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GALAHAD,
Advanced Remote Monitoring Techniques for Glaciers, Avalanches
and Landslides Hazard Mitigation, is a Specific Targeted
Research Project under FP6-2004-Global-3. GALAHAD addresses to
landslides, avalanches and glaciers -related hazard mitigation,
through the development of advanced monitoring techniques and
the improvement of forecasting methods and tools. The GALAHAD
project aims at developing innovative and fundamental
functionalities of remote monitoring techniques, namely Ground
Based SAR Interferometry, derived from satellite applications,
and Terrestrial Laser Scanning, enabling the improvement of
reliability, precision and operative usefulness of the
measurements and of the forecasting capacity of the
interpretation tools.
The
objectives of GALAHAD are:
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Reducing landslide, avalanche and glaciers risks in Europe
and worldwide, improving the forecasting capacity and
therefore the pre -disaster management effectiveness,
through advanced techniques for terrestrial remote
monitoring. |
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Increasing the scientific and technological knowledge in
the fields of landslides, avalanches and glaciers hazards,
providing innovative instruments of investigation, and
improving and validating the interpretation tools. |
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Providing operational, effective and low cost solutions
for remote monitoring and interpretation methods, which
will become a standard at European level. |
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Madrid,
17th October 2008
Workshop on landslide monitoring
techniques based on remote sensing
tools
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