The ET4FAO project demonstrated the suitability of Copernicus data (Sentinel-2, Sentinel-3 and ERA-5) for accurate and consistent country-wide mapping of actual evapotranspiration (ET) at spatial resolutions ranging from 20 m to 300 m. This was achieved through production of ET maps covering the whole of Tunisia and Lebanon for the year 2019. Validation across 6 …
This activity is part of the ESA Regional Initiatives programme. Its objective is to support the implementation of regional priorities in the Mediterranean region by i) developing and delivering a customized set of EO based products that fully exploit the large volumes of EO data from the Sentinel missions and other EO missions and ii) …
The objective of the Sen4GPP project is to assess time-space variability of terrestrial gross primary production (GPP) of terrestrial ecosystems by a synergistic exploitation of the complementary information provided by the Sentinel missions (Sentinel-2, Sentinel-3 and Sentinel-5P) at multiple spatial and temporal resolutions, as well as other Earth Observation and in situ data.
The Glacier Science in the Alps project is part of the Alps Regional Initiative and is aimed at maximising the scientific return of European investments in EO specifically from Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 specifically to provide first enhanced observation capacity for glaciers in the Alps beyond area to glacier velocity and end of season snow cover …
How to take advantage of optical satellites with near-simultaneous acquisitions to monitor fast displacements that occur at or near the Earth’s surface over large scales? Replying to this question with respect to spring river ice break-up and associated ice-runs at Northern latitudes was the objective of a study by Living Planet fellow Bas Altena who …
The project focuses on implementing a high-resolution quasi real-time snow monitoring to improve water resource management. It is taking advantage of the recent developments in physically-based snow modelling and is based on high-resolution optical and radar EO missions such as Sentinel-1 and 2. The core service is a snow water equivalent (SWE) product generated using …
The Baltic Sea is one of the most polluted sea areas in the world and prone to eutrophication due to its physical characteristics and nutrient, mineral particle and humic substance loading from the surrounding land. Improved understanding of carbon fluxes between land and sea is essential to ultimately plan and implement protection measures. Some of …
The European Space Agency and the WorldWater project with support from CNES, NASA, EARSC, CEOS and GEO invite interested parties to express their interest in participating in a Round Robin inter-comparison of inland surface water detection and monitoring algorithms using Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2 and Landsat 8 imagery. The objective of the Round Robin is to enable …
Computer-based image analysis is essential to assist human understanding and semantic annotation of satellite images of the Earth’s surface. The technical objectives of this project were the elaboration and implementation of dedicated algorithms for Sentinel-2 data analysis. The project proposes an unitary data mining concept that uses advanced data visualisation and explainable features, together with …
In a world where public health threats are increasingly challenging, wide availability of EO data, increased computational power and AI untapped potential open new opportunities to create early warning systems and support public authorities in decision making. The AIDEO project explored the use of AI applied to a pool of EO datasets in the context …
