EOMasters Newsletter #032

Hello EO-Masters!

This time I want to share the intermediate results of the survey. It is quite interesting.

And I have collected some great tutorials which I want to share with you too.

Now, let's head over to the news.

In this Issue:

EOMasters News

• Results of the Survey

• Great SNAP Tutorials

   

EO and RS

• ESA Provides Landsat-5 Collections Over Europe and North Africa

• Moon Observation with Sentinel-2C

• Better Climate Projections by Combining AI With Satellite Data
    

Software, Tools and Services

• Sen2Cor 2.12 Released

• GeoTools 32.0 Released

EOMasters News

Results of the Survey

Thanks for your feedback so far. It is really helpful.

It shows that you are not much interested in enhancements for SNAP Desktop. Also, you are not interested in a new and faster version of GPF or a cluster which could improve your processing. This is surprising to me. At least I thought a better GPF would generate more interest.

The survey shows that all of you are interested in a super-resolved S2 product. And I can tell you that I'm already working on this.

Also, you are interested in support of more data formats and the support merging Sentinel-2 tiles and the support of DL&ML models. A generic tool which allows to download data from multiple data providers seems to be attractive to you.

I will take this into account in my further developments.

You can still provide your feedback. Visit the questionnaire and let me know.

Thanks again for your feedback.

• EO-Masters Feedback

Great SNAP Tutorials

In the last weeks I have posted a SNAP tutorial per day on social media. I have now collected all in a blog post.

The tutorials cover a range of different topics, and there are tutorials for beginners and experts.

Are you aware of other great tutorials? Share them in the comments below the blog article.

• List of Great Tutorials for ESA SNAP

EO and RS News

ESA Provides Landsat-5 Collections Over Europe and North Africa

Image: ESA

ESA announced three new collections of Landsat-5 data now available to the public. The data, sourced from ESA’s archive, includes high-quality, cloud-free images, making it valuable for geospatial applications.
These collections provide comprehensive coverage of Europe and North Africa, enhancing access to historical satellite imagery for various applications such as research, environmental monitoring, agriculture, forestry management, urban planning, and environmental protection.
 

• New Landsat-5 TM Data Collections Opened to Users

Moon Observation with Sentinel-2C

Image: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2024), processed by ESA

The Copernicus Sentinel-2C satellite captured its first image of the Moon on 20 September, showcasing its versatility beyond Earth observation. This image, intended for calibration, revealed notable lunar features like the Copernicus and Tycho Craters. The satellite, launched on 5 September 2024, will regularly image the Moon to ensure the accuracy of its Earth observation data. This process helps detect and correct any performance changes in the satellite’s instruments, maintaining precise radiometric accuracy throughout its mission.

• Sentinel-2C captures stunning glimpse of the Moon

Better Climate Projections by Combining AI With Satellite Data

Image: Eyring et al., Nature Geoscience (2024a)

The introduced novel approach integrates artificial intelligence (AI) into Earth system models to enhance climate projections. By combining high-resolution satellite data with AI, the researchers aim to improve the accuracy and speed of climate models, addressing current limitations. This method allows for better representation of complex climate processes and has the potential to create more realistic digital twins of the Earth system.

• Artificial intelligence and satellite data to improve climate projections

Software, Tools and Services

Sen2Cor 2.12 Released

New Sen2Cor release! This really needed updated version of Sen2Cor supporting the Processing Baseline 05.11 has finally been released. It comes along with several other improvements.

• Release of Sen2Cor 2.12

GeoTools 32.0 Released

The new release includes besides bug fixes these improvements and new features:

• Add AUTO code (97004) for Geostationary satellite projection

• Add a max and a min merge mode for image mosaics

• MemoryMappedRandomAccessFile for NetCDF Reading

• and many more

• GeoTools 32.0 Released

Newsletter Archive

For past editions of this newsletter, you can visit the archive.

That's it for this issue. I hope you enjoyed this collection of news. Stay tuned for the next edition, which will arrive in your inbox in about two weeks.

Tschüss and Goodbye!

Marco 

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