
Time Series of Sentinel-3 Data
One of the mission needs of Sentinel-3 constellation is directly related to the evaluation of climate change effects on Earth. Indeed the spacecrafts and their payloads haven’t been designed to identify small objects on the ground but to revisit the same region with high frequency. In this respect we have created four different animations in

Sentinel-2 captures the disaster after Sulawesi earthquake in Indonesia
An earthquake of magnitude 7.3 (Richter scale) was recorded at 18.02 local time in the waters of Indonesia, off the island of Sulawesi, last Friday 28 September 2018. According to data from the Italian Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (Ingv) the earthquake had hypocentre at about 20 km of depth. The earthquake triggered a tsunami

(23°31′5″S 68°18′42″W) Salar de Atacama
The image represent the a salt flat, or playa, named Salar de Atacama captured with SAR of the Copernicus Sentinel-1. Chile’s Atacama Desert may be the driest place on Earth it is the world’s third largest salt flat (about 3000 sq km) as well as one of the largest active sources of lithium. Some areas of the

Oceans Mapping with Sentinel-3
Our third step in the framework of World health monitoring and evaluation of climate changes effects on Earth stands on oceans and seas mapping. Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission, as already described for land products, systematically delivers to the community a large dataset of marine products, namely geophysical data extremely useful for the monitoring purposes we described

World Land Mapping with Sentinel-3
The last week we have advertised our new born project aiming to reach a global land and marine monitoring of the World with Sentinel-3. Indeed this mission offers a large dataset of geophysical data really usefull in the framework of the evaluation of climate change effects on Earth. In order to do that and thus

Level 3 Mosaics over Africa
Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission has been designed and developed mainly to focus on the climate changes effects impacting on our planet and is carrying on board several instruments with medium-low resolution in order to pursuit this goal. From this perspective the main strength of the project is not standing in the capabilities to distinguish small objects

“Iceberg-tsunami” on icelandic Jökulsárlón lagoon
Last acquired Copernicus Sentinel-2B image captured an unusual event on the Jökulsárlón lagoon in Iceland where a mini-tsunami was generated by a massive calving on Breiðamerkurjökull outlet glacier. An iceberg had broken off the glacier and was in the process of flipping over when the image was sensed by the Sentinel-2 on perfect timing. As the

Intense Dust Storms in Africa
In late March 2018, strong winds caused by a train of low-pressure areas appeared to fuel the flow of dust across Africa. Dust storms are quite common during the Spring in the Sahara, because the weather used to change with the seasons. However, according to several observers in the region last week’s storms were particularly

Lake Natron
One of the most mysterious places in the world is the Lake Natron (02025‘S 36000‘E), located along the branch of the Rift Valley, known also as Gregory Rift, in the northern Tanzania. The lake is characterized by a wide stretches of water, which will highlight in red during the seasonal flowering of algae. In fact,

(43°N 142°E) Hokkaido: lattice structure
One of the more unusual features of Hokkaido, as seen from space, is a lattice-shaped windbreak forest found in the Konsen Plateau. This pattern is created by trees (primarily larch) planted in a lattice structure to protect farmland and livestock from bitterly cold, blowing winds. There is about 3 km (1.9 mi) between the lattices,