This is the second in a series of six articles focusing on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and how Earth observation, in particular CEOS, can help in reaching these goals. The series of articles includes: CEOS Support to the UN Sustainable Development Goals CEOS Support to SDG 6: Clean Water & Sanitation (this article) […]
On 23 February 2022, CEOS’s Land Surface Imaging Virtual Constellation (LSI-VC) endorsed a new Analysis Ready Data (ARD) Product Family Specification (PFS) for Aquatic Reflectance (AR) products. Following the provisional endorsement of the AR PFS at the LSI-VC-10 meeting in May 2021, the team at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), GEO AquaWatch and related science […]
This is the final in a series of three articles on Open Data that has been prepared as a contribution to the 2021 NASA CEOS Chair theme “Space-based Earth Observation Data for Open Science and Decision Support”. Open Data for Impact looking at the origins of data sharing principles, and satellites and open data. Outcomes […]
This is the second in a series of three articles on Open Data that has been prepared as a contribution to the 2021 NASA CEOS Chair theme “Space-based Earth Observation Data for Open Science and Decision Support”. Open Data for Impact looking at the origins of data sharing principles, and satellites and open data. Outcomes […]
The CEOS Working Group on Calibration and Validation (WGCV) has concluded their assessment of ESA’s Sentinel-2 Level-2A and DLR’s EnMAP Surface Reflectance (SR) products, finding that both are CEOS ARD compliant at the Threshold level. CEOS Analysis Ready Data (ARD) are satellite data that have been processed to a minimum set of requirements and organized […]
This is the first in a series of three articles on Open Data that has been prepared as a contribution to the 2021 NASA CEOS Chair theme “Space-based Earth Observation Data for Open Science and Decision Support”. Open Data for Impact (this article) looking at the origins of data sharing principles, and satellites and open data. […]
Visit database.eohandbook.com to find and search for CEOS agency Earth Observation missions and instruments. The below report summarises key recent satellite launches and status changes, as well as upcoming satellite launches. Over 2021, CEOS agencies launched a total of 11 Earth Observation satellite missions.
This is the first in a series of six articles focusing on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and how Earth observation, in particular CEOS, can help in reaching these goals. The series of articles includes: CEOS Support to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (this article) CEOS Support to SDG 6: Clean Water & Sanitation […]
Biomass, the living part of vegetation systems, plays a crucial role in climate. Around half of biomass is carbon, so when vegetation is destroyed, as in deforestation, carbon dioxide is released to the atmosphere. This is a huge source of atmospheric carbon – about 6 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year. At the same […]
The annual CEOS plenary offers an opportunity to reflect on the past year, plan for the future, and for some of our Working Groups, to welcome new leadership. This November, the Working Group on Capacity Building and Data Democracy (WGCapD) welcomed a new Chair, Jorge Del Rio Vera, from the United Nations Office for Outer […]