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Ship accident in Antarctica: MV Ushuaia runs aground - Situation on December 6th and 7th, 2008

10. Dezember 2008
On December 4, 2008, the Antarctic cruise vessel MV Ushuaia grounded at the entrance of Wilhelmina Bay near Cape Anna in the NW Antarctic Peninsula. The 82 passengers which were on board were transferred to Chilean Naval Vessel Achilles next day using a Zodiac landing craft from the MV Ushuaia and from another Anarctic tourist vessel. The crew of the Ushuaia remained on board. Two diesel tanks were damaged and spilled marine gasoil into the sea. The size of the spill was initially estimated with 50 x 300 meters.

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	GOME-2 detects eruption of remote Ethiopian volcano 12 November 2008 On 4th November 2008 the atmospheric sensor GOME-2 (Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment) detected a big SO2-plume over Yemen with sulphur dioxide amounts of more than 40 DU. So far no observation from ground nor any eye-witness have reported on the eruption.
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	DLR-Webcast: Decision Support System - Animation 11 November 2008 On 11 November 2008, almost four years after the devastating tsunami catastrophe, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia inaugurated the InaTEWS tsunami early warning system (Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System) in the Indonesian capital Jakarta. Germany has made a significant contribution to this system.
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Appropriate decision making – Thorsten Riedlinger about the Tsunami decision support system

11 November 2008
The purpose of the Tsunami decision support system DSS is timely warning of the possibly affected population of the approaching wave. Torsten Riedlinger, responsible Project Coordinator of DLR (German Aerospace Center) explicates in the webcast, how the decision support system works, and how various datasets from sensors on the sea floor and along the coast line are integrated in order to produce a reliable situation scenario. The DSS has been developed at the German Remote Sensing Center DFD of DLR.

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19. Oktober 2008 "Ein Tag wie im Flug" - Tag der offenen Tür im DLR Oberpfaffenhofen

14. Oktober 2008
Am 19. Oktober 2008 wird das Deutsche Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) Oberpfaffenhofen wieder seine Tore für interessierte Besucher öffnen. Von 10:00 bis 17:00 Uhr können Besucher die acht Institute und Einrichtungen auf dem DLR-Gelände besichtigen. Wissenschaftler präsentieren Projekte und tragen aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse vor.

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Expertengruppe "Earth Engineering" informiert sich über Arbeiten des DFD im Schneefernerhaus

28. September 2008
Eine international zusammengesetzte Gruppe anerkannter Wissenschaftler, darunter der Nobelpreisträger Paul Crutzen, besuchte am 26. September 2008 im Kontext ihrer Beratungen zu Fragen des "Earth System Engineering – The art of dealing wisely with the Planet Earth" die Umweltforschungsstation Schneefernerhaus (UFS) auf der Zugspitze.

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	Dipl. Math. Sabine Wüst was granted WMO-Award 17 September 2008 Dipl. Math. Sabine Wüst of DFD was recently granted the "Professor Mariolopoulos Trust Fund Award" of the World Meteorological Organization for her publication on "Non-linear resonant wave-wave interaction (triad): Case studies based on roket data and first appliation to satellite data" , co-authored by M. Bittner.
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Preparation for the installation of a Tsunami Early Warning System in Indonesia

3 July 2008
In four month - on November 11 - the German Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System will be officially inaugurated in Jakarta. Therefore DLR conducted a workshop with Indonesian partners to prepare for the deployment and installation of the newly developed Tsunami Decision Support System (DSS). The workshop took place at the German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) in Oberpfaffenhofen for elaborating and fine-tuning the last system details and organizational issues.

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Workshop on Risk Modelling and Vulnerability Assessment in Bandung

30. Juni 2008
The joint Indonesian-German working group met 30th June - 4th July 2008 to present and discuss results and products from risk assessment relevant for disaster management and early warning.The risk assessment products deliver specific information reflecting the different phases within the disaster management cycle. During the workshop it was recognized that the presented risk assessment products deliver an important source of information, contributing to disaster management needs at the national and local level.

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	DFD Workshop in Mexico 29 April 2008 By invitation of the German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD), the Mexican national commission for biodiversity research (CONABIO) and other Mexican partner organisations, about 120 scientists and governmental experts met from April 22nd to 23rd to discuss the use potential of the DLR earth observation satellite acquisition station in Mexico.
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5 years of successful IKONOS ground station operations

8 April 2008
By invitation of the German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD), the Mexican national commission for biodiversity research (CONABIO) and other Mexican partner organisations, about 120 scientists and governmental experts met from April 22nd to 23rd to discuss the use potential of the DLR earth observation satellite acquisition station in Mexico.

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“The Eye of the Sky” Exhibit passes the 250,000 visitor milestone

27 March 2008
With “The Eye of the Sky” exhibit the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Gasometer Oberhausen GmbH are presenting in the latter’s impressive Hall 58 large format satellite images of the earth and other results of satellite earth observation. In less than one year 250,000 visitors have seen these fascinating images in what is surely one of the most unusual exhibition halls in Europe.

