While carbon dioxide is more abundant in the atmosphere and therefore more commonly associated with global warming, methane is around 30 times more potent as a heat-trapping gas. Given its importance, Canadian company GHGSat have worked in collaboration with the Sentinel-5P team at SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research to investigate hotspots of methane emissions during COVID-19.
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Dear friends, on June 17, 2020, Gottfried Konecny, former ISPRS president and the most significant living personality in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, will celebrate his 90th birthday. ISPRS and the ISPRS Student Consortium are honoured to announce a special video session at this occasion. The session will be embedded into the ISPRS SC Virtual Rooms entitled „The Wisdom of the While Elephants“, http://sc.isprs.org/virtual-rooms.html?fbclid=IwAR2E968F7mgHUkquo5CMp5WhFNikgoiSXkGkYYZJ50SfvACAFLuBRrom9Vw. The session will be held on June 17, 2020, at 1 pm Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). The programme of the session can be found here. In order to attend the session it will be necessary to register your name and e-mail address. We will distribute the necessary link to do so shortly before the session. Further, it is planned to stream the session via YouTube. The link for this channel will only be available at the beginning of the session and will then be shared via social media of the ISPRS Student Consortium. Looking forward to seeing you in this virtual sessionYours, Christian Heipke
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Earth observation satellites are guardians of our planet. Thanks to remote sensing technology and daily data collection, researchers are able to better monitor our planet's oceans and rising sea levels from space. ESA senior advisor for Earth Observation programmes Jérôme Beneviste explains how ocean views from space play a role in climate change studies and natural catastrophe predictions.
Press Release N° 9–2020
ESA and the European Commission invite media representatives to follow an online event on 5 June at 11:00 CEST where they will present the ‘Rapid Action Coronavirus Earth observation’ dashboard, also known as RACE. The RACE platform provides access to key environmental, economic and social indicators to measure the impact of the coronavirus lockdown and monitor post-lockdown recovery.
The European Space Programmes are playing a key role in managing the COVID-19 pandemic and in particular in supporting emergency and medical operations in all weather, anytime, when they are most needed. We have talked to air ambulance and emergency operators using EGNOS about their experience and how EGNOS is helping them to take care of EU citizens, operate more effectively in these difficult times and save lives.
During this difficult period, the perception of our world has changed and we recognise the health sector and care givers as our new heroes. When patients from remote areas need to be taken to a hospital at night, in difficult weather situations and life is at stake, EGNOS makes the operation safe. Michael Diefenbach, Managing Director of German air ambulance operator Jetcall noted “We do see an increase in complex mission requests that are extremely challenging, both medically as well as from the operational and aviation perspective,” he said.
Patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection need to be transported in an operation that is safe for patients and crew.
The accessibility and efficiency gains offered by EGNOS make it possible to land in adverse weather conditions and limited visibility, which is a major advantage. The gains on mission time might well make the difference between life and death of a critically ill patient in regions with limited medical services available.
Watch this: EGNOS for Aviation - Making Europe's airports more accessible
Jetcall is being funded by the GSA to upgrade two air ambulance aircraft with EGNOS capabilities in order to better serve their clients. EGNOS enables instrument approach procedures best suited for these operations, such as low-level routes, which means being able to fly at low altitude.
Previously, operators had to fly under visual flight rules, and therefore faced restrictions in difficult weather conditions or at night. This type of operation can be implemented at helipads in hospitals without the ground infrastructure costs required in conventional operations. In this way, EGNOS provides a cost efficient and safe solution to transfer patients and medical teams to those hospitals with increased reliability and availability, which is essential to save lives.
“Any tool that allows us to perform faster approaches, to use more remote airfields located closer to the patient, or utilise this last available airport that still accepts us for re-fuel or overnight stops might become mission critical. It makes a huge difference, not only to our ability to execute a mission and stay in business, but most importantly to the patients and their families, who face the very real and present danger of losing a loved one,” Diefenbach said.
“Our clients are constantly looking for two things in their service providers: outstanding quality in the medical services performed on board, and maximum reliability without compromising on flexibility. Having systems like EGNOS services available is definitely an added value as regards mission capability and flexibility and this is highly appreciated by our customers,” he added.
