The Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon is one example of the effect of urban areas in the local climate. This effect mainly consists of the heating of urban zones in comparison to their non-urbanized surroundings. The atmospheric air temperature of
RUS Webinar – Deforestation with Sentinel-2 – 29 Jan. 2019
Forests cover almost a third of world’s land surface, representing one of the most important ecosystems in our planet and a fundamental element to fight climate change. Moreover, forests create natural habitat to a large variegate of flora and fauna
RUS Training Session – Copenhagen – 13 & 14 Dec. 2018
A 2 full day training session is organised by RUS and the Technical University of Denmark/DTU Space in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 13 and 14 December 2018. The main goal of this session is to create theoretical and practical competences on SAR data
RUS Webinar – Deforestation with Sentinel-1 – 6 Dec. 2018
Forests cover almost a third of world’s land surface, representing one of the most important ecosystems in our planet and a fundamental element to fight climate change. Moreover, forests create natural habitat to a large variegate of flora and fauna
RUS Webinar – Glacier velocity – 8 Nov. 2018
Greenland ice sheet is the second largest ice mass on Earth. As climate changes, the ice sheet surface melt is increasing and more and more fresh-water flows to the ocean, contributing to the global sea-level rise. Glacier velocity is a
RUS Training Session – Alexandria – 26 Oct. 2018
A face-to-face training session is organised in the frame of the 12th International Conference of the African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE 2018) entitled “Earth Observations and Geospatial Science in Service of Sustainable Development Goals“. The conference
RUS Webinar – Urban classification with Sentinel-1 – 18 Oct. 2018
As the world is facing a large increase in population, reliable information on urban areas is required to assist and help in the decision-making process. Different methods can be used to gather this information but satellite Earth observation offers a
RUS Webinar – Active fire detection with Sentinel-3 – 20 Sept. 2018
Open vegetation fires are critical elements acting as a driving force by modifying land cover, consuming terrestrial vegetation and reducing ecosystem services. Such fire activity acts across all vegetated areas, but is usually very dynamic in its magnitude, impact and
RUS introduction to WFP – Rome – 10 Sept. 2018
A demonstration of the RUS service was given on 10 September 2018 by two trainers from our team to a public audience exclusively coming from the World Food Programme (WFP), a United Nations Organisation having their headquarters located in Rome.
RUS Training Session – Valencia – 22 July 2018
A one-day Training Course on SAR and optical data fusion will be delivered on the occasion of the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS 2018, to be held in Valencia, Spain. This session will take place on Sunday 22
