List of External Links

Latest Meteosat-9 image over Europe. Eumetsat Image Gallery - Monitoring Weather, Climate and the Environment
Responsible: Eumetsat
URL: http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/IPPS/html/DerivedProducts/
MSG2/AIRMASS/CENTRALEUROPE/index.htm
Last access: 20.10.2008
Latest SeaWIFs acquisitions. Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and GeoEye
Responsible: Oceancolor/GSFC/NASA
URL: http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi/pcgac9000.pl
Last access: 20.10.2008
What is a hurricane, typhoon or tropical cyclone ? How are tropical cyclones named ? This FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) web site attempts to address various questions regarding hurricanes, typhoons and tropical cyclones that have been posed to Hurricane Research Division over the years
Responsible: NOAA/AOML Hurricane Research Division
URL: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/tcfaqHED.html
Last access: 20.10.2008
Satellite Aura mission page. This site proposes a mission overview but also special features and multimedia about Aura
Responsible: NASA
URL: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/aura/main/index.html
Last access: 20.10.2008
Cartoon: On the trail of the missing ozone. This comic book provides an introduction into why we need the ozone layer, the causes of ozone depletion, and some of the actions the world is taking to correct the problem. We hope you enjoy joining our intrepid reporter Farley on the trail of the missing ozone!
Responsible: EPA's Region 9 Office in San Francisco, California
URL: http://www.epa.gov/ozone/science/missoz/missri.pdf
Last access: 20.10.2008
Satellite Aqua mission page. This site proposes a mission overview but also special features and multimedia about Aqua
Responsible: NASA
URL: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/aqua/index.html
Last access: 20.10.2008
Climate time machine. This series od vizualizations show how some of the key indicators of climate change, such as temperature, sea ice extend and carbon dioxide concentrations, have changed in Earth's recent history.
Responsible: NASA
URL: http://climate.jpl.nasa.gov/ClimateTimeMachine/climateTimeMachine.cfm
Last access: 17.12.2008
Sea lever viewer. An interactive tool to explore ocean height from space.
Responsible: NASA
URL: http://climate.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaLevelViewer/seaLevelViewer.cfm
Last access: 17.12.2008
Global climate change. Monitor the vital signs of the planet (artic sea ice, carbon dioxide, sea level, global temperature, ozone hole). Learn about the indicators of climate change, which are the causes and effects of climate change and what is climate change mitigation.
Responsible: NASA
URL: http://climate.jpl.nasa.gov/
Last access: 17.12.2008
Climate change: What can you do ? Greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced through simple measures like changing light bulbs and properly inflating your tires. This site provides over 25 easy steps you can take to not only reduce your greenhouse gas emissions
Responsible: EPA
URL: http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/index.html
Last access: 17.12.2008
IPCC 4th Assessment report. The IPCC has recently finalized its Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) entitled Climate Change 2007. The reports by the three Working Groups provide a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the current state of knowledge on climate change.
Responsible: IPCC
URL: http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/assessments-reports.htm
Last access: 17.12.2008
Timeline of the Landsat missions. Provided by USGS Landsat website
Responsible: USGS
URL: http://landsat.usgs.gov/about_mission_history.php
Last access: 20.10.2008
Lena River Delta - A Global Ecoregion. This page describes this unusual arctic delta; important for nesting and migrating birds
Responsible: WWF
URL: http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/where_we_work/ecoregions/ lena_river_delta.cfm
Last access: 20.10.2008
Asterweb. The ASTER NASA website
Responsible: JPL/NASA
URL: http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov
Last access: 20.10.2008
Satellite Terra NASA website. This site proposes a mission overview but also special features, image galleries and multimedia about Terra
Responsible: GSFC/NASA
URL: http://terra.nasa.gov
Last access: 20.10.2008
Where is Envisat ? Follow the ground track of ESA missions
Responsible: ESA
URL: http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Track_ESA_missions/
Last access: 20.10.2008
World Heritage list. List and details of all World Heritage Sites
Responsible: UNESCO
URL: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list
Last access: 20.10.2008
NASA Blue Marble. History of the Blue Marble and links to Blue Marble collections in Visible Earth NASA website
Responsible: NASA
URL: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble
/BlueMarble_history.html
Last access: 20.10.2008
USGS Natural Hazards Gateway. This series of sections will educate citizens, emergency managers, and lawmakers on seven natural hazards facing the United States - earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, landslides, tsunamis, volcanoes, and wildfires - and show how USGS science helps mitigate disasters and build resilient communities.