Read this: Maintaining EGNSS operations and security in challenging times: the GSA response
Like Diefenbach, Ivo Airaudi, crew training post holder at the Italian emergency operator Airgreen is also seeing increased challenges in helicopter rescue missions during the COVID-Crisis.
However, helicopters have been called also for transporting medical doctors and equipment on remote sites. In such situations EGNOS is making the operation possible. “Our helicopters are able to work with EGNOS and to profit from its high accuracy and integrity, which is much better than with standard GPS,” he said. “For example, in one of our rescue bases located on Cuneo Airport if we have bad weather conditions using standard procedures, we may not be able to land at an airport. But using LPV (localizer performance with vertical guidance) we are able to land because we have a lower decision altitude,” Airaudi said.
“We are participating in a really interesting project financed by the GSA – the ECARO project. This project will develop these EGNOS enabled low-level routes in additional locations in Italy. This will allow helicopters to move from the north to the south of Italy along many different low-level routes. This will be a really big step forward for us thanks to EGNOS,” he said.
The GSA was pioneer in supporting the implementation of EGNOS-based approaches and low-level routes in Europe, and is funding a large number of operations and helicopter upgrades. As of today, 23 operational helicopter approaches are using EGNOS in Italy, Austria, Norway, Italy, Czech Republic, France, Switzerland and Germany.
Building on users’ needs, the EGNOS Safety of Life Service Definition Document also explicitly reflects rotorcraft operations and, in particular, EGNOS-based Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) operations.
In order to harmonise implementation of operations, the GSA supported the creation of the Five Lives Advisory Group (FLAG) of helicopter users, now consolidated as the European focal point for the coordination of EGNOS-based operations for emergency response. In cooperation with EASA and Eurocontrol, the group now includes more than 40 experts from National Aviation Authorities and Air Navigation Service Providers from all Member States, along with emergency operators and manufacturers working on helicopter operations based on EGNOS. In collaboration with all stakeholders the group has developed a three-year work programme for implementation and support of satellite-based rotorcraft operations and published Safety Guidance material for these operations.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).
The European Space Programmes are playing a key role in managing the COVID-19 pandemic and in particular in supporting emergency and medical operations in all weather, anytime, when they are most needed. We have talked to air ambulance and emergency operators using EGNOS about their experience and how EGNOS is helping them to take care of EU citizens, operate more effectively in these difficult times and save lives.
During this difficult period, the perception of our world has changed and we recognise the health sector and care givers as our new heroes. When patients from remote areas need to be taken to a hospital at night, in difficult weather situations and life is at stake, EGNOS makes the operation safe. Michael Diefenbach, Managing Director of German air ambulance operator Jetcall noted “We do see an increase in complex mission requests that are extremely challenging, both medically as well as from the operational and aviation perspective,” he said.
Patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection need to be transported in an operation that is safe for patients and crew.
The accessibility and efficiency gains offered by EGNOS make it possible to land in adverse weather conditions and limited visibility, which is a major advantage. The gains on mission time might well make the difference between life and death of a critically ill patient in regions with limited medical services available.
Watch this: EGNOS for Aviation - Making Europe's airports more accessible
Jetcall is being funded by the GSA to upgrade two air ambulance aircraft with EGNOS capabilities in order to better serve their clients. EGNOS enables instrument approach procedures best suited for these operations, such as low-level routes, which means being able to fly at low altitude.
Previously, operators had to fly under visual flight rules, and therefore faced restrictions in difficult weather conditions or at night. This type of operation can be implemented at helipads in hospitals without the ground infrastructure costs required in conventional operations. In this way, EGNOS provides a cost efficient and safe solution to transfer patients and medical teams to those hospitals with increased reliability and availability, which is essential to save lives.
“Any tool that allows us to perform faster approaches, to use more remote airfields located closer to the patient, or utilise this last available airport that still accepts us for re-fuel or overnight stops might become mission critical. It makes a huge difference, not only to our ability to execute a mission and stay in business, but most importantly to the patients and their families, who face the very real and present danger of losing a loved one,” Diefenbach said.
