Monitoring Drought - An Interview with Dr. Joachim Post

Kurzbeschreibung

Dr. Joachim Prost works for UN-SPIDER (United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response in Bonn. In this video, he talks about the various dimensions of remote sensing and early warning in regards to drought. He is the second expert from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) at this prestigious UN entity. Dr. Post has worked at DLR's German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) since 2006 as a research scientist on risk assessment. His work included the development and implementation of tsunami risk assessment and knowledge for early warning in Indonesia. Additionally, he was involved in several international projects including in Southern and Western Africa, South East Asia, South America and Europe, dealing with applied risk analysis research.