Despite the ban on chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in the 2000s, an ozone hole keeps forming every year during late winter/early spring above Antarctica. The extremely cold winter temperatures, coupled to a strong polar vortex, enhance the ozone depleting effects of the CFCs in this
RUS Webinar – Crop mapping with Sentinel-2 (algorithm focused) – 20 July 2021
Over the last decades, the world’s population is growing and, as a result, higher demand for supplies has led to increased agriculture, both extensive and intensive. Therefore, public authorities and decision-makers need accurate and systematic information to rely on and
RUS Training Session – Contribution to CIVIS Summer School – 5 July 2021
The CIVIS Summer School, to be held from 28 June to 9 July 2021, aims at providing advanced training to young European environmental and Earth scientists about the latest geospatial methods applicable to environmental sciences, geography and urbanism, focusing on applications of the Copernicus satellites. On this occasion, RUS
RUS Webinar – StaMPS Persistent Scatterer Processing – 29 June 2021
Land subsidence monitoring is very important for urban areas which are prone to ground instabilities at both local and regional scale. This phenomenon can occur from either anthropogenic activities or natural-geological ones. In Mexico City, land subsidence, caused by groundwater over-exploitation, is estimated to
RUS Training Session – Burned area mapping using Sentinel-3 SLSTR – 22 June 2021
RUS Copernicus organises a new hands-on training session focussing on the processing of Sentinel-3 data to map burnt areas. We will use data provided by the Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer (SLSTR) instrument on board the mission. The data
RUS Webinar – Volcano monitoring using Sentinel-2 – 27 May 2021
Since the beginning of this year, we have been running a series of monthly webinars on volcano monitoring, using data provided by different Sentinel missions. A new webinar is closing the loop! This month, we will focus on Mount Etna, a stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, one of the three active volcanoes in Italy and one of the tallest active
RUS Training Session – 2020 Antarctic ozone hole monitoring with Sentinel-5P – 29 April 2021
RUS Copernicus organises a full day hands-on training session focussing on the processing of Sentinel-5P data to monitor atmospheric ozone layer above Antarctica. Sentinel-5P was launched in October 2017 to screen the Earth’s atmosphere and quantify different pollutants (O3, CO, NO2, SO2,
RUS Webinar – Sea ice monitoring using Sentinel-1 data – 27 April 2021
The Arctic region is estimated to have 22% of the world’s oil and natural gas reserves, and a large portion of the natural resources in the Arctic are offshore and unexplored. As a result, more industrial activities are expected in this region in the future and
RUS Webinar – Bathymetry derivation using Sentinel-2 data – 8 April 2021
The characteristics of coastal areas are dependent on their bathymetry. Variations in the sea floor can be caused by various processes, like sedimentation, and depicted by colour or contour lines representing isobaths. Earth observation offers high spatial resolution, multi-spectral bands and
RUS Training Session – ESA Training course on Earth Observation – 22-26 March 2021
The 11th ESA Training course on Earth Observation is organized as a remote event by the European Space Agency (ESA) in cooperation with the Malta Council for Science and Technology (MCST). It aims at promoting and disseminating Earth Observation (EO)
