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Jun 03
GHRSST International Science Team (G-XX)
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Jun 20
Trans-Atlantic Training 2019 (TAT-7): radar and optical remote sensing in the agricultural and environmental monitoring
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Jul 02
World soils user consultation meeting
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World soils user consultation meeting

July 2 - July 3
ESA-ESRIN, Largo Galileo Galilei, 1
Frascati, RM 00044 Italy

Soil, the mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids and organisms that constitute the upper layer of the Earth, is key for life. Climate change, industrialization and urbanization, intensive agriculture and livestock farming are exercising pressures that might lead to soil degradation. Consequently, as highlighted from several international treaties, such as the Sustainable Development Goals, …

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GHRSST International Science Team (G-XX)

June 3 - June 7
ESA-ESRIN, Largo Galileo Galilei, 1
Frascati, RM 00044 Italy

On the occasion of the 20th meeting of the GHRSST International Science Team, this event will focus on future perspectives for GHRSST – most notably with respect to a mix of microwave and thermal infrared satellite capability. The purpose of the meeting is to: Bring together scientific and operational SST users and producers to review progress …

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Replay LPS19 opening session

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 …

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Living Planet Symposium 2019

May 13 - May 17
MiCo – Milano Congressi, Piazzale Carlo Magno, 1
Milan, 20149 Italy

The Living Planet Symposium, regularly held every three years, is amongst the biggest Earth observation conferences in the world. The 2019 edition focuses on how Earth Observation contributes to science and society, and how disruptive technologies and actors are changing the traditional Earth Observation landscape, which is also creating new opportunities for public and private sector …

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Platform Services

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 …

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Invitations to Tender

Invitation to Tender: “Open Earth Engine”

Novel approaches for processing and analysing the continuously growing Earth Observation (EO) record are urgently needed. Cloud-based, distributed and scalable platform environments collocated with EO data holdings are an important part of the solution. Such Platforms can enable users to efficiently processes large EO data volumes and derive valuable information through advanced analytical concepts and …

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ESA Sentinel-3 World Fires Atlas Prototype

The Sentinel-3 World Fires Atlas Prototype product has been developed by European Space Agency over the southern countries of the ESA member states, using as input the Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B SLSTR Level 1b data containing two dedicated channels (F1 and F2) for fire and high temperature events. The ESA Sentinel-3 World Fires Atlas Prototype aims …

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Sargassum monitoring service

Prime company: CLS COLLECTE LOCALISATION SATELLITES (FR)

The project objective is to develop and implement an innovative automated service based on Earth Observation (EO) data to monitor floating Sargassum algae in the Caribbean area, estimate their drift and eventual landings on the coasts, and provide dedicated bulletins to the end-users.

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Monitoring sargassum drift with Sentinel-3 and MODIS

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 …

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