The movie above is demonstrating how the QuantEO service may be used to detect water over time in Sub Saharan Africa from Senegal to Ethiopia. This is a sample application of the service, developed by Pixstart within an Open Call project, which allows to produce classified Sentinel-2 images on demand and near real time …
The overarching goal of the WorldCereal project is to develop a robust and efficient EO solution for global crop monitoring at field scale level, which can be exploited by a large community of stakeholders involved in the agricultural sector and active over a range of scales, from regional crop productivity management, to national agricultural reporting, …
The objectives of this activity are to: (i) develop and validate innovative methodologies allowing to optimize the synergetic capacity offered by satellite data, in situ measurements and numerical models for improving the retrieval of upper-layer ocean circulation products over FOUR high-priority pilot areas chosen as to represent at best the diversity of the world ocean …
The first ever Sargassum International Conference is taking place on October 24 to 26 at the World Trade Center Complex in Jarry, City of Baie-Mahault, Guadeloupe. This is a conference and expo where over 50 entities, including delegations from Caribbean countries, multilateral organizations and companies exploring a variety of technological approaches to sargassum seaweed monitoring, …
The active fire detection capability of the SLST sensor on board of the Copernicus constellation of Sentinel 3A and Sentinel 3B is being exploited by the European Space Agency to derive systematic consistent counting of fires worldwide. The prototype product and algorithm have been presented at the Remote sensing of forest fire EARSeL conference in …
The 2019 Φ-week is at starting blocks and a wealth of activities are about to start this afternoon: scientific talks, side events, bootcamp, exhibit and poster sessions. In order to get the most out of this exciting experience, check-out the overall programme below, stay tuned on @EO_OPEN_SCIENCE twitter account for additional insights and have a …
Chișinău is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Moldova and the country’s main industrial and commercial centre and transportation hub. While still being the least urbanised European country with over 55% of the population residing in rural areas (as of 2014), particularly Chișinău is expected to be faced with a strong inflow …
During the last few years, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine coast has been repeatedly hit by severe storms causing coastline retreat of several meters (from 10 to 40 meters in 2013-2014, from 5 to 13 meters in 2018). Modelled sea-level rise impact on the same coastline is projected to cause (see the Néo Terra 2019 and the AcclimaTerra …
A strong earthquake of Mw 7.1 struck southern California, United States on July 6, 2019 preceded by another earthquake of Mw 6.4 on July 4. This was the strongest earthquake in California since the 1999 Mw 7.1 Hector Mine earthquake. The earthquake sequence took place on a remote and sparsely inhabited area of California, limiting …
A series of violent and harmful explosions occurred on 3 July afternoon at Stromboli volcano, causing one dead. Glowing hot bombs and lapilli were ejected from all over the summit area and produced an eruption column that rose approx. 3-5 km. A series of fires were caused by the hot debris falling back in the …
