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Copernicus for DRR in Africa - Training Handbook

Point of contact
Jens Danzeglocke
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Königswinterer Str. 522
53227 Bonn
Phone: +49-228-447215
URL: www.dlr.de/rd/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-2113/3077_read-4710/

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Copernicus User Uptake in Africa via Technical Support in the Field of Disaster Management and Disaster Risk Reduction (Sentinels-4-African-DRR)

Implementing Partner: DLR
Implementing Country: Germany Primary Topic: Emergency, Land Primary Target Users: Public Sector Primary Target Region: Africa Type of Resource: Training Material Language: English

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In the context of DLR’s Sentinels-4-African-DRR action, a comprehensive Training Module Handbook with tutorials for self-education has been published by the Center for Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces (ZFL) of the University of Bonn. It includes text resources as well as videos demonstrating the utilisation of and potential benefits from tools provided by Copernicus.

The following modules are available:

  • General module: overview on using Remote Sensing, Earth Observation and GIS in the context of natural disasters
  • Flood module: use of the Copernicus Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS)
  • Drought module: use of the Copernicus Global Drought Observatory (GDO)
  • Fire module: introduction to the Copernicus Global Wildfire Information Service (GWIS)

You can find the complete Training Module Handbook via the link below.