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NEWS | 03 Apr 2024

EUMETSAT is stepping up its collaboration with African entities to enhance use of satellite data and products in the field of hydrology

Representatives from the African Union Commission (AUC), the Nile, Congo and Niger river basin authorities, national and regional institutions from South Africa, Senegal, Nigeria and East Africa...

Participants in the EUMETSAT-hosted workshop on enhancing use of satellite data and products for hydrology in Africa.

NEWS | 16 Feb 2024

Earth from Space: Côte d'Ivoire

Like many countries in west Africa, Cote d’Ivoire is experiencing the effects of the climate crisis, such as drought. Earth observing satellites, such as Copernicus Sentinel-2, can help...

NEWS | 30 Oct 2023

Product update: Persistent Snow Area

The Copernicus Land Monitoring Service has just released the latest update of its Persistent Snow Area (PSA) product for the hydrological year 2022-2023. The PSA product...

NEWS | 04 Jul 2023

An adaptive method for estimating snow-covered fraction using EO data

Snow cover is an important component of the Earth’s cryosphere and plays a significant role in regulating the Earth’s climate and hydrological cycle. Accurate estimates of snow cover are essential...

NEWS | 19 Apr 2023

How much water do we use for irrigation?

A paper published recently in the journal Earth System Science Data reports on the results of ESA’s Science for Society Irrigation+ project, which aims to show how irrigation...

NEWS | 25 Aug 2022

C3S launches data and apps for water management

The water sector needs tailored information to plan for the future.

Screenshot from the ‘European water and climate data explorer’ showing expected fifty-year flood recurrence for 2041–2070, assuming moderate reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The turquoise areas show a relative increase in flooding, whilst the brown areas show a relative decrease.

NEWS | 21 Feb 2022

Satellite laser altimetry helps monitor global lake water changes in early 21st century

The results showed that those satellites could monitor the level-volume variation of about 6,500 lakes (>10 km 2), and the total water volume of observed lakes accounted...

NEWS | 06 Oct 2021

Irrigation scheduling for viticulture using Sentinel-2

The WineEO project, funded via the ESA Open Call mechanism, is a step in this direction by developing an operational irrigation scheduling service for winegrowers.

NEWS | 06 Oct 2021

In West Africa, monitoring droughts with satellites saves lives

Glimpse inside a Niger-based organisation that uses satellite data to predict when and how wet the rainy season will be.

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