How can EO contribute to monitoring and understanding the impacts of the pandemic on the economy and the environment? Replying to this question has been the objective of the Rapid Action on COVID19 with Earth Observation (RACE) initiative since its launch, in spring 2020, by ESA and the European Commission (EC). The investigation is ongoing …
Two research fellowship opportunities are currently open for applicants who have recently completed, or are close to completing a PhD in a related technical or scientific discipline: Earth System Science Ocean Science Deadline for application is 12 March 2021.
A new product from “altimetry-gravimetry”, developed within the MOHeaCAN project, is now available for download. It contains monthly time series (between August 2002 and June 2017) of several variables, the main ones being the regional Ocean Heat Content (OHC) (3°x3° spatial resolution grids), the global OHC and the Earth Energy Imbalance (EEI) indicator. Uncertainties are …
The Baltic Sea is one of the most polluted sea areas in the world and prone to eutrophication due to its physical characteristics and nutrient, mineral particle and humic substance loading from the surrounding land. Improved understanding of carbon fluxes between land and sea is essential to ultimately plan and implement protection measures. Some of …
A new advanced InSAR processing service called SNAPPING (Surface motioN mAPPING) has just been deployed in the Geohazard Exploitation Platform (GEP). The potential of the service is illustrated in the context of the Samos (Greece) M7.0 seismic event of 30 October 2020. Based on the open source SNAP toolbox and StaMPS software, the …
