rootbrowseIAC-12B1session 55. Earth Observation Applications and Economic BenefitsPapers1. Near Real Time Ship Detection Service2. Southern California Coastal Pollution Hazards: Utilizing Satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar to Monitor Stormwater Plumes for Water Resource Applications3. Development of remote sensing and gis based predictive model for desertification early warning4. The Application of Remote Sensing and GIS to study the effect of urban enchroachment on the Jos Curly creek5. Regional Study of Sea Surface Temperature, Chlorophyll and Aerosol Concentration in the North Atlantic Ocean using MODIS Data6. Remote Sensing the Environmental Effects of Reforestation: Multi- and Hyperspectral Temporal Analysis for Punjab, India7. Object-based image analysis of satellite imagery for population estimation in informal settlement Kibera (Nairobi, Kenya)8. Desert Movement Predictor and Forma-booths: Two Earth Observation Based Applications for Pan-African Development9. Alabama Disasters: Leveraging NASA EOS to explore the environmental and economic impact of the April 27 Tornado outbreak in Alabama10. The GRACE satellites detect recent extreme climate events in China11. Measuring the Nile and the Amazon Rivers through Satellite Remote Sensing12. COSMO-SkyMed BACKGROUND MISSION: overview, objectives and results13. ASI Earth Observation for Europe. A project for investigating the consistency of the Italian Space Agency EO resources with the INSPIRE Directive and the potential benefits from adopting an INSPIRE compliant data policy14. Space borne SAR observations of Oceanic Internal Waves