ALGERIA

These sites contains remote sensing resources for Algeria.

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ACMAD
ACMAD's objective is to contribute to sustainable development in Africa through investigation of meteorological and climatological domains. The main activities are short and medium range weather forecasting, climate watch, seasonal forecasting, and  training of African meteorologists in new techniques and technologies. ACMAD is composed  the 53 countries of the continent of Africa. ACMAD is located in Niamey, Niger Republic.
 
 

Africa Data Dissemination Service -- ADDS -- US Geological Survey
ADDS provides 1 km. ground resolution AVHRR imagery for Algeria.  This service includes free downloadable software for image interpretation, an online imagery index, basic maps and an increasing amount of agricultural production data.  Some 10-day averages of vegetation information (NDVI) are available from 1982 to the present.  ADDS includes regional and continent-wide imagery compilations.
 
 

CRAAG/Centre de Recherch en, Astronomie, Astrophysique et Geophysique
BP 63
Bouzareah
Algiers 16340
Algeria
 

Centre Regional de Veille Acridometeorologie
Abdlkader Ouladichie
BP 31,
Tamanrasset,11000
Algeria
 

Famine Early Warning System - FEWS
This sophisticated U.S. AID-funded project merges weather imagery, rainfall data, ground observation, local price information for agricultural products and related data for the entire continent of Africa. Its objective is to provide early warning of potential food and water crises. Much weather satellite imagery is available online.
FEWS Project
1611 N. Kent St., Suite 1002
Arlington, VA 22209
USA
tel: +1-703-522-7722
fax: +1-703-522-7729
email: info@fews.org

Institut National de Cartographie
123, Rue de Tripoli
16040 Hussein Dey
Algiers
Algeria
Tel: +213-2-77-42-15
Fax: +213-2-59-67-67

OACT -  Organisation Africaine de Cartographie et Télédétection
Mr. Muftah M. Unis, Chairman
African Association of Cartography and Remote Sensing
B.P. 102-5 route de Badjarah
16040 Hussein Dey
Algiers
Algeria
Tel: +213-2-77-79-38
Fax: +213-2-77-79-34

Ministere du Transport
M. Founnar, Directeur de la Meteorologie
119 Rue Didouche, Mourad
1600 Alger Gare
Algiers
Algeria

Service Meteorologie Nationale
M. A. Kirouane, Directeur des Recherches
Mohamed Kadi, Directeur du Climatologie
Dar el Beida, BP 153
Algiers
Algeria

Euromap Groundstation
Imagery of Northern Algeria acquired by India's IRS 1C satellite is available from the Euromap Groundstation at Neustrelitz, Germany.  See ISIS index, http://isis.dlr.de/services/ISIS/ISIS-query.html.


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