ESA : Shanghái .- Shangay

http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2016/10/Shanghái

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• Title Shanghai
• Released 07/10/2016 10:00 am
• Copyright Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2015), processed by ESA
• Description
  The Chinese city of Shanghai is pictured in this Sentinel-2A image from 16 December 2015.
  As well as the country’s most populous city – with over 24 million people – this global financial centre is also the site of the world’s busiest container ports owing to its strategic location on the Yangtze River Delta.
  If we take a closer look at the Yangtze along the top of the image, we can see multiple ships in its waters, as well as in the smaller tributary – the Huangpu River – flowing through the city centre.
  Shanghai’s famous skyline is located on a peninsula on the east side of the river near the centre of the image. What was mainly farmland and countryside until about two decades ago is now home to Shanghai’s skyscrapers, including the Oriental Pearl Tower, casting long dark shadows.
  Another noticeable feature in this area are the brightly coloured rooftops of housing projects in red and blue.
  The city’s historic centre sits on the opposite side of the Huangpu River, appearing darker in colour owing to its dense population. In fact, half of Shanghai’s residents live in this district.
  The Sentinel-2 mission for Europe’s Copernicus programme is tasked with monitoring our changing lands, and that includes cities. With its high-resolution imager, it can track urban expansion and assist urban planners to ensure the sustainable management of densely populated areas.
  This image is featured on the Earth from Space video programme.
• Id 366469

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• Activity Observing the Earth
• Mission Sentinel-2
• System Copernicus
• Location China , Shanghai
• Keywords City , Satellite image
• Set Earth observation image of the week

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ESA : Fire-scarred Madeira .- Fuego con cicatrices en Madeira

http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2016/09/Fire-scarred_Madeira

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• Title Fire-scarred Madeira
• Released 13/09/2016 5:12 pm
• Copyright Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2016), processed by ESA
• Description This image, taken by Sentinel-2A on 17 August 2016, shows how the beautiful lush Portuguese main island of Madeira was devastated by wildfires. Madeira is famous for its rugged green landscape and is home to unique endemic flora and fauna. In fact, two thirds of the island is given over to national park to protect this natural environment.
  These ‘false-colour’ images show vegetation in red and the large black patches left by the fires where they encroached on the capital Funchal in the southeast and also broke out further to the west, leaving the land scarred.
  Carrying a high-resolution multispectral optical imager, Sentinel-2A is used to monitor changes in vegetation. This mission offers key information to optimise crop yield, thereby helping to improve food security. Data can be used to measure leaf area, leaf chlorophyll and leaf water content to monitor plant growth, which is particularly important during the growing season. It will be used to generate land-cover maps, to track changes in the way land is being used and to monitor the world’s forests.
  See animation showing Madeira before and after the wildfires.
• Id 365163

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ESA : Estonia signs up to Sentinel agreement .- Estonia se inscribe en un acuerdo con Sentinel (the Copernicus Sentinel satellites).......

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Estonia_signs_up_to_Sentinel_agreement

Estonia

13 September 2016 ESA and Enterprise Estonia have signed an arrangement that gives one of ESA’s newest Member States access to data from the Copernicus Sentinel satellites.

With four Copernicus satellites – Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-2A and Sentinel-3A – now in orbit, a wealth of complementary imagery and data is being delivered for the Copernicus services.

Led by the EC, the Copernicus programme was put in place to manage the environment and respond to the challenges of a changing world.

As part of the programme, ESA is responsible for the ‘space component’, which not only includes the Sentinel satellites, but also the network of receiving stations and processing centres through which data are made available for the range of Copernicus services.

Estonia is a new ESA Member State, formally joining the Agency in September 2015.

While data from the Sentinel satellites and missions contributing to the Copernicus programme are freely accessible for the Copernicus services, as well as to scientific and other users, the Collaborative Ground Segment Agreement signed today will facilitate Sentinel data exploitation in Estonia.

 

Estonia signs up for Sentinel data

 

The agreement was signed by Josef Aschbacher, ESA’s Director of Earth Observation Programmes, and Madis Võõras, Head of the Space Office Enterprise Estonia.

It not only guarantees that Estonia has access to data, but also ensures that ESA provides technical advice on setting up data acquisition and dissemination, and makes data processing and archiving software available to national initiatives.

Josef Aschbacher said, “We are thrilled to welcome Estonia to our expanding collaborative agreement and this is another important step for Copernicus.

“We are looking forward to seeing the benefits this will bring to a country that is already strong in Earth observation science, applications and data processing.”

Madis Võõras added, “Today marks an important milestone for Estonia. We have many areas of interest, such as agriculture, forestry and maritime surveillance, to name but a few, which will greatly benefit from this cooperation.” 

Estonia is the 12th state to sign the agreement following Greece, Norway, Italy, Finland, Germany, France, UK, Sweden and Canada.

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