News of the week
![]() NOAA's new deep space solar monitoring satellite launches11 February 2015NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 6:03 p.m. EST on 11 February on its way to an orbit one million miles from Earth. DSCOVR will give NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) forecasters more reliable measurements of solar wind conditions, improving their ability to monitor potentially harmful solar activity.
Image of the week
Ordos City, ChinaThis Flock 1 image, acquired 24 January 2015, shows the city of Ordos in Inner Mongolia, China. Intended to house over a million people when it began construction in 2003, the city today is home to only approximately 20,000.
Research and Applications
Study: Global rainfall satellites require massive overhaul12 February 2015Circling hundreds of miles above Earth, weather satellites are working round-the-clock to provide rainfall data that are key to a complex system of global flood prediction. ![]() Satellites track snail disease risk16 February 2015Scientists are tracking snails from space in a bid to combat the spread of parasitic disease in Africa.
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Complete Envisat MERIS FRS L1/L2 dataset available online13 February 2015The systematic bulk processing of the MERIS Level 2 Full Resolution Full Swath dataset has been completed, and the FRS Level 2 products (MER_FRS_2P) have been made available to users on the ESA centralised dissemination server together with the previously released MERIS FRS Level 1 data (MER_FRS_1P).
Events
Trust in Spatial Data and Validation of Global Land Products05 - 07 June 2015Organisation: ISPRS/GEO/ICA Location: Shanghai, China Abstract submission deadline: 01 March 2015 Early registration deadline: 25 April 2015 Workshop Overview: The objective of this workshop is to provide an interdisciplinary forum for leading researchers in related areas to present the latest developments and applications, to discuss cutting-edge technologies, to exchange research ideas and to promote international collaboration on the Trust in Spatial Data and Validation of Global Land Cover Products. Among the topics covered by the workshop, are the following:
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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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