“Our clients are constantly looking for two things in their service providers: outstanding quality in the medical services performed on board, and maximum reliability without compromising on flexibility. Having systems like EGNOS services available is definitely an added value as regards mission capability and flexibility and this is highly appreciated by our customers,” he added.
Read this: Maintaining EGNSS operations and security in challenging times: the GSA response
Like Diefenbach, Ivo Airaudi, crew training post holder at the Italian emergency operator Airgreen is also seeing increased challenges in helicopter rescue missions during the COVID-Crisis.
However, helicopters have been called also for transporting medical doctors and equipment on remote sites. In such situations EGNOS is making the operation possible. “Our helicopters are able to work with EGNOS and to profit from its high accuracy and integrity, which is much better than with standard GPS,” he said. “For example, in one of our rescue bases located on Cuneo Airport if we have bad weather conditions using standard procedures, we may not be able to land at an airport. But using LPV (localizer performance with vertical guidance) we are able to land because we have a lower decision altitude,” Airaudi said.
“We are participating in a really interesting project financed by the GSA – the ECARO project. This project will develop these EGNOS enabled low-level routes in additional locations in Italy. This will allow helicopters to move from the north to the south of Italy along many different low-level routes. This will be a really big step forward for us thanks to EGNOS,” he said.
The GSA was pioneer in supporting the implementation of EGNOS-based approaches and low-level routes in Europe, and is funding a large number of operations and helicopter upgrades. As of today, 23 operational helicopter approaches are using EGNOS in Italy, Austria, Norway, Italy, Czech Republic, France, Switzerland and Germany.
Building on users’ needs, the EGNOS Safety of Life Service Definition Document also explicitly reflects rotorcraft operations and, in particular, EGNOS-based Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) operations.
In order to harmonise implementation of operations, the GSA supported the creation of the Five Lives Advisory Group (FLAG) of helicopter users, now consolidated as the European focal point for the coordination of EGNOS-based operations for emergency response. In cooperation with EASA and Eurocontrol, the group now includes more than 40 experts from National Aviation Authorities and Air Navigation Service Providers from all Member States, along with emergency operators and manufacturers working on helicopter operations based on EGNOS. In collaboration with all stakeholders the group has developed a three-year work programme for implementation and support of satellite-based rotorcraft operations and published Safety Guidance material for these operations.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).
The European Space Programmes are playing a key role in managing the COVID-19 pandemic and in particular in supporting emergency and medical operations in all weather, anytime, when they are most needed. We have talked to air ambulance and emergency operators using EGNOS about their experience and how EGNOS is helping them to take care of EU citizens, operate more effectively in these difficult times and save lives.
During this difficult period, the perception of our world has changed and we recognise the health sector and care givers as our new heroes. When patients from remote areas need to be taken to a hospital at night, in difficult weather situations and life is at stake, EGNOS makes the operation safe. Michael Diefenbach, Managing Director of German air ambulance operator Jetcall noted “We do see an increase in complex mission requests that are extremely challenging, both medically as well as from the operational and aviation perspective,” he said.
Patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection need to be transported in an operation that is safe for patients and crew.
The accessibility and efficiency gains offered by EGNOS make it possible to land in adverse weather conditions and limited visibility, which is a major advantage. The gains on mission time might well make the difference between life and death of a critically ill patient in regions with limited medical services available.
Watch this: EGNOS for Aviation - Making Europe's airports more accessible
Jetcall is being funded by the GSA to upgrade two air ambulance aircraft with EGNOS capabilities in order to better serve their clients. EGNOS enables instrument approach procedures best suited for these operations, such as low-level routes, which means being able to fly at low altitude.
Previously, operators had to fly under visual flight rules, and therefore faced restrictions in difficult weather conditions or at night. This type of operation can be implemented at helipads in hospitals without the ground infrastructure costs required in conventional operations. In this way, EGNOS provides a cost efficient and safe solution to transfer patients and medical teams to those hospitals with increased reliability and availability, which is essential to save lives.
