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 by Staff Writers Paris (SPX) Jun 08, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic constitutes an unprecedented challenge with severe societal and socio-economic consequences. In order to shed new light on these changes taking place, ESA and the European Commission have worked closely together to create the 'Rapid Action Coronavirus Earth observation' dashboard - also known as RACE. The platform, which was unveiled Friday during an online event, uses Earth observation satellite data to measure the impact of the coronavirus lockdown and monitor post-lockdown recovery. The dashboard allows for the monitoring of key environmental parameters - such as air and water quality changes, economic and human activities including industry, shipping, construction, traffic, as well as agricultural productivity. One of the platform's features allows for the tracking of air pollution worldwide. Using data from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite, the map shows the averaged nitrogen dioxide concentrations over major cities and regions across the world. The RACE dashboard also shows how artificial intelligence can be used to monitor economic indicators. ESA's Director for Earth Observation, Josef Aschbacher, presented two examples of how the combination of artificial intelligence along with commercial satellite data can be used to monitor production changes in the volume of cars at a car manufacturer in Germany, as well as the monitoring of plane traffic at Barcelona Airport. Josef Aschbacher comments, "Unique data from space are pivotal in supporting crisis management during the coronavirus pandemic. In response to this, I am happy to announce the collaboration between ESA and the European Commission in order to help support Europe both now, and during, the economic reboot. "Europe has excellent world-class Earth observation capabilities and we are glad to provide it for the benefit of European and global citizens. The Copernicus programme, together with ESA Earth observation programmes, are sources of vast economic and societal benefits. Across all European countries and ESA Member States, the RACE dashboard showcases examples of how Earth observation data can illustrate both socio-economic and environmental changes." He continues, "Over the following months, the RACE dashboard will be expanded to monitor additional sites across Europe and will be enriched with new data provided by the Copernicus Sentinels and Third Party Missions." Pierre Delsaux, European Commission's Deputy Director General for Defence Industry and Space added, "The tool that we launched [today\ proves the significant potential and versatility of the EU space programme and its contribution to the ambitions of a green, resilient and modern Europe. Space is a strategic sector for the EU, for our resilience and strategic autonomy. RACE shows the role that the EU Space Programme can play for Europe's sustainable, long-term recovery." The RACE dashboard not only includes data provided by the Copernicus Sentinels and ESA Third Party Missions, but also includes contributions from Aerospacelab, Airbus, BIRA-IASB, e-GEOS, CNR ISMAR, EarthPulse, ECMWF, EMSA, EOX, Euro Data Cube, GMV, ICEEYE, KNMI, KSAT, Mundi Web Services, Planetek Hellas, RHEA, SERCO, S and T, S5P PAL, SEN4CAP, Sen4Stat, Sinergise, SISTEMA, SPACEKNOW, SRON, UCLouvain, University of Bremen and Vodafone.
NASA's AIM Spots First Arctic Noctilucent Clouds of the Season Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 29, 2020 Ice-blue clouds are drifting high above the Arctic, which means the Northern Hemisphere's noctilucent cloud season is here. NASA's Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere spacecraft - AIM for short - first spotted wisps of these noctilucent, or night-shining, clouds over the Arctic on May 17. In the week that followed, the ghost-like wisps grew into a blur, quickly filling more of the Arctic sky. This is the second-earliest start of the northern season yet observed, and the season is expected to run thr ... read more
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