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  • Documents (9)
  • News - Thematic area articles

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    Transforming space data into climate action

    ESA’s Earth observation activities are playing a key role in the revitalised global drive to combat climate change.

  • Document - General Reference

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    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

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    Remote-Sensing-and-Humanitarian-Aid-A-life-saving-combination.pdf

    This article was published in the ESA Bulletin Nr. 122 and describes how Earth Observation activities may answer to the requirements of humanitarian and aid workers.

  • Document - General Reference

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    Mapping-Forest-Fire-Damage-with-Envisat.pdf

    This article was published in the ESA Bulletin Nr. 120 and describes how remote sensing from space (and ESA's ENVISAT environment satellite, launched in March 2002, in particular) is suitable for forest-fire-related studies.

  • Event - Conference

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    Living Planet Symposium 2022

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

  • News - Spotlight on EO community

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    Introducing Mirko Albani

    In this short introduction, ESA's Heritage Missions Programme Manager describes what he likes most about ESA's long term archive of satellite mission data and his role in the programme.

  • Document - General Reference

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    In-action-around-the-world-the-International-Charter-Space-and-Major-Disasters.pdf

    This is an article extracted from the ESA Bulletin Nr.143.

  • Document - General Reference

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    Hydrological-Processes-An-International-Journal-Special-issue-on-Remote-Sensing.pdf

    This special issue of Hydrological Processes contains a selection of the most significant reports presented at the Flood Monitoring Workshop held at the ESA/ESRIN premises in Frascati, Italy on 26-27 June 1995. It is intended to provide the reader with an overall assessment of the capability of remote sensing to contribute to flood risk management, including the advantages and limitations, as well as critical areas, for further improvement.

  • News - Success Stories

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    How Envisat helped to shape global understanding of Earth’s systems

    Twenty years have passed since a ground-breaking European spacecraft designed to deliver unprecedented insight into the planet’s changing environment was lofted into orbit.

  • Tools - Apps

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    Heritage Missions app for iOS

    Download the Heritage Missions application to discover what the missions were about, how it worked and what the elements of the space and ground segment that make these missions unique.

  • Tools - Apps

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    Heritage Missions app for Android

    Download the Heritage Missions application to discover what the missions were about, how it worked and what the elements of the space and ground segment that make these missions unique.

  • Document - General Reference

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    Healing-the-Earth-Earth-Observation-Supporting-International-Environmental Conventions.pdf

    This article is extracted from ESA Bulletin Nr. 128.

  • Document - Proceedings

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    ERS-Envisat Symposium

  • Activity - General activities

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    EO Summer Schools

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

  • Event - Training

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    EO Summer School 8

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

  • Event - Training

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    EO Summer School 6

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

  • Event - Training

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    EO Summer School 5

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

  • Event - Training

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    EO Summer School 4

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

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    Envisat

    Envisat was ESA's successor to ERS. Envisat carried ten instruments aboard for a wide range of Earth observing fields. The mission was operational from 2002 to 2012.

  • Document - Proceedings

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    Dragon Programme Mid-Term Results

    Proceedings of the 2005 Dragon Symposium held on 27 June - 1 July 2005 in Santorini, Greece.