January’25 update: following an extensive review of the received applications, the 4 selected candidates have been informed about acceptance. INTRODUCTION The African Research Fellowship (ARF) program, jointly carried by ESA with the African Union Commission, was successfully initiated in 2021 with six African Fellows having completed their research at ESA. The program aims to …
Following the kick-off with ESA of the second phase of activities to be carried by the EO AFRICA (African Framework for Research, Innovation, Communities and Applications) R&D Facility, two new calls have just been opened aiming to sustain and strengthen an active African research community, by promoting creative innovation processes for the continuous development of …
The EO AFRICA Research Facility has launched a revised version of the questionnaire about Africa Research gaps originally administered in 2021. The questionnaire aims to collect information from Africa-oriented EO specialists about the continent’s research challenges and gaps. Contribution of Africa-based researchers is highly welcome: please fill out the anonymous questionnaire (takes about 10-12 minutes) …
At the beginning of 2023 the European Space Agency and the African Union Commission issued a call for 4 African Research Fellows to carry R&D activities for one year in ESA-ESRIN, Frascati. This was the second call, following the one successfully carried-out in 2021/2022. It aims at empowering African Researchers (PhD or Master degree with …
As Europe’s most densely populated mountain range, the Alps face serious threats from hydrological and gravitational hazards, all of which are exacerbated by accelerating climate change. The Digital Twin Alps (DTA) is an ambitious project funded under ESA’s Regional Initiative 3 programme dedicated to creating a digital representation of the major physical processes in the …
The project is exploiting new AI techniques using EO data to support water extraction. The service provide generated a precise terrain motion map using Sentinel-1 data with InSAR and this was combined with global and local geosptial data such as a database concerning water extraction activities including a map of wells in the area of …
This online course will show participants how to relate the water balance components (precipitation, evaporation, run-off and groundwater recharge) to identify surpluses of water and possible potential usage of those water resources in the area. The participants are free to conduct the case study on a river catchment (watershed) of their choice. By the end …
The AlpLakes project aims at providing operational products based on a combination of remote sensing and hydrodynamic models. ALPLAKES is a continuation of the CORESIM (ESA SEOM S2-4Sci Land and Water) project based on the recommendations provided during the CORESIM roadmap. While many studies have focused on ecosystem variability over a latitudinal gradient (Woolway and …
The project created a service platform providing reliable information on changes in built-up areas, derived from Sentinel-2 data in a fully automatic manner using image classification algorithms. These algorithms, selected for the tool, are successfully operated and validated in other Land Cover mapping activities conducted by the consortium partners. Results of the image classification contributed …
