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copernicus

The Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem, a game changer in the world of EO
  • EO Data,
  • Copernicus,
  • Terrascope,
  • Ecosystem services,
  • Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

The Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem, a game changer in the world of EO

By Dennis Clarijs 26.01.2024

On December 16th, 2022, the new Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem project kicked off with the stringent ambition to become the public go-to platform and..

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EXPLORE-VN: water quality information for Vietnam's inland & coastal waters
  • Copernicus,
  • Sentinel,
  • water quality monitoring,
  • EOData

EXPLORE-VN: water quality information for Vietnam's inland & coastal waters

By Ils Reusen 07.11.2023

In an ever-changing environment where the consequences of climate change are increasing significantly, the use of Copernicus satellite data becomes even..

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Destination Living Planet
  • EO Data,
  • Copernicus,
  • Terrascope,
  • worldcover,
  • worldcereal

Destination Living Planet

By Dennis Clarijs 19.05.2022
Next week ESA is organizing the Living Planet Symposium! With thousands of registered scientists and data users, it is one of the largest Earth..
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Skills development and capacity building in EO/GI
  • Copernicus,
  • Terrascope,
  • GEO skills,
  • EO4GEO

Skills development and capacity building in EO/GI

By Hande Erdem 14.12.2020

Geospatial data and remote sensing services have grown to powerful tools in search of true information about our environment, society and economy. Many..

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Annual 100 m land cover maps on a global scale!
  • Land use,
  • PROBA-V,
  • Copernicus,
  • vegetation

Annual 100 m land cover maps on a global scale!

By Marcel Buchhorn 09.09.2020
At the beginning of 2020, we already showed you how we use PROBA-V observations to map annual land cover changes. After sharing these promising annual..
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A first look at historical land cover changes over the Sahel
  • Land use,
  • Copernicus,
  • global land cover,
  • UTURN

A first look at historical land cover changes over the Sahel

By Niels Souverijns 17.06.2020
For those who already know us or follow us for quite some time it is no big surprise, we have a big interest and expertise in global land cover monitoring..
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Towards mapping annual land cover changes
  • Land use,
  • Copernicus,
  • land cover,
  • land cover viewer

Towards mapping annual land cover changes

By Marcel Buchhorn 07.01.2020

In May 2019, at the ESA Living Planet Symposium, we released the first Global Land Cover Layers, at 100 m resolution (for the year 2015) in the context of..

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Keeping an 'eye' on our European waters
  • Sentinel-2,
  • Copernicus,
  • water quality monitoring,
  • Ireland,
  • Environmental Protection Agency

Keeping an 'eye' on our European waters

By Gary Free 03.07.2019

Nineteen years after the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive, a framework to guarantee that there is enough good-quality water for its..

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Time to release the new and improved land cover maps
  • Land use,
  • PROBA-V,
  • Copernicus,
  • land cover,
  • fractional covers

Time to release the new and improved land cover maps

By Marcel Buchhorn 14.05.2019

Whether you're active in agricultural monitoring, studying climate change impact or even modelling green energy installations, there’s an important..

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Copernicus monitoring the state of the world’s climate
  • EO Data,
  • Copernicus,
  • climate change,
  • essential climate variables,
  • C3S

Copernicus monitoring the state of the world’s climate

By Iskander Benhadj 24.04.2019

Youth for climate, sign for my future, claim the climate … several initiatives have been started all over the world to encourage our policy makers to take..

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Terrascope hits the road!
  • Image Distribution,
  • EO Data,
  • Copernicus,
  • Sentinel,
  • Terrascope

Terrascope hits the road!

By Dennis Clarijs 03.10.2018

Making Earth observation data freely accessible and usable. That is still our main goal with Terrascope, the online platform for user-friendly ..

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Land cover maps tailored to your needs
  • Climate,
  • Land use,
  • Image Processing,
  • EO Data,
  • Copernicus

Land cover maps tailored to your needs

By Marcel Buchhorn 16.11.2017

Static land cover maps are often hard to use in different applications. But with a wide range of user groups, we need more elastic land cover mapping..

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Going the extra mile for Sentinel data
  • Image Distribution,
  • EO Data,
  • Copernicus,
  • Sentinel,
  • Terrascope

Going the extra mile for Sentinel data

By Dennis Clarijs 24.10.2017

To maximize the usability and uptake of Copernicus satellite data, ESA is setting up partnerships or collaborative ground segments in its member states...

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Space Economy
  • Remote Sensing,
  • EO Data,
  • Copernicus,
  • space economy

Space Economy

By Steven Krekels 14.09.2017

Space is inspiring. Space is innovating. Space supersedes barriers we have on earth. Space is about stars, planets, moons, asteroids and astronauts. But..

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Copernicus to maximize the benefit of EO data
  • EO Data,
  • Copernicus,
  • Sentinel

Copernicus to maximize the benefit of EO data

By Ils Reusen 06.06.2017
Massive amounts of Earth observation data are generated by the Sentinel satellites. But how can you get access and retrieve valuable information? The..
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