Category: EO Ireland

Terrestrial Art from Space Trash: Out of this World Irish Art Residency Opens for International Applications

26 July 2021 – The National Space Centre (NSC) in partnership with Greywood Arts has announced an open call for the Space Waste Residency, a unique month-long artist-in-residence programme. The sculptural project examines the debris produced by the acceleration of space technology and is supported by Cork County Council. The residency is an exciting invitation…
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New Remote Sensing Jobs

I’m recruiting 2 new remote sensing researchers as part of TerrainAI. This is an exciting opportunity for researchers to join an SFI/Microsoft funded project with 40 other researchers improving our understanding of land based GHG mitigation. Terrain-AI – Uncovering new insights to support effective climate change decision making The posts are in Dublin and full…
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CASSINI Hackathon: Ireland Winners!

The Irish competition was judged by Chair Alan Gilitan, CTO and Head Researcher at partner Blackrock Castle Observatory; Bruce Hannah, CTO National Space Centre; Beth McLoughlin, technology journalist, HERE Technologies; and Sabrina Dent, Head of Marketing National Space Centre. 1st Place: Have Sea, Will Swim Inspired by the huge rise in the number of people…
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Join the CASSINI hackathon to solve global challenges and design the future of green spaces!

CASSINI is the European Commission’s new programme to support to space-based entrepreneurs, and NSC is hosting the Ireland portion of the very first CASSINI Hackathon with our partners MTU and Blackrock Castle Observatory. The theme of this hackathon is Digitising Green Spaces and it’s focused on helping teams develop new applications using satellite data and…
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Hacking a Sustainable Earth from Space: Digitising Green Spaces

National Space Centre (NSC) in partnership with Munster Technological University (MTU) are hosting the first of a series of six hackathons focused on using satellite data and signals to spur innovation, sustainability and entrepreneurship with space technology. The hackathon’s theme, Digitising Green Spaces, encourages participants to develop solutions to global challenges and make a sustainable impact on Earth. Participants will be supported in using EU satellite images and signals…
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HEAnet webinar on EO

Interesting looking webinar form HEAnet and ICHEC on their role in earth science and earth observation and funding applications. Its on the 14th April, register here: HEAnet Research Webinar for Researchers in Earth Sciences – HEAnet Uncategorized Earth Observation & Remote Sensing Research in IrelandRead More

Watch the Sold Out NSC Mars Landing Party!

On Thursday 18 February, we hosted a virtual Mars Landing Watch Party just ahead of the historic NASA Perseverance landing on Mars. We gathered questions in advance from our audience to share with our panel of amazing space experts, and you can watch them answer those questions and share their knowledge and enthusiasm for all…
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Great 2-minute tips for EO imagery processing

While browsing for information, I came across this Youtube channel providing Information and educational videos on Hexagon Geospatial’s ERDAS IMAGINE and Safe Software’s FME software (About). Great for curious students and not only! Take a look! Uncategorized, Educational EO, EO, ERDAS, FME, online learning Earth Observation & Remote Sensing Research in IrelandRead More

 An indicative history of green cover since the 1980’s

Map of the Month for July from Teagasc presents an interim output from a remote sensing study looking to see how often fields are bare of vegetation, due to harvesting or re-seeding. Using the Teagasc archive of satellite imagery going back to the 1980’s we can use vegetation indices to give an indication the number…
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EPA’s Research on Remote Sensing of Aerosols, Clouds and Wind

EPA’s report on Remote Sensing of Aerosols, Clouds and Wind at Mace Head Atmospheric Research Station is now available, focusing on identifying pressures on air quality, weather and climate but also on economy and human health, informing policy and developing solutions. Authors: Jana Preißler and Colin O’Dowd The power of remote sensing lies in its…
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