Responsible: USGS
URL: http://www.usgs.gov/hazards/
Last access: 25.11.2008
Global Land Cover 2000. This site presents an interactive map of 2000 Global Land Cover
Responsible: Global Land Cover 2000 database, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, 2003
URL: http://www-tem.jrc.it/glc2000/interactive/glc2000_vgt.html
Last access: 20.10.2008
SPOT-Vegetation web site. This site proposes a mission overview but also special features, image galleries and multimedia about the vegetation ensor onboard SPOT satellites
Responsible: Vegetation Programme, VITO
URL: http://www.spot-vegetation.com/
Last access: 20.10.2008
Deserts: Geology and Resources. This online version of A.S. Walker's book tells you all about deserts: how they form, where they form, what is desertification, what is aridy, etc
Responsible: USGS
URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/deserts/contents/
Last access: 20.10.2008
Global Deserts Outlook. The Global Deserts Outlook presents a panorama of the environmental status of the world's deserts: their location and extent, uniqueness and vulnerability, biodiversity and natural resources.
Responsible: UNEP
URL: http://www.unep.org/geo/gdoutlook/
Last access: 20.10.2008
Tropical deforestation. Article on Earth Observatory website
Responsible: NASA
URL: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/Deforestation/
Last access: 20.10.2008
Global Forest Watch. This site provides a host of informations such as interactive maps, data explorer, publications and media center
Responsible: Global Forest Watch, World Resources Institute
URL: http://www.globalforestwatch.org
Last access: 20.10.2008
The radar mini-tutorial. This site provides an introduction to radar remote sensing and exercices for use in class
Responsible: Sea and Space project/EAAE, ESA, ESO
URL: http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/eduoff/seaspace
/docs/exercises/radar.html
Last access: 27.01.2009
Video: TerraSAR-X operations for floods. Flight over a flooded village, followed by a zoom out through the clouds. The visualised radar beam of TerraSAR-X imagines the "view through the clouds" and shows the mapping capability during the bad weather conditions expected during flooding
Responsible: DLR
URL: http://www.dlr.de/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-112/178_read-2451/
Last access: 20.10.2008
Radar and Microwave Remote Sensing. Section 8 of the Remote Sensing Tutorial
Responsible: GSFC/NASA
URL: http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect8/Sect8_1.html
Last access: 20.10.2008
Radar remote sensing tutorial. This package of the Canada Center for Remote Sensing provides a set of radar remote sensing training materials. It is suitable for use at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The material is available in English/French and Spanish/Portuguese.
Responsible: CCRS
URL: http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/resource/tutor/gsarcd/index_e.php
Last access: 20.10.2008
EOEdu: Remote sensing for everyone. Educative website introducing remote sensing, remote sensing applications, satellites and sensors, links, teacher's corner, glossary
Responsible: Belgian Science Policy Office
URL: http://eoedu.belspo.be/en/guide/index.htm
Last access: 20.10.2008
10 years of imaging the Earth: SPOT VEGETATION. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the VEGETATION system a series of 7 posters covering the whole Earth, with the exception of the poles, was issued. For each continent some of the main processes experienced in the last 10 years are underlined through 5 very visual insets which invite you to do a more thourough study of the subjects via this website
Responsible: Belgian Science Policy Office
URL: http://eoedu.belspo.be/vgt10/
Last access: 18.11.2009
Ocean color tutorial. Monitoring the Earth from Space with SeaWiFS - An online presentation about ocean color
Responsible: NASA
URL: http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/SeaWiFS/TEACHERS/sanctuary_4.html
Last access: 20.10.2008
ESA Earth Observation - Earth Watching. Using satellite remote sensing technology to help people: monitoring emergencies as they happen, keeping track of a flood, alerting coastguards to pollutants in the water, detecting burning fires or assisting authorities in rebuilding after disasters or helping archaeologists with their searches, Earth Watching is lending a hand to those who need it most. Contains links to the latest articles and images about cyclones, oil slicks, fires, floods, earthquakes, volcano eruptions,...
Responsible: ESA
URL: http://earth.esa.int/ew/
Last access: 25.11.2008
ESA Earth Observation - Understanding our planet. For an improved understanding of the environment it is vital to see the Earth as the complex, dynamic system it is. Satellites provide clearer views of the various components of the Earth system - its land, ice, atmosphere, biosphere and oceans - and how these processes interact and influence each other.
Responsible: ESA
URL: http://www.esa.int/esaEO/planet.html
Last access: 25.11.2008
NASA Earth Observatory - Natural Hazards. Search for informations and images about the following topics: crops and drought, dust and smoke, fires, floods, severe storms, volcanoes, unique imagery
Responsible: NASA
URL: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/
Last access: 25.11.2008