BURKINA FASO

These sites contain remote sensing resources for Burkina Faso.

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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 Burkina Faso.  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.
 

Centre Regional de Teledetection - CRTO
Mamadou Sine Camara, Directeur General
P.O. Box 1762
Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso
Tel: +226-367-501/301-516
Fax:+226-300-971
 

Earthsat
Earthsat (http://www.earthsat.com/environ/region) provides infrared satellite imaging, GIS, agricultural and socioeconomic data on Burkina Faso, usually under contract to the United Nations, national governments, US government agencies, World Bank  or corporations.
Earth Satellite Corporation (Earthsat)
6011 Executive Blvd., Suite 600
Rockville, Maryland 20852
USA
tel:  +1 301 231 0660
fax: +1 301 231 5020
 

Eurimage
Imagery of Burkina Faso is marketed by Eurimage, http://www.eurimage.com/Common/Addresses.html, gathered by one or more of the following satellites:  AVHRR/TIROS (NOAA), ERS-1 and ERS-2 SAR (ESA), JERS-1 (RESTEC, Japan), KFA-1000 (SOVZOND, Russia), KVR-1000 , MK-4 and TK-350 (SOVINFORMSPUTNIK), LANDSAT (Space Imaging USA) and RESURS-01 (Swedish Space Corporation). For details contact:
Mr. Fabrizio Jemma
Via E d'Onofrio, 212
Roma 00155
Italy
tel:   +39-06 40 69 42 12
fax:  +39-06 40 69 42 32
email: jemma@eurimage.com

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.net
 
 

Institut Géographique du Burkina (IGB)
Ouagadougou 03
Burkina Faso
Tel: +226-32-48-23 or 24
Fax: +226-32-48-27

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