Water Quality Around the Coasts: Insights from Space By Aquila Erskine, Prof. Steve Groom, Dr. Peter Miller and Dr. Dan Clewley, Plymouth Marine Laboratory… Coastal waters are some of the most dynamic…
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Improved warnings for agricultural drought in Kenya
Improved warnings for agricultural drought in Kenya By Dr Ross Maidment, Dr Lauren James (TAMSAT Group, University of Reading) and Japheth Migiro (Kenya Meteorological Department) Drought is a recurring phenomenon in Kenya,…
Predicting Solar Power Output with Satellite Data: A cutting-edge approach for monitoring smaller solar PV installations
Predicting Solar Power Output with Satellite Data: A cutting-edge approach for monitoring smaller solar PV installations by Dr. Gareth Thomas (STFC), Jack Barber (Amira Technologies), Konrad Hayes (Ecovision), Dora Hegedus (RAL Space)…
Can Earth Observation bring confidence to carbon credits?
Can Earth Observation bring confidence to carbon credits? By Professor Mat Disney and Dr. Cecilia Chavana-Bryant… Carbon credits have got a bit of a bad reputation in recent years, particularly when it…
“A 4-Hour Early Warning Advantage”: How Europe’s New Geostationary Satellite System is Revolutionizing Wildfire Detection & Monitoring
“A 4-Hour Early Warning Advantage”: How Europe’s New Geostationary Satellite System is Revolutionizing Wildfire Detection & Monitoring By Dr. Weidong Xu… In an impressive showcase of cutting-edge European satellite technology, within which…
Designing the EOCIS Data Portal
Designing the EOCIS Data Portal By Niall McCarroll… One of the deliverables of the EOCIS project is to develop a data portal through which EOCIS datasets can be discovered and accessed. The data…
How can Earth Observation contribute to health security?
How can Earth Observation contribute to health security? By Prof. Chris Merchant… UK Health Security Agency staff worked with EOCIS to consider how observations of land surface temperature (LST) from space could…
Getting Earth Observations “Out There”
Getting Earth Observations “Out There” By Prof. Chris Merchant… The Earth Observation Climate Information Service dedicates the majority of its resources to creating observations of our changing global environments for the purposes…