French earthquake fault mapped
Rapid processing and exchange of information within the geohazards community thanks to GEP thematic exploitation platform. Read the full story about the French earthquake case.
Category: Tools and Platforms
Using a datacube to assess changes in the Earth System
ESA’s Earth System Data Lab is a new virtual lab to access a wide array of Earth observations across space, time and variables. It consists of two elements: the data cube and an interface to execute different analyses on the data cube. Young researchers selected in the Early Adopters Call launched in 2018 used the …
Φ-week kicks-off ! Find here your live guide
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 …
Online poll: share your views!
The ESA Phi Week is starting next week: https://phiweek.esa.int/ We want to hear about your ideas & opinions already now – Please go to Slido.com and enter the event code for two of the main thematic blocks: AI4EO: #phiweek-AI4EO Research Infrastructures: #phiweek-RINFRA EoNext: #phiweek-EONext
Mapping the faults of 2019 California earthquakes jointly using the Copernicus Sentinel 1 & 2 missions
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 …
New version of the ESA SNAP toolbox published
Version 7.0 of the popular ESA SNAP toolbox (over 380k downloads) has been published. This version includes bug fixes, improvements and several new features as: New readers: AATSR L1 data in SAFE format, S-1 on AWS, RCM products, PAZ, ICEYE, RISAT-1, ALOS-2 in GeoTiff, Kompsat-5 in GeoTiff, MUSCATE, Landsat L2, Landsat ESA products, Pleiades, WorldView1-3, …
Join U-TEP webinars and learn about resources to address urban environment and sustainability global issues
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), …
Euro Data Cube Facility service: the ultimate EO resource for researchers and value-adders
The “Euro Data Cube Facility” service contract was Kicked-off on April 23 for a project duration of 3 years, focusing not just on development of innovative product, but mostly on an operational service to be used by millions of people around the world. An initial portfolio of services will be available after 6 months and …
PolSAR pro 6.0 BIO
The new PolSARpro 6.0 BIO Edition is available now at step.esa.int You can download it here : http://step.esa.int/main/download/polsarpro-v6-0-biomass-edition-toolbox-download/ Join discussions on PolSARpro and polarimetry in our dedicated forum https://forum.step.esa.int/c/PolSARpro
Sentinel Hub crosses 100M requests per month
The Sentinel Hub project started in 2016 as one of the ESA PECS-funded activities with the objective of making Sentinel-2 data accessible in an easier manner. Now, three years later, Sentinel Hub is widely used, and serves not only Sentinel-2 but also data from numerous other EO satellite missions. It is used not just by …