News of the week
![]() An international team led by glaciologists from the University of Colorado Boulder and Trent University in Ontario, Canada has completed the first mapping of virtually all of the world's glaciers -- including their locations and sizes -- allowing for calculations of their volumes and ongoing contributions to global sea rise as the world warms.
Image of the week
![]() Year-old PROBA-V charting global greeneryThis image of Vietnam's Mekong Delta was acquired in 2013 by the satellite, and provides an example of how the data can be used for vegetation monitoring. More images from PROBA-V's first year are available.
Research and Applications
![]() Heavy rains that begun in April in northern Afghanistan have caused flooding and one catastrophic landslide that killed an unknown number of people. Additional flash floods and landslides continue to affect tens of thousands of people in many parts of the northern region while forecasts indicate more bad weather is to be expected.
Policy & Legislation
![]() Bulgaria becomes EUMETSAT's 30th Member State07 May 2014With Bulgaria joining as a EUMETSAT Member State on 30 April, EUMETSAT has already achieved its goal to attain 30 Member States in the course of this year.
Did you know?
![]() Inmarsat offers free airline tracking12 May 2014UK satellite operator Inmarsat is to offer a free, basic tracking service to all the world's passenger airliners.
Events
10th International Conference of the African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment27 - 31 October 2014Organisation: African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE) Location: Johannesburg, South Africa Conference Overview: This will be the 10th biennial AARSE conference and will continue the excellent tradition of gathering world-class scientists, engineers and educators engaged in the fields of remote sensing and environment. AARSE believe that the scientific themes of this event, focusing on the characterisation of dynamic Earth processes, assimilation, today's and upcoming satellite missions and integrated Earth observing systems will allow the formation of a most interesting technical program. |
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Visit the eoPortal database to find out about spaceborne EO missions and sensors to discover more about past, operational and future missions. This is complemented with detailed articles of airborne sensors. This database is based on the book of Herbert J. Kramer Observation of the Earth and its Environments and describes over 600 missions in detail. Online updated version of "Earth Observation History of Technical Introduction" available as of January 02, 2017. |
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