Zooming in on drought from space
Summer 2022 in Northern Italy has been extremely dry, as high resolution (1 km) soil moisture maps based on Sentinel-1 show. This is particularly clear when comparing to a “normal” …
Tags: biosphere, living planet fellowship
Kristin Böttcher
“The fellowship provided me with the opportunity to concentrate on my own research work. Additionally, the research visit to ESA was an excellent opportunity to closely experience how the agency …
Phytoplankton and fisheries under regional warming in the global oceans – POSEIDON
Prime company: NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSIT (GR)Living Planet Fellowship research project carried out by John Gittings. POSEIDON aims to understand the response of ocean ecosystems to climate warming and extreme events (e.g., marine heatwaves). Long-term trends (> 23 …
John Gittings
“My ESA fellowship fostered international collaborations through joint research and participation in international conferences and workshops—partnerships that have remained productive beyond the fellowship” After completing his fellowship John A. Gittings …
Anna Kontu
“The fellowship offered me the opportunity to focus on my own research work. The experience of managing a small research project is a valuable learning step towards managing larger projects.” …
ASSESSING CRYOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE LINKAGES WITH EARTH OBSERVATIONS IN NORTHERN HIGH LATITUDES (CRYOBIOLINKS)
Prime company: FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE (SYKE) (FI)Living Planet Fellowship research project carried out by Kristin Bottcher. Climate warming in the northern high latitudes is twice as strong as the global average. Increasing surface temperatures drive significant changes in …
Global vegetation productivity and hydrometeorological variables
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 …
Sun–induced fluorescence heterogeneity as a measure of functional diversity
High-resolution images collected over a mixed forest ecosystem with the HyPlant sensor, deployed as an airborne demonstrator of the forthcoming ESA-FLEX satellite have been exploited in this study to explore …
Sophia Walther
“I felt that scientific exchange was fostered both directly through collaboration with external partners on the project and through invitation to and participation in ESA meetings, which I found both …
VAD3EMECUM. Vegetation and drought: towards improved data-driven estimated of ecosystem carbon fluxes under moisture stress
Prime company: MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY (DE)Living Planet Fellowship research project carried out by Sophia Walther. Variations of water availability drive plant growth and vegetation carbon uptake from the atmosphere. At present, this induces substantial fluctuations …