News of the week
![]() Sentinel-1 provides new insight into Italy’s earthquake29 August 2016On 24 August, an earthquake struck central Italy, claiming at least 290 lives and causing widespread damage. Satellite images are being used to help emergency aid organisations, while scientists have begun to analyse ground movement.
Image of the week
![]() Cape Hatteras National SeashoreThis image shows a moment in time. Cape Hatteras National Seashore on 7 June 2015, captured by Landsat-8. These islands have been in flux long before the park was established, and they continue to change today.
Earth Observation Missions
China hi-res imaging satellite sends back pictures26 August 2016China on Thursday published the first pictures transmitted back to earth from Gaofen-3, the country's first C-band high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite with a resolution of one metre.
Research and Applications
![]() Surface water shifting around the Earth25 August 2016Scientists have used satellite images to study how the water on the Earth's surface has changed over 30 years.
Did you know?
Today, the announcement of opportunity (AO) for the final TanDEM-X Digital Elevation Model (DEM) has been launched! This AO is related to the provision of the digital elevation products with 12m and 30m independent pixel spacing generated by the TanDEM-X (TerraSAR-X add-on for Digital Elevation Measurements) mission.
Events
![]() Exploiting open data with MELODIES11 - 13 October 2016Organisation: Institute for Environmental Analytics Location: Brussels, Belgium Conference overview: Following three years of research and innovation, the MELODIES project will be hosting the three-day conference, sharing some of the challenges of using environmental Open Data in Europe – as well as the techniques and the solutions that the consortium of 16 academic and industrial partners have developed to combat them. |
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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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