Satellite images are useful tools to assist disaster relief teams to determine how to tackle rescue and recovery efforts in the wake of catastrophic natural , or even man-made , events . In the aftermath of the tsunami in Japan on March 11 , 2011 , EIAST applied DubaiSat-1 to help disaster relief teams determine and manage the scale of the event
tsunami in Japan on March 11 , 2011
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
DubaiSat-1