News - Success Stories

Heritage data trains neural networks to detect urban sprawl

Using data from non-operational ESA remote sensing missions, researchers have trained a network of artificial neurons to recognise how cities change over decades. They hope this will help city planners reduce the impact that urbanisation has on the environment.

Event - Training

EO Summer School 3

ESA's series of summer schools, on Monitoring of the Earth System, aims to promote the exploitation of Earth observation data.

Event - Conference

Living Planet Symposium 2022

Learn about the 2022 edition of ESA's Living Planet Symposium.

Document - General Reference

Shrimp farm inventory and monitoring

This series produced by the Environment and Natural Resources Service of FAQ aims to present the possibilities of remote sensing techniques for natural resource management and planning.

Tools - Visualisation

EVDC Orbit Prediction Tool

The EVDC Orbit Prediction and Overpass Tool generates and visualises satellite's overpasses.

Campaign

BACCHUS-DOC

The BACCHUS-DOC Radar and Optical Campaign was an area mapping project of vineyards near Frascati (Italy). ESA required high resolution geo-referenced airborne SAR data of different wavelength and polarisation (preferably polarimetric).

Instrument - Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers

Thematic Mapper (TM)

The Thematic Mapper (TM) was a multispectral scanning radiometer on board Landsat-4 and Landsat-5.

Mission - Third Party Missions

Landsat-4 and Landsat-5

The Landsat-4 and Landsat-5 missions continued the Landsat programme's goal of providing moderate-resolution optical remote sensing for land, coastal areas and shallow waters.

Instrument - Spectrometers/Radiometers

Return-Beam Vidicon (RBV)

The Return-Beam Vidicon (RBV) instrument was flown onboard the Landsat-1 to 3 satellites.

Instrument - Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers

Multi Spectral Scanner (MSS)

The Multi Spectral Scanner (MSS) instrument was carried aboard the Landsat-1 to 5 satellites.

Mission - Third Party Missions

Landsat-1 to Landsat-3

The Landsat-1 to 3 satellites were the first in the United States' Landsat programme, dedicated to monitoring the Earth's land mass.

Document - General Reference

The International Charter- Space and Major Disasters

The Charter is an important step forward in linking the needs of disaster and relief organisations with space technology solutions to help mitigate the effects of disaster on human life, property and the environment.

Document - General Reference

Inventaire et suivi des élevages de crevettes par données de satellites radar

Instrument - Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers

Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+)

The Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) is the main instrument onboard Landsat-7.

Mission - Third Party Missions

Landsat-7

Landsat-7 is a joint USGS and NASA-led Earth observation mission, which was launched in 1999 and remains operational.

Document - Conference Presentation - Poster

D3T3a_Schmullius_LTC2013.pdf

D3T3a Forest & Agriculture C. Schmullius

Document - General Reference

CoReH2O-Report-for-Mission-Selection-An-Earth-Explorer-to-observe-snow-and-ice.pdf

This report describes the CoReH2O (Cold Regions Hydrology high-resolution Observatory) mission, which was selected for feasibility study in the third cycle of Earth Explorers.

Document - General Reference

Earth-from-Space-Deltas-and-Lakes.pdf

This brochure is a collection of Envisat MERIS, Envisat ASAR, ERS, Proba and Landsat mosaics.

Document - General Reference

Earth-from-Space-Deserts.pdf

This brochure is a collection of Envisat MERIS, Envisat ASAR, Proba and Landsat mosaics of desert areas on our planet.

Document - General Reference

Earth-from-Space-Middle-East.pdf

This brochure is a collection of ENVISAT ASAR and MERIS, PROBA, ERS-2, Landsat mosaics.