Categories

Science, phenomenology 
&
 integrated observations

Floods, droughts hurricanes, and other extreme weather-related hazards

Volcanoes, landslides, earthquakes, tsunamis and other geohazards

Oil spills, industrial contamination and other technological hazards

Climate variability, atmosphere, ocean processes, and sea-level rise

Air/sea & land interactions

Polar, tropical ecosystem change, desertification, deforestation

Coastal zone, coral reefs and wetlands

Non-renewable resources

Land use and land cover change

Sensors, platforms, calibration and validation

Integrated global observing strategies

Advanced analytical methods and sensor systems

Applications 
& 
decision 
support 
tools

Monitoring and information transfer

Disaster management (i.e., mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery)

Public health, refugee and relief management

Earth system models

Ecosystem biodiversity assessment

Environmental monitoring & control

Fisheries and aquaculture, sea-ice monitoring

Air and water quality, ground water, watershed management Agriculture, forest and rangeland management

Disease monitoring, biosecurity, public health

Remote sensing input to models

Data management, international standards

Data processing and feature extraction, data integration, data mining, visualization

Interoperability

Socio/economic impacts 
and 
benefits

Vulnerability assessment and risk management

Sustainable development

Protection of heritage sites

Multihazard Strategies

Homeland Security

Vulnerability assessment and forecasting

Sustainable development

Pacific regional issues

Inventorying and regional assessments

Sustainable development

Urban growth, planning and development, transportation

Education and outreach, workforce training, building intellectual capital

Data access and pricing policy, information dissemination models