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 …
The animation above gives a visual impression of Mediterranean temperature dynamics during the last 9 years by displaying daily Medspiration L4 products of 2 km resolution SSTfnd from 30 August 2010 to 25 May 2019. Medspiration is an ESA- funded project, started in 2004, aimed at producing a robust and reliable set of Sea Surface …
Decision-makers, planners and scientists can easily find in the Urban Thematic Exploitation Platform (U-TEP) resources, including multi-source data and visualisation/analytics tools, that help them creating and maintaining sustainable urban environments in major cities but also in smaller, rural areas. One of the recent add-ons to the rich database is the World Settlement Footprint 2015 (WSF-2015), …
Marking the start of a full week rich of scientific sessions, agoras, exhibits and events, with over 4000 participants from 80 different countries, the Living Planet Symposium opening session featured the following agenda: 09:00 Opening 09:05 Welcome by Italian Officials 09:20 Welcome by ESA Director General, Johann-Dietrich Wörner 09:30 Italy and Earth observation, Italian Space …
Since 2011, sargassum rafts of unprecedented size have had been found on Caribbean shores, with a strong impact on tourism, fisheries and wildlife. As sargassum decomposes on beaches, it releases disagreeable odours. Removal is time-consuming and expensive as mats can be several meters thick. Tourists are bothered by sargassum, and incoming rafts smother sea grasses …
