Tag: permanently open call
BiomAP
Prime company: GAMMA REMOTE SENSING AG (CH)The BiomAP project aims to Integrate active and passive microwave data towards a novel global record of aboveground biomass maps. This comprises an end-to-end assessment of active and passive microwave observations at coarse spatial resolution at the longest wavelengths available in space to generate global AGB estimates. This work will eventually provide a 5-years baseline, …
3DCTRL
Prime company: ARISTOTLE UNIV. OF THESSALONIKI (GR)3DCTRL project aims to evaluate cloud correction methodologies in Copernicus Sentinel-4, Sentinel-5 and Sentinel-5p trace gas retrieval schemes and to explore ways to improve handling of realistic clouds in the retrievals of atmospheric species. Cloud shadow fraction, cloud top height, cloud optical depth, solar zenith and viewing angles, were identified as the metrics being the …
eXperimental jOint inveRsioN
Prime company: GEOMATICS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (IT)The Earth crust represents less than 1% of the volume of our planet but is exceptionally important as it preserves the signs of the geological events that shaped the Earth. This thin layer is the place where the natural resources we need can be accessed (e.g. minerals, critical raw materials, geothermal energy, fresh water, hydrocarbons). …
EO for a Resilient Society: Intertidal Topography Mapping in the temporal domain (SAR-TWL), towards operationalisation of a global monitoring tool.
Prime company: National Oceanography Centre (NOC) (GB)Intertidal zones form an interface between land and sea. They are important features of the coastal landscape providing a multitude of ecosystem services and forming a critical habitat for a wide range of species. Satellite Earth Observation (EO) unlocks new capabilities for monitoring intertidal zones, which are under significant pressure from multiple sources including coastal …
Synergetic retrieval from multi-mission space-borne measurements for enhancement of aerosol characterization (SYREMIS)
Prime company: GRASP-SAS (FR)Atmospheric aerosol is one of the main drivers of climate changes. Importance of accurate global aerosol characterization for climate studies and air pollution monitoring is a well recognized problem (e.g., see IPCC AR5 by Boucher et al.2013). In addition to the traditional spectral Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) such characterization should also include such extended aerosol …
HyperSpectral pre-operational data injection into Copernicus
Prime company: cosine Remote Sensing BV (NL)The aim of this project is to develop and validate novel EO-based hyperspectral data generated by an unprecedented miniaturized hyperspectral sensor (HyperScout-2) employed in the ESA EO directorate small sat mission PhiSat-1. The processed data output of this project will advance existing EO capabilities. The processing and the distribution of the data to the community …
Alarms for unlicensed small-scale mining triggered by EO data
Bolivia became the world’s top importer of mercury since 2019, according to the Observatory of Economic Complexity (OEC), which tracks global trade flows. The reason for that sits behind the booming small-scale artisanal gold mining industry, associated with the global gold price rise in recent years. The use of mercury in gold mining has severe …
ESADEMICS
Prime company: Science [&] Technology Netherlands (NL)It has become abundantly clear during the COVID-19 pandemic that environmental factors can be important in the emergence, spread, health impact, social political response, and socioeconomic recovery plan from Sars-Cov-2/COVID-19. Having tools available to study the impact of the environment for this pandemic and future pandemics is important to increase preparedness and curtail future societal …
NOvel cOmputational methoDs for reLiablE SAteLlite-based Air quality Data (NOODLESALAD)
Prime company: FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE (FI)NOODLESALAD aims to develop computational methods for improving the satellite-based air quality estimates. More specific, it will concentrate on improving the air quality key indicator PM2.5, which is the dry mass concentration of fine particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 2.5 micrometers (micrograms per cubic meter of air). This activity will be …