Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS)

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1836-1852

  Grasso, Veronica F ^a   Singh, Ashbindu ^a  

^a UNEP Division of Early Warning and Assessment North America   (United States)

Author keywords

Early warning; Environmental decision making; Global alert service; Global earth observation; Natural disasters

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GLOBAL WARMING; HURRICANE EFFECTS; PUBLIC POLICY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; RISK ANALYSIS; TSUNAMIS;

EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS; GLOBAL ALERT SERVICES; GLOBAL EARTH OBSERVATION; NATURAL DISASTERS; POLICY MAKERS;

HAZARDS;

EID: 42749085311     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.11.014     Document Type: Article

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