EO programs:
Artic colors project
Archaeology from space
Invaluable eyes in te sky
Summary of ESA missions
Monitoring our changing planet
NASA - interactive satellite tracker
2014: a big year for NASA Earth Science
Unleashing the power of Earth observations
Multi-talented Earth-observing satellite launched
US government's Earth observations 2011 budget
Continuity of NASA Earth observations from space
Dream Chaser space plane program off the ground
PRISMA: small innovative Earth observation mission
NASA turns 55: an Ars Technica tribute to space flight
New dimensions to monitor Earth prove ever-more useful
UN-SPIDER: space-based information for crowdsource mapping
Crafting geoinformation - the art and science of Earth observation
World's major development banks look closer at Earth observation
Maintaining large-scale satellite constellations using logistics approach
Earth observation satellite Worldview-4 with a resolution 30cm launched
Planetary Resources raises funding and unveils advanced EO capability
From hotspots to hopespots: connecting local changes to global audiences
Data Cube - the future of Earth observation data management and analysis
Scientists may have solved mystery surrounding light flashes reflecting off Earth
Nothing escapes the global ear: nuclear tests, volcanoes, earthquakes or meieors
Viewing Earth from space:
Earthrise
New NASA images of Earth
NASA's global Earth selfie 2014
You are not where you think you are
Sentinel-06 Michael Freilich first light sea level
NASA GOLD captures its first image of the Earth
First ever direct measurement of the Earth’s rotation
GLIMR: NASA targets coastal ecosystems with new space sensor
Japan's new satellite captures an image of Earth every 10 minutes
Illuminating gases in the sky: NASA technology pinpoints potent greenhouse gases
GOES program:
GOES
GOES-R
GOES 13 time lapse video
GOES 6 months time lapse video
10 years of GOES data visulaized in 3 minutes
GOES-S and GOES-T satellites coming together
GOES-R improvements to provide stunning, continuous full-disk imagery
DSCOVR/EPIC program:
BlueTurn
DSCOVR
DSCOVR data - the 2 solstices
Deep space climate observatory
DSCOVR data - Asian analemma
DSCOVR data - Americas analemma
DSCOVR data - Europe/Africa analemma
NASA satellite provides 'EPIC' view of Earth
DSCOVR Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC)
DSCOVR: first operational satellite in deep space reaches final orbit
CubeSats, Microsatellites & NanoSatellites:
Launching the small satellite revolution
Small satellites a big deal for remote sensing
Minature weather satellites launched into orbit
RAVAN cubesat measures Earth's outgoing energy
NASA small satellites set to take a fresh look at Earth
NASA's space cubes: small satellites provide big payoffs
NASA selects cubesat, Smallsat mission concept studies
Japan advances university-led microsatellite constellation
Hello, goodbye. First interplanerary cubesats zip past Mars
Student-built space weather satellite targets killer electrons
Cubesat launch initiative opens space to educators, nonprofits
Small spacecraft makes 1st 883-gigahertz global ice-cloud map
NASA to launch 6 small satellites to monitor, study tropical cyclones
Low-cost instrument developed by high school students could aid severe weather research
Earth topography and mapping:
Landsat looks and sees
GRACE: gravity is climate
Delving inside Earth from space
Landsat - a planetary perspective
ATM: Airborne Topographic Mapper
More accurate topography from space
GOCE reveals gravity dip from ice loss
A step closer to mapping the Earth in 3D
MMS: Magnetosphere Multiscale mission
NASA radar to study volcanoes in Alaska, Japan
Deploying a wireless sensor network on an active volcano
Mapping gravity, magnetism & inner Earth:
NMR using Earth's magnetic field
SWARM 'delivers on magnetic promise'
Surveying Earth's interior with atomic clocks
Researchers reveal new technique for measuring gravity
Technologies for weather and climate monitoring:
AMS: Earth observations, science and services for the 21st century
WMO highlights importance of radio frequencies for Earth observations
SwRI awarded $54M contract to develop QuickSounder weather satellite
Accurate water vapour measurements for improved weather and climate models
Meteorological satellites make growing contribution to socio-economic development
Weather:
MetOp-A from Europe
AIRS and weather science
Watch could make you a walking weather station
Europe secures new generation of weather satellites
Balloon-borne disposable radiometer for cloud detection
Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS II)
NASA to launch JPSS-1 global satellite to track extreme weather patterns
NASA launches two satellites from NZ as part of cyclone-monitoring project
Latest progress of Chinese meteorological satellite program and core data processing technologies
Precipitation:
NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM)
International global precipitation measurement mission data goes public
First images available from NASA-JAXA global rain and snowfall satellite
Lightning:
Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM)
Wind:
Aeolus: preparing to fly the wind
Aeolus wows with first wind data
Probing the core of tropical cyclones
ESA-SMOS-Super storm tracked by ESA water mission
Taiwan launches unmanned aircraft for typhoon research
NASA mission sending unmanned aircraft over hurricanes
The scatterometer: watching the winds where sea meets sky
Under pressure: stormy weather sensor for hurricane forecasting
Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems - D (TEMPEST-D)
Unmanned aerial systems successfully measure atmospheric turbulence above Indian Ocean
Temperature:
Flying thermometers
Radio waves measure atmospheric temperature changes
