Satellite-based system to monitor droughts/dzuds handed over to Mongolia

A drought/dzud monitoring system known as “Drought Watch-Mongolia” has been officially handed over to Mongolia on 17 September by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth (RADI) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Drought Watch-Mongolia is a system based on satellite data which aims to provide real-time drought monitoring for disaster prevention and mitigation departments in Mongolia.

Released time

2018/10/2

Source

OOSA

URL

https://reliefweb.int/report/mongolia/satellite-based-system-monitor-droughtsdzuds-handed-over-mongolia