To compute a cloud free synthesis of surface reflectances every month, a good repetitivity of observations is necessary. The weighted average method we developed at CESBIO, and which will be part of ESA’s sen2agri system was coded by Cosmin Udroiu at CS Romania. It was meant to work with both Sentinel-2 sensors and an observation every […]
=> Climate variability has a strong impact on maize yield. For example, the strong drought that occurred in 2016 led to lower yields across France, even for irrigated fields. Yield estimates have a significant strategic and economic importance. High spatial and temporal resolution remote sensing data are a valuable tool for providing yield estimates at […]
=> La variabilité climatique a un fort impact sur le rendement du maïs. Par exemple, les fortes sécheresses de 2016 ont conduit, même pour les parcelles irriguées, à une baisse des rendements à travers la France. Les estimations des rendements présentent un enjeu stratégique et économique important. La télédétection à haute résolution spatiale et temporelle […]
In Central Asia former soviet republics, pre-independence water allocation and irrigation system infrastructure were well maintained and operated with massive funding from the central government of the Former Soviet Union. Since independence, the situation has changed dramatically politically, institutionally and technically. Political transition from a planned to a market economy has introduced ‘new’ concepts such […]
=> It is true that many of us can be moved by the Landsat L2A data produced by THEIA, but this time, the data were literally moved. The presently used downloading site http://theia.cnes.fr is being prepared to host Sentinel-2A data produced by the operational MUSCATE ground segment, and meanwhile, the prototype center goes on producing LANDSAT […]
=>Beaucoup d’utilisateurs nous l’ont dit, « elles déménagent vos données », mais cette fois, c’est au sens propre. En effet, le site de téléchargement actuel http://theia.cnes.fr se prépare à accueillir les données sentinel-2 produites par le centre de production MUSCATE opérationnel,. Pendant ce temps, le centre prototype continue à traiter les données LANDSAT sur la France, mais […]
=> Le volcan Kilauea à Hawaï est un des plus actifs au monde. Cela fait déjà plus de trente ans qu’il est entré en éruption, mais il a fait les gros titres récemment car ses coulées ont atteint l’océan Pacifique, agrandissant le territoire hawaïen de deux hectares d’un coup ! Voilà une technique efficace pour […]
=> Kilauea Volcano in the largest active volcano in Hawaii and one of the most active on Earth. It has been erupting for over 30 years now but hit the headlines recently because a large lava flow traveled up to the ocean, adding 2 brand new hectares to the Hawaiian Islands.
After reading my previous post about the Rutog ice avalanche, my distinguished colleagues Antoine R. and Olivier H. challenged me to look for a pre-event image to better highlight the avalanche area. The closest clear-sky image that I could find is a Landsat-8 image that was acquired on June 24 (23 days before the slide).