ESA - Eduspace EN - Natural Disasters - Exercise 1: Exploring the volcano - continued

Earthquakes

Introduction Izmit earthquake

Floods

Thessaloniki (Greece)

Hurricanes

Storm surges Hurricane Katrina

Volcanoes

Introduction Andean Volcanic Belt Etna Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira

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Exercise 1: Exploring the volcano - continued

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In the natural colour composite (band 3-2-1) healthy vegetation is green, unhealthy vegetation is brown/yellow, urban areas grey/reddish/brown, roads are grey, water is blue and clouds are white.

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In the false colour image (band 4-3-2) vegetation appears in shades of red (the near-IT band is assigned to red), urban areas are cyan blue, soils and bare land are browns or bluish, water is dark blue and clouds white.

Credits: USGS

Etna

Introduction

Change Detection and Hazard Assessment

Worksheet introduction Exercise 1: Exploring the volcano Exercise 2 : Visual interpretation using terrestrial photographs Exercise 3: Lava detection: crisis images and maps Exercise 4: Hazard assessment: GIS can help!

Eduspace - Download

Etna_Landsat_GIS.zip

Eduspace - Software

LEOWorks 3 LEOWorks 3 Tutorial