Science applications

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High-Impact Weather Assessment Toolkit (HIWAT) – Bhutan
High-Impact Weather Assessment Toolkit (HIWAT) – Bhutan
High-Impact Weather Assessment Toolkit (HIWAT) – Bangladesh
High-Impact Weather Assessment Toolkit (HIWAT) – Bangladesh
High-Impact Weather Assessment Toolkit (HIWAT) – Nepal
High-Impact Weather Assessment Toolkit (HIWAT) – Nepal
Flash Flood Prediction Tool – Bangladesh
Flash Flood Prediction Tool – Bangladesh

Stories

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Navigating the national drought emergency in Afghanistan
Navigating the national drought emergency in Afghanistan
Bridging the STEM gender gap in the HKH
Bridging the STEM gender gap in the HKH
Analysing land use change for improved decision making
Analysing land use change for improved decision making

CAPACITY BUILDING

Training and capacity building are integral parts of the SERVIR-HKH initiative. The initiative organizes trainings in the development and use of science applications for partner institutions and end users to maximize the benefit of Earth observation information and geospatial technology in the region. The initiative provides technical support and conducts customized trainings and shares opportunities according to the need of its regional partners.

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Publications

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Operational in-season rice area estimation through Earth observation data in Nepal - working paper

Faisal M. Qamer, Sravan Shrestha, Kiran Shakya, Birendra Bajracharya, Shib Nandan Shah, Ram Krishna Regmi, Salik Paudel, Pragya Shrestha, Santosh Paudel, Padma Pokhrel, Liping Di, Zhiqi Yu, Sreten Cvetojevic, Liying Guo, Timothy J. Mayer, Meryl Kruskopf, Aparna Phalke
In an effort to adopt emerging technologies in food security assessment through a codevelopment approach, the Government of Nepal’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD) and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development’s (ICIMOD) SERVIR-HKH Initiative undertook a pilot study in Chitwan District in 2019 to jointly develop methods for satellite remote sensing and machine learning-based in-season crop assessment.

Climate Risk Index 2025: Who suffers Most from Extreme Weather Events? Weather-related Loss Events in 2022 and 2000 to 2022

GERMANWATCH

Notable ecological risks of microplastics to Minjiang River ecosystem over headwater to upstream in Eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Xin Liu, Bo Zhong, Wei-Min Wu, Xiaofeng Wang, Xianxiang Li, Zao Yang, Xintong Mei , Shaoliang Yi, Yixin He

Heat adaptation: Community driven solutions in the food, energy, water nexus

Adaptation Research Alliance

Story Maps

The Panjshir Flood in Afghanistan

Experts working within the SERVIR-HKH Initiative at ICIMOD investigated the 2018 Panjshir flood using remotely sensed imagery...

The World's Highest Mountain Peaks

Interactive visualisation of the highest mountain peaks of the world that are above 8,000 meter from sea level.

Potentially Dangerous Glacial Lakes of Nepal

This map story lists glacial lakes of Nepal that have been categorized as potentially dangerous based on...

Assessing the agricultural difficulties in Nepal

This story map describes how farmers are demoralized by the problems that they are facing in the field.

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WHAT IS SERVIR?

A joint initiative of NASA, USAID, and leading geospatial organisations in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, SERVIR partners with countries in these regions to address critical challenges in climate change, food security, water and related disasters, land use, and air quality. Using satellite data and geospatial technology, SERVIR co-develops innovative solutions through a network of regional hubs to improve resilience and sustainable resource management at local, national and regional scales.

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