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News - Thematic area articles
Monitoring water on Earth's surface
ESA's Earth observation satellites are playing a leading role in furthering our understanding of how Earth's terrestrial hydrosphere is being influenced by humankind.
News - Thematic area articles
Global understanding of Earth's land surfaces greatly boosted by satellite data
ESA perform land surface monitoring with a range of instruments onboard satellites acquiring optical and radar data. Collections of data from these missions are freely available for research purposes.
News - Thematic area articles
Satellite data boost global understanding of land surface
Understanding our changing land surface is essential in the study of climate change. Satellites are used to monitor changes to the material that covers Earth’s surface, so-called land cover, such as vegetation and water.
Event - Workshop
Fringe 1996 Workshop
The workshop on ERS SAR Interferometry was open to scientists and students working in the field of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) interferometry and its applications.
News - Success Stories
Using Satellite Data to Predict Floods and Droughts
Scientists are turning to remote sensing to fill the in-situ data gap in hydrological data models in some parts of the world.
Event - Workshop
POLinSAR 2013
The objectives of the PolInSAR 2013 workshop were to present the latest studies and results of SAR polarimetry and polarimetric interferometry.
Data - Announcement of Opportunity
Announcement of Opportunity for NoR
ESA invites submissions for the Network of Resources (NoR) call, which aims to support research, development and pre-commercial users to innovate their working practices, moving from a data download paradigm towards a 'bring the user to the data' paradigm.
Event - Workshop
POLinSAR 2019
ESA organised POLinSAR 2019, the 9th International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry.
Event - Workshop
POLinSAR 2009
The 2009 workshop focused on theory and methods in the fields of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry
Event - Workshop
4th CHRIS PROBA Workshop
Workshop on the treatment of Compact High Resolution Images Spectrometer (CHRIS) data.
Document - Conference Presentation - Poster
8_PolinSAR2013_soil_moisture_wetland_session_summary_Fina.pdf
Applications of SAR Polarimetry on Land: Soil Moisture and Wetlands
Document - Conference Presentation - Poster
1_Polarimetric_Soil_Moisture_Retrieval_Vegetated_Soils_in_TERENO.pdf
Polarimetric Decompositions for Soil Moisture Retrieval from Vegetated Soils in TERENO Observatories T. Jagdhuber [German Aerospace Center - DLR]
Document - Conference Presentation - Poster
2_Charbonneau_compact_pol.pdf
RCM Compact Polarimetry Applied to Watershed Study F. J. Charbonneau [Natural Resources Canada]
Document - Conference Presentation - Poster
5-Touzi_wetland_PolinSAR13.pdf
Investigation of Polarimetric L-band ALOS and C-band RADARSAT-2 for peatland subsurface water flow monitoring R. Touzi [Canada Centre for Remote Sensing]
Document - Conference Presentation - Poster
PolinSAR2013_soil_moisture_wetland_RoundTable.pdf
Round Table - Applications of SAR Polarimetry on Land: Soil Moisture and Wetlands