It will be designed to provide high quality products to satisfy the need of the Mediterranean basin and other users for applications such as civil protection, environmental monitoring, disaster monitoring, agricultural monitoring, cartography and mapping, urban monitoring, coastal monitoring and hydrological resources monitoring.

Earth observation satellites provide unique data to monitor Earth surface phenomena.

Key activities of GTOS include the Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Sites (TEMS) database, the Terrestrial Carbon Observation project, the Global Terrestrial Network and the Net Primary Productivity project.

(g) Remote sensing monitoring of the marine environment. An all dimensional marine monitoring system receiving data from satellites, aircraft and land is being developed to monitor environmental elements such as sea temperature, water colour, sea waves, mud and sand suspending in sea water and superficial oil pollution.

Strengthen local capacity for negotiation, monitoring and evaluation.

Viet Nam operates one ground atmospheric monitoring station that belongs to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Basic Pollution Monitoring Network.

Global Joint Monitoring Committee

There is also a programme to monitor surface temperatures of the Mediterranean Sea and to compare them with actual on site measurements in ships.

Monitoring Team meetings with States

2. Remote Earth sensing, meteorological observation and environmental monitoring

By sharing space and ground assets, membership of the DMC consortium conferred the unique benefit of access to a seamless global monitoring service.

9. Global land monitoring programme.

(iii) Contribution to the X ray monitor JEM X (construction of the ground support electronics)

The Landmine Monitor, a reporting system on the Internet for monitoring compliance with the Ottawa Convention, will build upon the expertise and capacities of non governmental organizations and international organizations systematically to monitor and document the various dimensions of the global landmine problem, including use, production, transfer, stockpiling and victim assistance.

14. The system provides for monitoring mechanisms at the departmental and global levels, namely, the Joint Monitoring Committee and the Global Joint Monitoring Committee.

Monitoring the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement

The Protection Oversight and Support Section supports operations in the field, develops tools for monitoring and reporting and monitors and provides guidance on statelessness issues.

The Protection Operations Support Section supports operations in the field, develops tools for monitoring and reporting and monitors and provides guidance on statelessness issues.

By sharing space and ground assets, the members of the DMC consortium offer the unique benefit of access to a seamless global monitoring service.

(b) Monitoring and management of Earth resources

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GEF Global Environment Facility GEMS WATER Global Environmental Monitoring System Water Quality Monitoring Programme

However, specific space missions are now being designed and launched to support disaster type users and activities. DLR has tested an experimental sensor, the Bi spectral InfraRed Detection (BIRD), which is useful for monitoring fires and land surface.

Six monitoring stations comprising altogether 119 field instruments are located on Norwegian territory as part of the International Monitoring System.

Partnerships in monitoring and evaluation

Monitoring the transition to peace in Guatemala

Space technology for flood monitoring and management has been successfully made operational in India.

GAW consists of surface and vertical observations to provide the information required to verify future satellite based measurements of selected atmospheric constituents.

69. One major application of GPS was the integration of GPS data into a GIS to provide information for land, sea and air navigation, cadastral surveying, geodetic network densification, high precision aircraft positioning, photogrammetry without ground control, monitoring deformation and hydrographic surveys.

The Malaysian Meteorological Service operated a ground based synoptic observation network to monitor weather, atmospheric and environmental conditions.

The Landsat series has provided regular observations of the surface of the Earth for two decades, monitoring renewable and nonrenewable resources.

The use of these data for non meteorological purposes started in 1987 with the development of applications in forest fire detection and monitoring, drought monitoring, crop assessment and sea surface temperature mapping.

Monitoring the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement

Underneath my heel, there is a sensor that detects when my foot leaves the ground what's called the heel lift.

Fourth, there is a need to systematically monitor and deal with the economic and social dimensions of conflicts.

(b) To monitor the disarmament and demobilization of former combatants concentrated in secure areas of the country, including monitoring of the role of ECOMOG, the Monitoring Group of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in the provision of security and in the collection and destruction of arms in those secure areas

Greater investment is needed in awareness raising, training, research and improved monitoring and reporting mechanisms, as is more regular and comprehensive reporting by Governments to monitoring and reporting bodies.

The forecast yield data of the monitored areas were reported regularly to the Ministry of Agriculture.

(a) Hazards mapping (natural and man made), including volcanic and seismic hazards earthquakes tsunamis oil spills monitoring flooding vulnerability, assessment and monitoring and disaster management

Assistance in monitoring and policing of international activities that are closely associated with terrorism.

The Division provides a single oversight mechanism for programme formulation, implementation and evaluation.

The M E Office periodically oversees the preparation of in depth overall performance studies. These studies include evaluation of the GEF's relations with the conventions.

Monitoring groundwater levels, pressures, and quality

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(a) Monitoring the Earth environment at various scales