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Article 2 - Volume 35/1 - 2025

Paper title:

Geotechnological Tools for Monitoring Disturbing Phenomena; Experiences from the National Laboratory of Earth Observation, UAEMéx

Author(s):

Juan Carlos GARATACHIA-RAMÍREZ1, Francisco ZEPEDA-MONDRAGÓN1, José Manuel POBLANO-ZARZA1

1 National Earth Observation Laboratory – Faculty of Geography Unit, UAEMéx, México

Pages:

10 - 23

Publishing date:

18 June 2025

Abstract:

Mexico is a country with physical-geographical and socioeconomic particularities that favor the occurrence of various disturbing phenomena, potentially dangerous for the population and infrastructure. The risks for the General Law of Civil Protection are established according to their origin in: geological, hydrometeorological, chemical-technological, sanitary-ecological and socio-organizational. This work will be focused on the use of geotechnological tools for the monitoring of geological and hydrometeorological phenomena, in particular phenomena monitored at the National Laboratory of Earth Observation. Through satellite images and geospatial data we will analyze phenomena that have occurred recently in the Mexican Republic. The objective of our work, using examples of the practical application of monitoring tools, is to make potential users aware of them, particularly in the areas of municipal civil protection, since some of these technologies are available online for use and allow an active response to natural hazards. Various products are presented that show monitoring of hazardous phenomena with geotechnological support.

Keywords:

geotechnologies, satellite images, geospatial data