Remote Sensing for Carbon Offsetting
Remote sensing and geospatial technologies are being harnessed for carbon offsetting efforts.
Mapping Sea-Level Rise with Sentinel-6
The recent launch of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich/Jason CS is the latest mission that will collect high resolution sea level measurements.
Mapping the Human Footprint
The world settlement footprint, created in a online application called Urban Thematic Exploration Platform (TEP) sponsored by the European Space Agency (ESA), is the first map that combines optical and radar satellites to create a human urban footprint map of the world.
Sentinel-5P Tracking Emissions from Hawaii’s Kīlauea Volcano
Researchers are using data from the Sentinel-5P satellite to map out sulphur dioxide emissions from Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano.
3.1-Trillion Pixel Landsat 8 Mosaic of the World
Descartes Labs has compiled some of the massive amount of data sent back from the satellites orbiting Earth into a 3.1-trillion pixel composite image of Earth’s surface.
First Satellite Images from Sentinel-1A
Launched on April 3 and reaching operational altitude on April 11, the first images captured by the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Sentinel-1A satellite have been … Read more
Free and Open Access to Sentinel Satellite Data
The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that free and open access to Sentinel satellite data will become available during the Copernicus operational phase. Copernicus is … Read more