title: Connecting Hazard Analysts and Risk Managers to Sensor Information.
abstract: Hazard analysts and risk managers of natural perils, such as earthquakes, landslides and floods, need to access information from sensor networks surveying their regions of interest. However, currently information about these networks is difficult to obtain and is available in varying formats, thereby restricting accesses and consequently possibly leading to decision-making based on limited information. As a response to this issue, state-of-the-art interoperable catalogues are being currently developed within the framework of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) workplan. This article provides an overview of the prototype catalogue that was developed to improve access to information about the sensor networks surveying geological hazards (geohazards), such as earthquakes, landslides and volcanoes.
authors.affiliation: BRGM - French Geological Survey, 3 avenue Claude Guillemin, 45060 Orléans, France. g.lecozannet@brgm.fr.
authors.forename: Gonéri
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Le Cozannet
authors.affiliation: CNES, 18, avenue Edouard Belin, 31401 Toulouse cedex 9, France. steven.hosford@cnes.fr.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hosford
authors.affiliation: BRGM - French Geological Survey, 3 avenue Claude Guillemin, 45060 Orléans, France. j.douglas@brgm.fr.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Douglas
authors.affiliation: BRGM - French Geological Survey, 3 avenue Claude Guillemin, 45060 Orléans, France. jj.serrano@brgm.fr.
authors.forename: Jean-Jacques
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Serrano
authors.affiliation: BRGM - French Geological Survey, 3 avenue Claude Guillemin, 45060 Orléans, France. dcoraboeuf@yahoo.fr.
authors.forename: Damien
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Coraboeuf
authors.affiliation: BRGM - French Geological Survey, 3 avenue Claude Guillemin, 45060 Orléans, France. j.comte@brgm.fr.
authors.forename: Jérémie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Comte
keywords: GEOSS.; OGC metadata catalogue; geohazards; hazard maps; risk management