Temperature tracking device for packages may have climate metrology applications
Humidity:
Researchers use graphene quantum dots to detect humidity and pressure
Snow:
Snow radar (CReSIS)
NASA airborne snow observatory
NASA cold weather airborne campaign to measure falling snow
Scientists deploy lasers, GPS technology to improve snow measurements
New NASA airborne campaigns to explore snowstorms, river deltas, climate
Ice:
ICESat-2
Cryosat hits land
Cryosat goes to sea
Ice data at your fingertips
CryoSat ice data now open to all
CryoSat ice satellite rides new waves
NASA's Icebridge seeking new view of changing sea ice
Custom-designed radar measures Antarctic ice with millimetre accuracy
Ocean:
FLOWBEC
ARGO Floats
Aquarius: ocean salinity
SMOS has a better look at salinity
Putting IoT into the world's oceans
ESA's sharp eyes on coastal waters
China launches new marine satellite
CORAL/PRISM for coastlines and reefs
UW instals on-line deep-sea observatory
Observing ocean acidification from space
Ocean measurements from space in 2025
NASA mission will observe Earth's salty seas
The color of the ocean: the SABIA-Mar mission
Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) data now live
The precarious future of ocean color satellite imagery
CRYOSAT sets new standard for measuring sea level
Swarm satellite mission to try to sense ocean magnetism
Jason: last transmitter dies, finalizing retirement for ocean-sensing satellite
SSTL demostrates innovative method for measuring ocean winds and waves from space
Greenhouse gases & climate:
Measuring our climate - photos
Modelling Earth's climate from space
Measuring CO2 to fight global warming
China launches CO2 monitoring satellite
Methane measurements at low level flight
Minature sensors may advance climate studies
SAGE: Stratosperic Aerosol and Gas Experiment
NASA;s orbiting carbon observatory-3 gets first datat
Drones poised to be new climate surveillance workhorses
Wireless sensor network monitors microclimate in the forest
New US research push to better measure climate emissions
NASA selects new instrument to continue key climate record
NIST 'combs' the atmosphere to measure greenhouse gases
Climate change math in treaties flawed by suspect calculations
What can the Mars rover tell us about climate change on Earth?
Application of ICT for climate change adaptation in the water sector
Innovation in spectroscopy could improve greenhouse gas detection
FORUM 2026 launch to measure far-IR outgoing radaiation from TOA
SAGE III to provide highly accurate measrements of atmospheric gases
New research brings satellite measurements and global climate models closer
Technologies for environmental monitoring:
NASA ECOSTRESS maps LA's hot spots
Drones promise to improve ecological modelling
NASA sends terrabytes of data to African environmental scientists
Center for Transformative Environmental Monitoring Programs (CTEMPS)
Remote sensing techniques for studying coastal ecosystems: an overview
New eyes in the sky - technique to help pollution forecasters see past clouds
Improving environmental change research with systematic techniques for qualitative scenarios
Academic and research capacity development in Earth observation for environmental management
Air quality:
How to catch aerosols in the act
On the trail of a hazy global killer
AIRS (Atmosperic infraRed Sounder)
The future of monitoring air quality from space
Water quality:
Floating sensor network
TROPOMI finds source of pollutants
Water resource applications with RADARSAT-2
Earth observation for water resource management
Water quantity - location of streamflow gauging stations
NASA PACE: Plankton, Aerosols, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem
New research leads to sensors that detect contaminants in water
Measuring mercury levels: nano-velcro detects water-borne toxic metals
Soil:
COSMOS (COsmic-ray Soil Mositure Observing System)
A new way to study permafrost soil, above and below ground
Vegetation:
ECOSTRESS will monitor plant health
New NASA probe will study Earth's forests in 3D
ESA investigates new methods of mapping tropical forest from space
Technologies for disaster management & emergency response:
Watching over you
Saving lives with satellites
Sensing disasters from space
FINDER: radar for locating disaster victims
New satellite may make food prediction easier
NASA developing natural hazard warning systems
UK celebrates a decade of disaster monitoring from space
Low-cost imaging system detects natural gas leaks in real time
Space-based information for Disaster Preparedness and Risk Management
UN platform for SPace-based Information for Disaster management and Emergency Response (SPIDER)
Technologies for earthquake & tsunami monitoring:
Earthquake monitoring systems
GOCE: the first seismometer in space
Scientists detect seismic signals from tornado
Quake-detection app captured nearly 400 temblors worldwide
Earth's many voices - a unified theory for pre-earthquake signals
Newly developed seismogeodesy for rapid earthquake and tsunami charcterization
Team develops new, inexpensive method for understanding earthquake topography
EO Dashboards:
Tri-agency (NASA, ESA, JAXA) Earth Observing dashboard
Other newly developed EO & Space sensor technologies:
BOSS
HIPPO
ATTREX
ModelPROBE
ESA's Sentinel pogram
ICON miission overview
WFIRST infrared telescope
Mobile LIDAR expanding rapidly
Registry of geophysical equipment
Large ring lasers for rotation sensing
A new radiocarbon yardstick from Japan
Sentinel-1 satellites combine radar vision
World's best thermometer made from light
China launches new space science program
DARPA achieves circuit speed of one terahertz
Sensors: drawing a line with carbon nanotubes
More gold - and other minerals - in them thar hills?
