News of the week
Launch of ALOS-2 aboard H-IIA vehicle14 March 2014Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have decided to launch the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 24 (H-IIA F24) with the Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 (ALOS-2) onboard on 24 May 2014 (Japan Standard Time).
Image of the week
![]() Acklins Island (Bahamas)This Deimos-1 image, acquired 09 March 2014, shows Acklin Island, part of a group of Bahamian islands, it defines a large, shallow lagoon called the Bight of Acklin. The morphology of the land is low and flat, with ridges that usually rise no more than 15 to 20m.
Earth Observation Missions
![]() First Copernicus satellite at launch site25 February 2014The Sentinel-1A radar satellite has arrived at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana to be prepared over the coming weeks for launch on 3 April.
Policy & Legislation
![]() Austria joins World Bank's Water Partnership Program13 March 2014The Government of Austria has become the fourth donor to the World Bank's Water Partnership Program (WPP), joining the United Kingdom, The Netherlands and Denmark.
Events
European Summer School on Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change06 - 12 July 2014Organisation: EAERE, FEEM, VIU Location: Venice, Italy Conference Overview: The topic covered by the 2014 Summer School is The Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change. There is no doubt that both adaptation and mitigation will be necessary to reduce the impact of anthropogenic global warming on the economy. The objective of the School is to provide tools and methods to understand how economists frame the problem of adaptation to climate change. The lectures will start with an introduction to the theory of adaptation to climate change and will then focus on specific sectors or impacts - tropical cyclones, agriculture, forestry and ecosystems, water. Two final lectures will introduce the use of integrated assessment modelling tools to study optimal adaptation to climate change. The Summer School is aimed at Ph.D. students that are already writing a thesis on the economics of adaptation to climate change and want to engage into a highly interactive exchange with experts in the field. Students will be asked to present an advanced version of their research work and will receive valuable feedback from fellow students and from the School professors. Students will also be assigned a tutor that will provide individual feedback during consultation time. |
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EO Missions Database
Visit the eoPortal database to find out about spaceborne EO missions and sensors to discover more about past, operational and future missions. This is complemented with detailed articles of airborne sensors. This database is based on the book of Herbert J. Kramer Observation of the Earth and its Environments and describes over 600 missions in detail. Online updated version of "Earth Observation History of Technical Introduction" available as of January 02, 2017. |
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