Keynote and Invited Speakers

"Meteorological hazards, weather and climate early warning system based on remote sensing techniques (challenges and opportunities)" Dr. Sahar Tajbakhsh Mosalman President, Islamic Republic of Iran Meteorological Organization (IRIMO) Atmospheric Science and Meteorological Research Center (ASMERC), Iran

Meteorological, Weather and climate extremes may cause or create circumstances encouraging economic downturns and civil disturbance in areas influenced by these disasters. Early Warning System (EWS) is one of the most valuable tools for dealing with climate change and disaster risk. EWS is complex processes aimed at reducing the impact of natural hazards by providing timely and relevant information in a systematic way. The natural hazards operate on many different time scales. Thus, early warning systems need to consider this continuum in time for developing and disseminating information to the public so that appropriate and timely action can be taken. Some of the early warning systems have been facilitated by advances in remote sensing technology which has resulted in enormous improvements in space-based satellite systems for observing and disseminating information for early warnings across meteorological, weather and climate hazards. Others are leveraging advances in computer technology, such as by implementing internet portals to assist in assimilating and disseminating information from global to the local level to researchers, policymakers and the public alike.

In this talk, I will present an overview of our most recent advancements in meteorological, weather and climate early warning systems (EWS) based on satellite image analysis and will discuss on the potential and limitations of remote sensing based techniques as well as some directions for future research.