicationsScience for Society • Disaster Analysis • Environmental Monitoring • Air Quality Assessment • Climate Change and Biodiversity • Short Term Weather Prediction Mapping Landslide in Guatemala January 2009 Fires in Guatemala and Mexico April 2009 Flooding in Kenya November 2008

  6. Earthquake in HondurasMay 28, 2009

  7. Flooding in the Dominican RepublicMarch 2009

  8. Current SERVIR Network CATHALAC Latin America RCMRD East Africa Current Links Future Links Possible Future SERVIR Network Ames & JPL GSFC Future Central Asian Node MSFC Future West Africa Node

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