EO NEWS 66: 2023 was among the EU's worst wildfire years in over 20 years
A new factory in Coimbra, Portugal, will assemble three more Portuguese satellites.
📰 Latest news // Últimas notícias
🚀 Two Superview NEO SAR/optical EO satellites were launched on 25 November. Dois satélites Superview NEO SAR/EO óptico foram lançados em 25 de novembro.
🌡️ 2023 was one of the worst years for wildfires in the EU in over two decades. 2023 foi um dos piores anos em termos de incêndios florestais na União Europeia em mais de duas décadas.
🚀 A new factory in Coimbra (Portugal) is set to become the assembly hub for three additional Portuguese satellites. Nova fábrica em Coimbra (Portugal) deverá se tornar o centro de montagem de mais três satélites portugueses.
🌍 The Tanager-1 satellite, part of the Carbon Mapper mission, has identified methane and carbon dioxide super-emitters worldwide. O satélite Tanager-1, parte da missão Carbon Mapper, identificou superemissores de metano e dióxido de carbono em todo o mundo.
An example of a mitigation opportunity near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where Carbon Mapper methane detections from Planet Labs’ Tanager-1 satellite show a large plume of methane from the Seropédica landfill on Sept. 29, with an estimated preliminary emissions rate of 2,836 kilograms per hour. (Source: Planet)
📚 Interesting materials // Materiais interessantes
🛰️ Space LiDAR, a breakthrough technology for atmosphere monitoring. Space LiDAR, uma tecnologia inovadora para monitoramento atmosférico.
🌍 Planet - How Forest Carbon Data Helps Bridge Observation to Action. Planet - Como os dados de carbono florestal ajudam a conectar a observação à ação.
📄 Paper: "Leveraging remote sensing for transparency and accountability in Amazonian commodity supply chains".
🌱 Geospatial Practices for Sustainable Development in East and North-East Asia 2024: A Compendium.
🛰️ The Golden Age of SAR - The next few months will mark a historic leap forward in SAR technology with the launch of three SAR missions, each unlocking new ways to understand our planet. A Era de Ouro do SAR - Os próximos meses marcarão um salto histórico na tecnologia SAR com o lançamento de três missões, cada uma delas revelando novas maneiras de entender nosso planeta.
🛰️ The Sentinel-1 mission debuted ten years ago. Since 2014, the Sentinel-1 mission has generated over 30 petabytes of data. That’s the equivalent of streaming all eight seasons of Game of Thrones in 4K every day for almost 36 years! A missão Sentinel-1 estreou há dez anos. Desde 2014, a missão Sentinel-1 já gerou mais de 30 petabytes de dados. Isso é equivalente a transmitir as oito temporadas de Game of Thrones em 4K diariamente durante quase 36 anos!
🔥 The 2023 annual Forest Fire report was published. O relatório anual de incêndios florestais de 2023 foi publicado.
💼 Job offers // Oportunidades de emprego
Geospatial Data Engineer (London, UK)
Data Scientist - World's Greenhouse Gas (London, UK)
Geospatial Data Scientist (London, UK)
Geologist (Fairbanks, AK)
📆 Upcoming events // Próximos eventos
2025 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (Brisbane, Australia)
14th International Symposium on Digital Earth (Chongqing, China)
Earth observation with the Artificial Intelligence Foundation Models Workshop (Goa, India)
🤳 My content // Meu conteúdo
The most cited GIS paper in the world! 🥇 🗺️ // O artigo GIS mais citado do mundo!
I gave a talk at UNESCO in Paris! What a privilege! - Blue Natural Based Solution Week. Dei uma palestra na UNESCO em Paris! Que privilégio! - Blue Natural Based Solution Week
I had the honor of being a keynote speaker at Geomundus 2024 in Münster (Germany). I discussed “Monitoring Conservation Projects: Integrating Google Earth Engine, Google Colab, and Python.” Tive a honra de ser uma keynote speaker no Geomundus 2024 em Münster (Alemanha). Falei sobre “Monitoramento de Projetos de Conservação: Integração do Google Earth Engine, Google Colab e Python.”
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