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In recent years, the frequency of large-scale forest fires has increased significantly owing to a number of factors including the effects of climate change, urbanisation, poor landscape management and malevolent acts. These so-called “Mega-fires”

EDEN 2015 Exercise

On April 13-15th, 2015, by Tarnobrzeskie Lake and on the terrain of Siarkopol Chemical Factories, there was held Regional Fire Service Exercise. The main aim of the exercise was to examine the quality of

Earthquake in Nepal

On April 25, 2015 an earthquake of magnitude 7,9 on the Richter scale struck densely populated areas of Nepal. Crisis Information Centre SRC PAS monitors maps which are being created and supplies Polish Center

Lewiński S., Aleksandrowicz S., Banaszkiewicz M. (2015) Testing Texture of VHR Panchromatic Data as a Feature of Land Cover Classification, Acta Geophysica, Volume 63, Issue 2, pp 547–567, doi: 10.2478/s11600-014-0250-5

While it is well-known that texture can be used to classify very high resolution (VHR) data, the limits of its applicability have not been unequivocally specified. This study examines whether it is possible to

Malinowski, R.; Groom, G.; Schwanghart, W.; Heckrath, G. Detection and delineation of localized flooding from worldview-2 multispectral data. Remote Sensing 2015, 7, 14853-14875.

Remote sensing technology serves as a powerful tool for analyzing geospatial characteristics of flood inundation events at various scales. However, the performance of remote sensing methods depends heavily on the flood characteristics and landscape

Kotarba A.Z. (2015) Evaluation of ISCCP cloud amount with MODIS observations, Atmospheric Research, vol. 153, 310-317, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.09.006

The goal of the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) is to provide global cloud amount statistics for atmospheric radiation flux modeling, which is a key element of climate change studies. However, ISCCP estimates

Science picnic “Day of Space Science”

On the 16th February of 2015 in John Paul II Upper Secondary School Complex in Radzyń Podlaski was held science picnic “Day of Space Science”. Space Research Center PAS was a co-organizer of this

Success stories from the EOPOWER project

During the EOPOWER project our group initiated actions which aim was to begin cooperation between Polish and Ukrainian Earth Observation institutions. Unexpectedly, it was also a time of serious political and economical disturbances in

Pyka K.; Drzewiecki W.; Bernat K. ; Wawrzaszek A.; Krupiński M. Usefulness of wavelet-based features as global descriptors of VHR satellite images. Proc. SPIE 9244, Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing XX, 92441D (October 13, 2014)

In this paper we present the results of research carried out to assess the usefulness of wavelet-based measures of image texture for classification of panchromatic VHR satellite image content. The study is based on

Portal dedicated to Earth observation sector

Portal was established in the frames of  EOPOWER project (Earth Observation for Economic Empowerment) under 7. Frame Programme of European Union. The main aim is to create conditions for sustainable economic development through the increased