ESA’s next Living Planet Symposium is set to take place on 23–27 May 2022 in Bonn, Germany. In gearing up for this prestigious event, it’s now time to submit abstracts to ensure a much sought-after slot to present topics such as the latest scientific findings on our planet, novel Earth observing technologies and new opportunities …
How can a digital replica of Earth help us understand our planet’s past, present and future? As part of the fourth edition of Φ-week, a group of European scientists have put forward their ideas on the practical implementation of Digital Twins and the potential application areas for a Digital Twin Earth in the real world. …
This ITT is part of the ESA Polar Science Cluster and aims at fostering collaborative research and international collaboration, bringing together different expertise, data and resources and ensuring that the final result may be bigger than the sum of the parts. More information, results and the complete set of projects is provided in the dedicated …
The scientific goal of the study is to improve our understanding of the vegetation opacity data sets from SMOS and other passive microwave measurements and their information content. With more than 40 years of measurements from passive microwave measurements and an even longer time series of measurements in the optical domain, the overarching objective of …
The thin ozone layer positioned in stratosphere is crucial for the survival of life on Earth. This stratospheric ozone layer shields the Earth from most of the Sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation. In the late 1970s, scientists found out that humanity was creating a hole in this protective ozone shield. In 1985, the Vienna Convention for …
Estimating sea ice thickness is essential to monitor the effects of long-term climatic change and understand their consequences for Arctic ecosystems. The continued sea ice loss – widely observed through EO data since 1979 – is bringing to an increased Arctic maritime activity for which timely forecasts of ice conditions are required too, to ensure …
Develop and validate novel methods for Sea State retrieval from Sentinel-1 Interferometric Wide Swath (IWS) products. Produce experimental S-1 IWS Sea State products and demonstrate their value for coastal science, operational wave models, and selected test areas including the marginal ice zone in the Arctic. Demonstrate multi-mission EO synergies in the Mediterranean utilising ocean geophysical …
Ice velocity is an essential parameter to study ice sheet and glacier dynamics. It is needed to estimate the mass flux and discharge of ice from the accumulation zone to the ocean and hence influences estimates of ice sheet mass balance and sea level rise. Furthermore, ice velocity measurements constitute valuable input for constraining and …
How does taking into account vertical variability of Soil Moisture impact on predicting vegetation productivity? Does this impact depend on climatic areas and vegetation types? These are the main questions addressed by a recently published paper, outcome of Living Planet Fellow Sophia Walther research. The study demonstrates how, at the global scale, semi-arid areas and …
Kicking-off next 1 July, a 15m€ project funded by the European Union is about to promote the integration of international environmental observing systems for the Arctic and improve the tailoring of these systems to the needs of various user groups – including local inhabitants, academia, industry and decision makers – for the 2021-2025 period. Read …
