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How MACCS estimates Aerosol Optical Depth.

=> I already explained in this blog  the principles of estimation of the aerosol optical thickness that we use to process the LANDSAT or SPOT5 (Take5) data, and soon Venµs or Sentinel-2 data, within the MACCS method developed at CESBIO, and used at CNES by THEIA. We started writing an article in 2010 to explain […]

09.03.2015

Sentinel-2A Launch date/Date de lancement Sentinel 2A

ESA just released the new launch date of Sentinel-2A. L’ESA vient d’annoncer la nouvelle date officielle de lancement de Sentinel-2A.

27.02.2015

Venµs 140 – 75 SPOT5 (Take5)

=> It might look like a basket ball score, but it is only the number of proposals received for VENµS and SPOT5 (Take5) calls. One day before VENµS’s deadline, on February the 16th, it looked like it would end as a draw, but 60 proposals were received on the last 24 hours by Gérard Dedieu, […]

20.02.2015

Multitemp 2015

=> Although there is no link between this blog and the Multitemp 2015 symposium,I am happy to support this international symposium dedicated to the applications and techniques to use the remote sensing image time series. (And maybe they will not sue us for using a similar name for this blog…). That’s the reason why I accepted […]

16.02.2015

SPOT5 (Take5) is getting ready

=> The SPOT5 (Take5) project, lead by Sylvia Sylvander at CNES et Bianca Hoersch at ESA is getting ready. Here a a few news about the agenda of the coming months : The first SPOT5 (Take5) picture will be taken only two months from now, and we have a lot of work ahead !  

08.02.2015

Deadlines / Echéances

Please be aware of 3 deadlines in February :    Attention ! Attention ! Plusieurs échéances approchent :

27.01.2015

All LANDSAT 8 data acquired over France in 2014 are now available at Level 2A

=> My colleagues from the THEIA production center at CNES just processed the last Level 2A LANDSAT 8 products acquired in 2014 over France. Weather was quite good during the last days of 2014 and a large number of cloud free pixels are available. To download them  :http://spirit.cnes.fr/resto/Landsat/To access the documentation :https://www.cesbio.cnrs.fr/multitemp/?page_id=3487  THEIA now distributes all the […]

21.01.2015

Happy 20th birthday, CESBIO !

Le CESBIO vient juste de fêter son vingtième anniversaire ! Pour notre grande fiesta, Simon Gascoin a édité de beaux posters artistiques, dont l’un est basé sur la série SPOT4 (Take5) du Paraguay, qui illustre ce blog. Nous vous l’offrons pour impression… CESBIO just turned 20 ! For our big fiesta, our colleague Simon Gascoin […]

17.01.2015

USGS releases LANDSAT 8 data corrected from atmospheric effects

=> Since Christmas (almost, December 23rd), USGS distributes LANDSAT 8 data corrected from atmospheric effects, as they already did for LANDSAT 5 and 7. These data have been long awaited and will be very useful. Of course, USGS processing addresses the whole world. To access these products, you should use the earthexplorer.server. You will find the […]

07.01.2015

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