“Any tool that allows us to perform faster approaches, to use more remote airfields located closer to the patient, or utilise this last available airport that still accepts us for re-fuel or overnight stops might become mission critical. It makes a huge difference, not only to our ability to execute a mission and stay in business, but most importantly to the patients and their families, who face the very real and present danger of losing a loved one,” Diefenbach said.
“Our clients are constantly looking for two things in their service providers: outstanding quality in the medical services performed on board, and maximum reliability without compromising on flexibility. Having systems like EGNOS services available is definitely an added value as regards mission capability and flexibility and this is highly appreciated by our customers,” he added.
Read this: Maintaining EGNSS operations and security in challenging times: the GSA response
Like Diefenbach, Ivo Airaudi, crew training post holder at the Italian emergency operator Airgreen is also seeing increased challenges in helicopter rescue missions during the COVID-Crisis.
However, helicopters have been called also for transporting medical doctors and equipment on remote sites. In such situations EGNOS is making the operation possible. “Our helicopters are able to work with EGNOS and to profit from its high accuracy and integrity, which is much better than with standard GPS,” he said. “For example, in one of our rescue bases located on Cuneo Airport if we have bad weather conditions using standard procedures, we may not be able to land at an airport. But using LPV (localizer performance with vertical guidance) we are able to land because we have a lower decision altitude,” Airaudi said.
“We are participating in a really interesting project financed by the GSA – the ECARO project. This project will develop these EGNOS enabled low-level routes in additional locations in Italy. This will allow helicopters to move from the north to the south of Italy along many different low-level routes. This will be a really big step forward for us thanks to EGNOS,” he said.
The GSA was pioneer in supporting the implementation of EGNOS-based approaches and low-level routes in Europe, and is funding a large number of operations and helicopter upgrades. As of today, 23 operational helicopter approaches are using EGNOS in Italy, Austria, Norway, Italy, Czech Republic, France, Switzerland and Germany.
Building on users’ needs, the EGNOS Safety of Life Service Definition Document also explicitly reflects rotorcraft operations and, in particular, EGNOS-based Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) operations.
In order to harmonise implementation of operations, the GSA supported the creation of the Five Lives Advisory Group (FLAG) of helicopter users, now consolidated as the European focal point for the coordination of EGNOS-based operations for emergency response. In cooperation with EASA and Eurocontrol, the group now includes more than 40 experts from National Aviation Authorities and Air Navigation Service Providers from all Member States, along with emergency operators and manufacturers working on helicopter operations based on EGNOS. In collaboration with all stakeholders the group has developed a three-year work programme for implementation and support of satellite-based rotorcraft operations and published Safety Guidance material for these operations.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).
The European Space Programmes are playing a key role in managing the COVID-19 pandemic and in particular in supporting emergency and medical operations in all weather, anytime, when they are most needed. We have talked to air ambulance and emergency operators using EGNOS about their experience and how EGNOS is helping them to take care of EU citizens, operate more effectively in these difficult times and save lives.
During this difficult period, the perception of our world has changed and we recognise the health sector and care givers as our new heroes. When patients from remote areas need to be taken to a hospital at night, in difficult weather situations and life is at stake, EGNOS makes the operation safe. Michael Diefenbach, Managing Director of German air ambulance operator Jetcall noted “We do see an increase in complex mission requests that are extremely challenging, both medically as well as from the operational and aviation perspective,” he said.
Patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection need to be transported in an operation that is safe for patients and crew.
The accessibility and efficiency gains offered by EGNOS make it possible to land in adverse weather conditions and limited visibility, which is a major advantage. The gains on mission time might well make the difference between life and death of a critically ill patient in regions with limited medical services available.
Watch this: EGNOS for Aviation - Making Europe's airports more accessible
Jetcall is being funded by the GSA to upgrade two air ambulance aircraft with EGNOS capabilities in order to better serve their clients. EGNOS enables instrument approach procedures best suited for these operations, such as low-level routes, which means being able to fly at low altitude.
Previously, operators had to fly under visual flight rules, and therefore faced restrictions in difficult weather conditions or at night. This type of operation can be implemented at helipads in hospitals without the ground infrastructure costs required in conventional operations. In this way, EGNOS provides a cost efficient and safe solution to transfer patients and medical teams to those hospitals with increased reliability and availability, which is essential to save lives.
