Monitoring the state of our planet has never been more important. Changes on the Earth are both cause and consequence of climate change either when the change is human-induced or generated from natural events  Having a global perspective on Earth’s climate is thus extremely important to constantly observe and record climate change effects. In this framework, the eyes in the sky provided by the Earth’s observation satellites represent an extremely powerful tool  During the talk, there will be an overview on the multitude of information that can be collected about our planet and its climate with satellite sensors 

1. Claudia Paris
Keeping an eye on
our planet…from
the satellite
Photo credits: Paolo Nespoli Spedizione 52/53

2. Credit:http://www.meteoweb.eu/

4. Photo Credits: https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/
Global temperature keeps rising…

5. Photo credits: https://climate.nasa.gov/climate_resources/24/
Highest level of CO2 in the atmosphere ever…

6. Earth’s Glaciers are melting
http://e360.yale.edu/features/tracking-the-himalaya-rsquo-s-melting-glaciers
1921
2009

7. Changing in precipitation pattern
https://www.reference.com/geography/annual-yearly-rainfall-amazon-rain-forest-a19b5f763f5efbac

8. https://climate.nasa.gov/images-of-change
Desertification crisis affecting 168 countries all over the world
2010 2016

9. Italy…two weeks ago
http://tg24.sky.it/
http://torino.repubblica.it/

10. …using the eyes of satellites
There is the need of constantly monitor the
Earth’s surface…

11. HYPERSPECTRAL LIDAR THERMAL MULTISPECTRAL
PASSIVE
MICROWAVE
SAR SCATTEROMETER
Remote Sensing Data

12. Mangroves, Guinea-Bissau Las Vegas, Nevada, Arizona, USA
Landsat-8 30 m x 30 m

13. Shangai WordView-3 (0.3 m x 0.3 m)

14. Temporal
Resolution
(Brazo de Este
Natural Area)

15. NASA
Global Climate
Initiative

16. “Fast forward to
2007, and NASA
had 17 space
missions collecting
climate data.”
https://climate.nasa.gov/nasa_science/history/

18. http://slideplayer.com/slide/9053217/
“Observing
our planet
for a safer
world.”

19. Photo credits: Samantha Cristoforetti Expedition 42/43 Futura
Free satellite image from Space Agencies
dozens of websites to download satellite images
all at NO CHARGE

25. image credit: DigitalGlobe, EUSI

26. Hurricane Patricia | 10.23.15
Santa Rosa Wildfires | 10.08.17
Hurricane Maria | 09.20.17
Mexico City Earthquake | 09.19.17
Southern Mexico Earthquake | 09.08.17
Hurricane Irma | 09.06.17
Hurricane Harvey | 08.25.17
Sierra Leone Mudslide | 08.14.17
Mocoa Landslide | 04.01.17
Tropical Cyclone Enawo | 03.07.17
Hurricane Matthew | 10.09.16
Ecuador | 04.16.16
Haiti | 01.12.10
Nepal | 04.25.15

27. What can we do with satellite data for CC?!

32. Land Cover CCI Web Portal

34. The new challenges…

35. 300m
30m
New York
Increasing the spatial resolution….

36. Multitemporal Analysis (MTA) Project

40. Thank you for your attention…