New Water Quality Earth Observation Project

Download this page in PDF format Pixalytics is delighted to be part of the team selected through the UK-Australia International Bilateral Programme to deliver AquaWatch AUK, a Satellite Mission Development for Water Monitoring Innovation. The project has been awarded ÂŁ479,000 … Continue reading

Talking About Heatwave Weather!

Download this page in PDF format As everyone knows the British love to talk about the weather, and in the UK we are currently in our official fourth heatwave of the year. A heatwave is declared when temperatures meet or … Continue reading

December Earth Observation Satellites

Download this page in PDF format As we approach the end of 2022, the Earth Observation (EO) industry continues to launch new satellites. This week we’re looking at the world’s two EO powerhouses, China and the United States, and the … Continue reading

Using Satellites To Manage Water Resources

Download this page in PDF format Water has constantly been in the headlines over the last few months. In northern Europe there has been a scarcity of water and concerns about drought, although the rains are starting to arrive. Compare … Continue reading

Celebrating Forests & Water

Download this page in PDF format Whilst most of Europe, and other parts of the world, go into various levels of lockdown and many people will not venturing far outside, this weekend marks two international celebrations: International Day of Forests … Continue reading

November Flooding In Northern England

Download this page in PDF format Last week the Midlands and the North of the UK was subject to a weather system with heavy and persistent rain. In fact, a weather station in Sheffield recorded its greatest ever metrological autumn … Continue reading

SMOS Hits Tin

Download this page in PDF format The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite has just celebrated ten years in orbit, remarkable for a satellite whose mission life was considered to be a minimum of three … Continue reading

Improving Understanding of Plant Water Use

Download this page in PDF format Two separate reports about the use of space data to enhance understanding of how the plant-water cycle operates caught our attention this week, as they relate to products and services we provide. The first … Continue reading

Uganda Water Week & Multiple World Days!

Download this page in PDF format This week I’m in Uganda as part of the Drought and Flood Mitigation Service (DFMS) team for the Uganda Water & Environment Week 2019 (UWEWK2019), which takes place from the 18th to the 22nd … Continue reading

Celebrating 3 Years of Sentinel-3!

Download this page in PDF format On February 16th 2016, just before 6 pm, the third Sentinel of the Copernicus programme, Sentinel-3A was launched. It was joined in space by its twin, Sentinel-3B, twenty-six months later on the 25 April … Continue reading