“Any tool that allows us to perform faster approaches, to use more remote airfields located closer to the patient, or utilise this last available airport that still accepts us for re-fuel or overnight stops might become mission critical. It makes a huge difference, not only to our ability to execute a mission and stay in business, but most importantly to the patients and their families, who face the very real and present danger of losing a loved one,” Diefenbach said.
“Our clients are constantly looking for two things in their service providers: outstanding quality in the medical services performed on board, and maximum reliability without compromising on flexibility. Having systems like EGNOS services available is definitely an added value as regards mission capability and flexibility and this is highly appreciated by our customers,” he added.
Read this: Maintaining EGNSS operations and security in challenging times: the GSA response
Like Diefenbach, Ivo Airaudi, crew training post holder at the Italian emergency operator Airgreen is also seeing increased challenges in helicopter rescue missions during the COVID-Crisis.
However, helicopters have been called also for transporting medical doctors and equipment on remote sites. In such situations EGNOS is making the operation possible. “Our helicopters are able to work with EGNOS and to profit from its high accuracy and integrity, which is much better than with standard GPS,” he said. “For example, in one of our rescue bases located on Cuneo Airport if we have bad weather conditions using standard procedures, we may not be able to land at an airport. But using LPV (localizer performance with vertical guidance) we are able to land because we have a lower decision altitude,” Airaudi said.
“We are participating in a really interesting project financed by the GSA – the ECARO project. This project will develop these EGNOS enabled low-level routes in additional locations in Italy. This will allow helicopters to move from the north to the south of Italy along many different low-level routes. This will be a really big step forward for us thanks to EGNOS,” he said.
The GSA was pioneer in supporting the implementation of EGNOS-based approaches and low-level routes in Europe, and is funding a large number of operations and helicopter upgrades. As of today, 23 operational helicopter approaches are using EGNOS in Italy, Austria, Norway, Italy, Czech Republic, France, Switzerland and Germany.
Building on users’ needs, the EGNOS Safety of Life Service Definition Document also explicitly reflects rotorcraft operations and, in particular, EGNOS-based Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) operations.
In order to harmonise implementation of operations, the GSA supported the creation of the Five Lives Advisory Group (FLAG) of helicopter users, now consolidated as the European focal point for the coordination of EGNOS-based operations for emergency response. In cooperation with EASA and Eurocontrol, the group now includes more than 40 experts from National Aviation Authorities and Air Navigation Service Providers from all Member States, along with emergency operators and manufacturers working on helicopter operations based on EGNOS. In collaboration with all stakeholders the group has developed a three-year work programme for implementation and support of satellite-based rotorcraft operations and published Safety Guidance material for these operations.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).
In this week's edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over part of Abu Dhabi – one of the seven emirates that constitute the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
See also Abu Dhabi to download the image.
O tom, jakou roli hrají GIS technologie v rámci tzv. Chytré karantény, promluvil na středeční odborné konferenci NZIS & ISIN Open 2020 plk. Ing. Petr Šnajdárek, náčelník štábu Centrálního řídícího týmu COVID-19 (CŘT).
S cílem omezit šíření COVID-19 připravuje CŘT každodenní analýzy a predikce vývoje situace, zabezpečuje operativní řízení, navrhuje systémová opatření, která předkládá ke schvalování vládě ČR, a samozřejmě se pak stará i o jejich monitoring a vyhodnocování. S tím vším na CŘT pomáhá i technologie ArcGIS.
Ve své přednášce plk. Ing. Petr Šnajdárek ocenil zejména možnost vytvoření jednotného situačního obrazu nad mapou, který nejenže usnadňuje vlastní monitoring, ale pomáhá i při tvorbě nejrůznějších predikcí a díky přístupu k datovým sadám z Německa a Polska je využit také při vyhodnocování přeshraniční situace.
Open Data Challenge focusing on citizen-science data has been launched by the WeObserve project. The Challenge’s ultimate goal is to find new approaches and solutions to respond to environmental challenges through open datasets, as well as to produce applications and services and showcase citizen science data for public benefit. The Challenge will focus on the following […]
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