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Satellite Images in Munich's Art Tunnel

2 - 11 January 2008
From 2-11 January 2008 the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Munich's Art Tunnel are presenting an exhibit entitled, "The Earth from Space." From its wealth of satellite data, DLR in Oberpfaffenhofen has selected, processed and arranged for this exhibit 12 images from an aesthetic perspective. The images of Earth are the size of large advertising panels and are located in the public underpass connecting the underground (U-Bahn) lines 4/5 and 3/6 at the Odeonsplatz station.

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DLR and Kayser-Threde conclude a contract about the German Remote Sensing Satellite EnMap

11. November 2008
On November 11th 2008 the German Aerospace Center DLR and Kayser-Threde GmbH signed a contract on the development and operation of the German Earth observation Satellite EnMap (Environmental Mapping and Analysis Programme). EnMap is equipped with hyperspectral sensors, recording solar radiation reflected from the Earths surface in the spectral range from the visible to the short-wave infrared in more than 200 spectral bands. The resulting data will be used to derive precise information about the state and changes of the surface of the Earth. The mission will be launched in 2012, the scheduled operation time is five years.

DLR technology and expertise for a tsunami early warning system in Indonesia

11 November 2008
The propagation times of tsunamis in Indonesia are very short due to the geological conditions in the region. This means that a tsunami early warning is only useful when it is generated quickly and automatically. DLR's Decision Support System (DSS) will help to make this possible. Quick and effective evacuation of people out of the affected coastal areas before catastrophe strikes is equally important. DLR therefore also performed a risk assessment, investigating the possible consequences of a tsunami impact on the coast.

Atlantic tropical cyclones: ZKI maps flooding in Haiti

12 September 2008
Since mid of August, the hurricanes "Fay", "Gustav", "Hannah", and now on September 8, 2008 "Ike" hit Haiti, leaving behind a path of destruction. More than 500 people died and many more are still missing. Strong rain intensity as a consequence of the hurricanes led to large inundations in the poorest country of America.

IKONOS Ground Station supported GeoEye-1 Satellite launch

7 September 2008
From Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, the GeoEye-1 Satellite was launched successfully on 6-SEP-2008. In cooperation with European Space Imaging and GeoEye the DFD Ground Station at Oberpfaffenhofen recorded the tracking data of the first orbits. The 40 cm images will be available after commission phase is completed by end of October 2008.

Embankment breach: ZKI maps flooding in India/Nepal

30 August 2008
On 18th August, 2008 the Koshi River breached an embankment causing flooding in the Sunsari district as well as further South in the Supaul district of Bihar which is situated 7 kilometres downstream in India. It also inundated the districts of Madhepura, Araria, Purnea and Saharsa.

Tropical Cyclone Nargis: ZKI maps flooding in Myanmar

08 May 2008
On May 2nd, 2008, tropical cyclone 'Nargis' swept over Myanmar and left behind a path of desctruction. Wind speeds of more than 200 km/h and a storm surge of up to 3 meters in height destroyed more than 90 percent of housing and large parts of infrastructure in some regions. Until today (May 9), there exist only rough estimates about the whole extent of the destruction.

A clear view even in the dark and in fog – traffic information via radar satellite

04 March 2008
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) has begun several months of tests into the feasibility of obtaining traffic information via satellite. The German radar satellite TerraSAR-X is going to monitor selected sections of motorway in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and California. The aim of this project is to develop a procedure for large-scale traffic data capture, independent of ground systems, that permits data relay to various traffic information providers.

Ship accident in Antarctica: MV Ushuaia runs aground - Situation on December 6th and 7th, 2008

GOME-2 detects eruption of remote Ethiopian volcano

DLR-Webcast: Decision Support System - Animation

Appropriate decision making – Thorsten Riedlinger about the Tsunami decision support system

19. Oktober 2008 "Ein Tag wie im Flug" - Tag der offenen Tür im DLR Oberpfaffenhofen

Expertengruppe "Earth Engineering" informiert sich über Arbeiten des DFD im Schneefernerhaus

Dipl. Math. Sabine Wüst was granted WMO-Award

Preparation for the installation of a Tsunami Early Warning System in Indonesia

Workshop on Risk Modelling and Vulnerability Assessment in Bandung

DFD Workshop in Mexico

5 years of successful IKONOS ground station operations

“The Eye of the Sky” Exhibit passes the 250,000 visitor milestone

Satellite Images in Munich's Art Tunnel

DLR and Kayser-Threde conclude a contract about the German Remote Sensing Satellite EnMap

DLR technology and expertise for a tsunami early warning system in Indonesia

Atlantic tropical cyclones: ZKI maps flooding in Haiti

IKONOS Ground Station supported GeoEye-1 Satellite launch

Embankment breach: ZKI maps flooding in India/Nepal

Tropical Cyclone Nargis: ZKI maps flooding in Myanmar

A clear view even in the dark and in fog – traffic information via radar satellite