Aerial view of the tsunami disaster: taken in March 2011 by the German TerraSAR-X Earth-observation satellite, this radar image illustrates the impact of the tsunami on the east coast of Japan. The image shows the Higashi-Matsushima airport and the port of Ishinomaki in the Sendai prefecture. Areas marked blue have been flooded while regions where the infrastructure has been destroyed are magenta-coloured.
Credit: DLR (CC-BY 3.0).
Evaluating satellite data at the Centre for Satellite-based Crisis Information (ZKI)
Forest fires in Greece, 2007.Data evaluation: DLRData based on Terra MODIS.
Credit: NASA.
DLR researcher Martin Frassl controls a DLR unmanned vehicle to assess the situation at the power plant. People were unable to access the site du eto a risk of collapse. In July 2011, 98 ammunition containers exploded in a Cypriot marine base, severely damaging a power station nearby. 13 people were killed. A nearby 793 megawatt power plant, providing 50 percent of Cyprus’ energy supply, was badly damaged. As part of a European relief campaign, on 22 July 2011, three members of the DLR Institute of Communication and Navigation flew to the site of the disaster.
In July 2011, 98 ammunition containers exploded in a Cypriot marine base, severely damaging a power station nearby. 13 people were killed. A nearby 793 megawatt power plant, providing 50 percent of Cyprus’ energy supply, was badly damaged. As part of a European relief campaign, on 22 July 2011, three members of the DLR Institute of Communication and Navigation flew to the site of the disaster. The researchers assessed the situation in the dilapidated power plant using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and provided pictures and videos of the individual buildings and rooms.
The DLR Octocopter flies to the destroyed buildings. On 11 July 2011, 98 ammunition containers exploded in a Cypriot marine base, severely damaging a power station nearby. 13 people were killed. A nearby 793 megawatt power plant, providing 50 percent of Cyprus’ energy supply, was badly damaged. As part of a European relief campaign, on 22 July 2011, three members of the DLR Institute of Communication and Navigation flew to the site of the disaster.The researchers assessed the situation in the dilapidated power plant using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and provided pictures and videos of the individual buildings and rooms.
In July 2011, ammunition containers exploded in a Cypriot marine base, severely damaging a power station nearby. 13 people were killed. As part of a European relief campaign, members of the DLR Institute of Communication and Navigation flew to the site of the disaster.
The EUCP (European Civil Protection) team after deployment. Three DLR scientists were part of the 15-person team: Martin Frassl, Michael Lichtenstern and Michael Angermann light (top row, from left).On 11 July 2011, 98 ammunition containers exploded in a Cypriot marine base, severely damaging a power station nearby. 13 people were killed. A nearby 793 megawatt power plant, providing 50 percent of Cyprus’ energy supply, was badly damaged. As part of a European relief campaign, on 22 July 2011, three members of the DLR Institute of Communication and Navigation flew to the site of the disaster.The researchers assessed the situation in the dilapidated power plant using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and provided pictures and videos of the individual buildings and rooms. The Cyprus government activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism after the explosion.