Last week I attended the 34th Symposium of the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories, known as EARSeL, in Warsaw, Poland. Originally formed in 1977, EARSeL is a scientific network of academic and commercial remote sensing organisations. It aims include: … Continue reading
Author Archives: Sam
Pareto’s Principle and the Micro-Business
In last week’s blog we talked about the fact that running your own company gives you the freedom to explore your passion, with the flip side of the need to bring in money to pay your salary. Micro-business owners are … Continue reading
Our Second Birthday!
At the end of last week LinkedIn reminded me that Pixalytics had now been in existence for two years. Where has the time gone? The first six months were spent transitioning out of my old company, setting up Pixalytics, having … Continue reading
The Science Behind Springwatch
Last Wednesday Pixalytics made it’s TV debut on the BBC2 Springwatch programme, where they showed a video we’d made on phytoplankton blooms. The video was based on NASA MODIS-Aqua daily images. MODIS, or the Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, is an optical sensor that’s … Continue reading
Measuring Water Heights, upcoming presentation at GEO-Business
Freshwater is integral to our survival on earth; whether it’s for drinking, growing food, sanitation or energy production. However, water is also a finite natural resource controlled by the complex and evolving water cycle. Many people know that 97% of … Continue reading
Vienna!
Last week I was in Vienna, Austria, attending the 2014 European Geophysical Union (EGU) General Assembly. It was a scientific smorgasbord laid in front of over 12,000 people from 106 countries. Over 4,800 oral presentations were given and 9,500 posters … Continue reading
Report on Last Week’s Global Oceans Action Summit
Last week I attended the Global Oceans Action Summit for Food Security and Blue Growth; held at The World Forum in The Hague (the Netherlands). It brought together 500 ocean stakeholders from over 80 countries to address the three key … Continue reading
Home from Hawaii
I got back to a ‘cold’ UK on Saturday afternoon after spending last week at Ocean Sciences 2014. It was a fantastic conference with over 5,600 attendees. My scientific highlights were: The Surface Ocean Layer Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) session on … Continue reading
Settling in at the 2014 Ocean Sciences Meeting
I’m feeling a bit guilty writing this with everyone in the UK still experiencing the wet wintery weather, as I’m in Honolulu, Hawaii at the 2014 Ocean Sciences Meeting. I arrived around midnight last Friday and spent Saturday morning relaxing … Continue reading
Collaboration in Earth Observation
Collaboration is a key part of modern scientific discovery and advancement. Scientists attend conferences to present their work, and then have the opportunity to debate with peers the relative merits of their chosen methodology and its results. Both participating in, … Continue reading
