An interesting paper was published this week that provides confidence in the accuracy of oceanic Earth Observation data. An European Space Agency (ESA) funded study led by Howarth et al published the paper ‘Global sea-level budget and ocean-mass budget, with … Continue reading
Two reports this week demonstrating the issues and importance of maintaining dataset continuity. Firstly, the Canadian firm, MDA, announced at the beginning of February that they were making progress with the RadarSat-2 Continuity Mission. MDA, who own and operate Radarsat-2, … Continue reading
The latest satellite of the Copernicus Sentinel family was launched last Saturday, 21st November, at 17.17 GMT. Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich was taken into orbit by SpaceX via the Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, USA, … Continue reading
Last month was the 25th Anniversary of LITE – the Lidar In-space Technology Experiment (LITE) that was the principal payload on the Discovery Space shuttle mission STS-64, which took place between the 9th and 20th of September 1994.  Whilst you … Continue reading
August 10th 1992 marked the launch of the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite, the first major oceanographic focussed mission. Twenty five years, and three successor satellites, later the dataset begun by TOPEX/Poseidon is going strong providing sea surface height measurements. TOPEX/Poseidon was a … Continue reading
The Jason-3 oceanographic satellite is planned to launch on Sunday 17th January from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, aboard the Space-X Falcon 9 rocket. Named after the Greek hero Jason, of the Argonauts fame, Jason-3 is actually the fourth … Continue reading
Coral reefs are currently undergoing their third worldwide bleaching event linked to the El Niño effect in the last 20 years, and scientists fear this one could be the worst. El Niño is the warm phase of the El Niño … Continue reading
Accurately measuring the height of buildings, mountains or water bodies is possible from space. Active satellite sensors send out pulses of energy towards the Earth, and measure the strength and origin of the energy received back enabling them to determine … Continue reading
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
