The Ulyssys Water Quality Viewer harnesses the power of Sentinel-2 satellite data to provide comprehensive and accurate water quality assessments. Its intuitive legend and visualization capabilities significantly enhance the user’s ability to interpret and act on environmental data, contributing to better water management and conservation efforts worldwide, particularly in ecologically and economically significant areas like La Mata and Torrevieja salt lagoons.
Category Archives: copernicus
CADALSO DE LOS VIDRIOS: MELANCOLÍA DE TIEMPOS MEJORES
Enclavado en un entorno rural de gran belleza natural (Latitud: 40° 18′ 3” Norte Longitud: 4° 26′ 37” Oeste) Cadalso de los Vidrios se enfrenta a una realidad económica marcada por la fragilidad y la dependencia. Con un tejido industrial prácticamente inexistente, el pueblo se sustenta principalmente en dos pilares: el ínfimo sector agrario y el sector de la construcción y los servicios. Esta dependencia económica limita las oportunidades de desarrollo y aumenta la vulnerabilidad frente a situaciones adversas, entre ellas, la explotación descontrolada de los recursos mineros y forestales.
Sequía en Cataluña – Timelapse 2017-2024
Las restricciones más duras de emergencia por sequía se extenderán a más de seis millones de personas de los 202 municipios de Barcelona y algunas poblaciones de Girona. Así lo ha anunciado este jueves la Generalitat, que suma estas localidades a las 37 (125.000 habitantes) de las comarcas de Alt Empordà, Baix Camp y Baix Llobregat, que ya estaban en la fase más severa desde agosto. Esto significa que casi el 80% de la población catalana vive en una zona en emergencia por la crisis hídrica.
The Remarkable Visibility of Almeria’s Greenhouses from Space
In the sphere of Earth observation and remote sensing, the Almeria greenhouses stand out as an astonishing spectacle visible even from the edge of space, defined by the Kármán line at approximately 100 kilometers in altitude. This unique visibility is not only a testament to the vast scale of human agricultural activity but also a captivating example of the power of satellite-based remote sensing technologies.
No words (or almost)
Visualization 12-11-4 Sentinel 2 in relation to events in and around the Gaza Strip in early October 2023. It is difficult to remain aseptic even when talking about something technical. I will only say that I am ashamed of the world today. I am ashamed of the rulers and the ignorance of those who followContinue reading “No words (or almost)”
Measuring snow coverage using EOB – Earth Observation – Sentinel HUB
Playing with Sentinel 2 images I realized that the amount of snow this year has been very low compared to last winter. Here are a couple of images from January 2022 and 2023 of the Canfranc – Paticosa – Jaca area. One of the most interesting things about this EO browser is that in addition to a standard 2D visualisation, we can visualise in 3D. Here is an video example. Another interesting thing is to be able to quantify the snowfall. There is a snow classifier based on NSDI (Normalized Difference Snow Index, The Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI) snow cover is an index that is related to the presence of snow in a pixel and is a more accurate description of snow detection as compared to Fractional Snow Cover (FSC).
Faible taux d’humidité au Pays Basque. Sérieux ?
Quand vous venez passer le week-end dans un village du Pays Basque et que vous voyez cette image verte ci-dessous, vous vous dites, ho-ho, ici ils n’ont pas eu les problèmes de chaleur et de manque de pluie que nous avons subis dans le centre et le sud de la péninsule. Mais tout à coup, ils vous disent que oui, ils ont aussi souffert et qu’il est impossible qu’ils aient atteint les niveaux d’humidité des autres années…
Inland Water levels… Globally. Copernicus did it again!
The Water Observatory is an Earth-observation-based solution that provides reliable and timely information about surface water levels of waterbodies across the globe. All observations are provided and can be explored interactively via the Water Observatory Dashboard or via RESTful API. The Water Observatory provides a valuable service to local authorities, governmental agencies, natural parks and reserves, agricultural ministries and agencies, stakeholders in food and energy production, and citizens alike.
Google Earth Engine and Dynamic World
Let me please introduce you this “new” LULC source I have come across with recently. The potential of this 10m “clutter” source is being able to acquire data from a few days ago instead of using outdated “very old” 2020 vintage datasets. I know if these days something 2020 is very old then myself, born in 1972 then i’m older than the riverside, older than peeing in a wall, even older than Methuselah. Yes, that’s the way it is nowadays.
Google Earth Engine is a geospatial processing service where you can perform geospatial processing at scale, powered by Google Cloud Platform. The purpose of Earth Engine is to:
Provide an interactive platform for geospatial algorithm development at scale
Enable high-impact, data-driven science
Make substantive progress on global challenges that involve large geospatial datasets
Tracking fires LIVE: Boiro (A Coruña, Spain)
We can track this up as we speak. We can measure burn areas on a regular basis, creating videos, capture images, creating indexes, histograms, etc. Everything for better understanding what is going on and maybe, why not, avoiding it in te future. If you would like more information, dont hesitate to contact us.