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15th Advanced Training Course on Land Remote Sensing: The Water Cycle

September 7 - September 11

Background The European Space Agency (ESA) is organising an Advanced Training Course on Land Remote Sensing with focus on the Water Cycle in collaboration with the University of Perugia. This course is dedicated to training the next generation of Earth Observation (EO) scientists and experts, working with water cycle related topics, in using data from Copernicus Sentinels and other satellite missions …

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14th ADVANCED TRAINING COURSE ON LAND REMOTE SENSING: AGRICULTURE

September 29, 2025 - October 3, 2025

Background The European Space Agency (ESA) is organising an Advanced Training Course on Land Remote Sensing with the focus on Agriculture in collaboration with the University of Thessaloniki. This course is dedicated to train the next generation of Earth Observation (EO) scientists and experts, working in the domain of agriculture, in using data from Copernicus Sentinels and other satellite …

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EO4RESILIENCE

Prime company: SARMAP SA (CH)

The EO4Resilience project aims to develop innovative Earth Observation (EO)-based biodiversity indicators to assess forest resilience to drought. By leveraging data from hyperspectral and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) missions, the project seeks to establish a set of Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) to monitor and better understand the role of biodiversity in resilience to environmental stress. …

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Land degradation monitoring through Earth observation: ESA at UNCCD COP16

Under the theme Our Land Our Future, the 16th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP16) took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from 2 to 13 December 2024, attracting more than 24,000 registered participants. The COP is the main decision-making body of UNCCD’s 197 Parties – 196 countries and …

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SUP FCP – MULTISENSOR WATER DISCHARGES

Prime company: Planetek Italia (IT)

Identification – which includes both detection and characterisation – of liquid discharges from land is a relevant topic both for coastal and fresh waters areas. Such events can pose a relevant treat to the different kinds of ecosystem that can be found in such areas, as well as have a negative impact to their sustainable …

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13th ADVANCED TRAINING COURSE ON LAND REMOTE SENSING (Snow and Glaciers)

September 16, 2024 - September 20, 2024
University of Innsbruck, CCampus “Universitätsstraße” – Sowi
Innsbruck, Austria

Background The European Space Agency (ESA) is organising an Advanced Training Course on Land Remote Sensing with the focus on Snow and Glaciers in collaboration with the University of Innsbruck. This course is dedicated to train the next generation of Earth Observation (EO) scientists and experts, working in the domains of snow and glaciers, in using data from Copernicus …

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30 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN RADAR ALTIMETRY” SYMPOSIUM | Montpellier, France 2-7 September 2024

September 2, 2024 - September 7, 2024

Background Following on from the 15, 20 and 25 “Years of Progress in Radar Altimetry” Symposia (respectively in 2006, 2012, and 2018), all deemed very successful milestones by the participants and the readership of the Proceedings, we have now reached the 30-year anniversary of precise altimetry. To mark this occasion the European Space Agency, in …

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FAST-EO (Fostering Advancements in Foundation Models via Unsupervised and Self-Supervised Learning for Downstream Tasks in Earth Observation)

Prime company: DLR – GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER (DE)

Fostering Advancements in Foundation Models via Unsupervised and Self-Supervised Learning for Downstream Tasks in Earth ObservationThe objectives will be achieved through the validation of the proposed FMs (Multimodal Foundation Models) on suitable downstream applications that address global societal challenges. More specifically, the validation of the proposed FM architectures will be conducted on six main use …

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SENTINELS FOR LAND DEGRADATION NEUTRALITY (SEN4LDN)

Prime company: VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK VITO (BE)

To address the need for higher spatial resolution datasets to monitor Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN). The SEN4LDN consortium aims to develop, demonstrate and validate robust and automated EO methods to map land cover changes and land productivity dynamics that exploit the high frequency and spatial resolution of Sentinel-1 and 2. Land degradation affects the livelihoods of millions of …

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APPLICABILITY OF SATELLITE AND DRONES EO DATA FOR LANDFILLS DETECTION AND MONITORING

Prime company: FUNDACIÓN ANDALUZA PARA EL DESARROL (ES)

SAT+Dron4Landfills is a project which aims to use EO data for effective and timely detection and monitoring of landfills. As a major innovation, two main types of EO data are considered under the project: from existing satellite systems, and from in-situ drone campaigns. EO satellite data will be used to provide relevant information to detect …

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