New imaging tool directly measures liquid surfaces
DESHIMA: development of innovative radio receivers
'First light' taken by NASA's newest CERES instrument
Giant surveillance balloons are lurking at the edge of space
SMILE: Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer
New instruments developed for finding extraterrestrial bacteria
UK Government investment brings low cost radar satellites to market
EO from aiborne platforms:
ACCLIP study of Asian Summer Monsoon
20 NASA balloons studying the radiation belts
Space-based EO:
CEOS - Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
GMES in Action - Conference Declaration
FIRESAT
Tropospheric emissions spectrometer (TES)
Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)
NASA mission ready to brave Earth's radiation belts Space weather ACE
Glory team overcomes engineering obstacles
Pleiades, the CNES Earth observation satellite, captures its first images using e2v sensors
NASA's 2012 GRAIL project
Goddard team builds state-of-the-art facility for new Sun-Earth mission
NASA's NPP satellite acquires first ATMS measurements
NASA's THEMIS sees a great electron escape
Infrared Sounder on Suomi NPP Starts its Mission
Gemini Planet Imager
HIAPER - Pole to Pole Observations MODIS
GEOscan program background CIMSS Satellite Perspective
NASA's 'Salt of the Earth' Aquarius reveals first map
New FASTSAT discoveries paint detailed view of region near Earth
SMAP SMAP instruments Suomi NPP Landsat
AURA CATS FOXSI SMAP MMS ALOS-2 MSG-3 AMSR-E SMILES GEMMA GAIA
Observations from the ISS and Shuttle:
ISS-Rapidscat
ISS benefits for humanity
Portrait of Shuttle and Station
ISS-RapidScat gathers first data
Ultra high definition views from the ISS
Earth's atmosphere: new results from the ISS
ISS servir environmental research and visualization system
Ability of ISS to provide assistance during natural disasters on Earth
Mission to exploare 'cosmic rain' mysteries is going to Space Station
Ocean bouys, wave gliders & webcam-based EO:
Argo's global array of profiling floats revealed ocean changes - 15 years of ocean observations
New generation of micro sensors for monitoring ocean acidification
New techniques to predict future sea-level rise World's first 'on-demand' autonomous marine water sampling
Next-gen ocean temperature sensor Underwater gliders study observe melting Antarctic ice sheets
New tide guage uses GPS signals to measure sea level rise Wave Glider SV3 UAVSAR
Wave Glider, a Floating Robot, Seeks to Network the Oceans
Long-range undersea robot does its own research
Successful deployment of an autonomous deep-sea explorer to search for new forms of microbial life
University using new tech to record Antarctic Ocean, ice temp PacX
GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (GISTEMP) Rogue wave theory to save ships
East Coast Tsunami Risk Investigated With Sonar Tracking tsunamis with radarSensing the deep ocean
Deploying instruments on the seafloor in the deep ocean Ocean Observatories Initiative
LOOKING: Cyberinfrastructure for Ocean Observatories
Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory Integrated Ocean Observing System
Scientists Set Course for Next Decade of Scientific Ocean Drilling
Nereus soars to the ocean's deepest trenches New tool can 'take pulse' of algae status in lakes
First satellite tag study for habits and hidden journeys of ocean giants
Internet & cell phone-based EO:
Cell phone based data collection
Using technology in crisis preparedness
Internet of Things and ubiquitous sensing
Using cell phone signals to measure rainfall
Smart way of saving lives in natural disasters
Smartphones could provide weather data in poor nations
Smart phones, tabletss help UW resesarchers improve storm forecasts
Using mobile phones to reduce the adversities of climate change in rural Nepal
Common operational datasets (CODs) in disaster preparedness and response
Role of information and communications technology in the implementation of the Hyogo framework for action
Observations of our Moon:
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Turning the Moon into a cosmic ray detector
Observations of our Sun and Space Weather:
Future interplanetary space weather assets
Chinese-led solar research is looking bright
How NASA's Parker Solar Probe will touch the Sun
SDO Helps measure magnetic fields on the Sun's surface
Proposals to further study the fundamental nature of space