Earth Observation
Using satellite imagery to solve real world problems
Digital Earth Australia, a ground-breaking open source platform, transforms spatial data and satellite imagery into easily accessible tools for planning and decision making, and relies on AARNet for moving data around the research community.
Connecting students to Saildrone and Berkeley Lab
Thanks to a new agreement between CENIC and the City of Alameda in Northern California, students will get to work with first-of-its-kind data captured from autonomous ocean vehicles studying everything from marine wildlife to climate models.
Citizen science: collaboration for water quality
Climate Science
Earth Observation
Environment
Water management
Europe
GÉANT (Europe)
SURF (Netherlands)
Harnessing the power of citizen science gives scientists the opportunity to gather more data than they ever could alone.
Clearing the path to seismological data
The EOSC-hub project is establishing a single contact point for European researchers to access and use resources for advanced data-driven research in fields such as seismology.
Preparing for earthquakes in Azerbaijan
Disaster Warning
Earth Observation
AzScienceNet (Azerbaijan)
EaPConnect (Europe's Eastern Partnership countries)
From ancient times to the present, strong and catastrophic quakes have caused tremendous destruction in the territory of Azerbaijan. High-speed Internet is essential in order to process information about earthquakes.
From Copernicus to the icy shores of Greenland
The Greenland Community Ice Information Service provides satellite-based up-to-date information to plan a safe trip across the ice of Northern Greenland.
Improving the accuracy of information used for land management
A customized network solution has greatly improved access to essential satellite imagery and geospatial data for researchers who help inform government policy on land management.
The Big Pixel Initiative: using satellite data to map urbanization, schools, and refugee camps
Researchers at the University of California San Diego used satellite images from multiple sources to map and understand city growth patterns in India, with the help of computers trained to distinguish types of growth. The technology is also being used to identify refugee camps and schools in Africa.
GPS Network Navigates Climate and Seismic Disaster Prevention
TLALOC-Net is a network of GPS and meteorological stations used to study the atmospheric and solid earth processes, allowing better analysis of the Mexican subduction zone.
Pinpointing air pollution from space
Climate Science
Earth Observation
Environment
Technology
CANARIE (Canada)
DFN (Germany)
GÉANT (Europe)
NORDUNet (European Nordic)
SURF (Netherlands)
UNINETT (Norway)
For the first time, air pollution from individual cities and built-up areas can be detected from space. The European Sentinel-5 Precursor Earth observation satellite sends ultra precise measurement data to ground stations in Norway and Canada.
Supporting sustainable water management in Central Asia
Earth Observation
Environment
Water management
CAREN (Central Asia)
DFN (Germany)
GÉANT (Europe)
KRENA (Kyrgyzstan)
R&E networks make hydro-meteorological monitoring data accessible to scientists and local authorities for informed water supply assessment and management in Central Asia
Monitoring dust storms to give asthma sufferers a breather
Frequent in arid regions, dust storms can have devastating effects. Powered by R&E connectivity, monitoring and simulations equip scientists to better predict them and assist authorities in issuing alerts to help people, particularly asthma sufferers, take protective action.