AURORA has published an article in the journal GIM-International regarding the objectives and applications of AURORA. Special emphasis is given to applications in the Health Sector, one of the many and diverse sectors that AURORA could have an impact on. Read the full article [...]
The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is an international organisation based in Reading (UK), supported by 34 Member and Cooperating States (full list available here). ECMWF’s principal objectives are preparation, on a regular basis, of medium-range and long-range [...]
Let’s starting getting to know some of AURORA’s Partners a bit better, starting with the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI). Within AURORA, KNMI is a key player in data assimilation and forecasting and in implementation of the Prototype Data Processor. KNMI is the Dutch national [...]
The air quality monitoring Sentinel-5P satellite is set for launch from Russia on 13 October at 09:27 GMT (11:27 CEST). Follow the launch via live webstream. AURORA partners have been involved in this historic moment. The Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB) takes part in the [...]
The current challenges related to the satellite-based UV radiation and the focus of the AURORA project were presented at the 17th European Society for Photobiology Congress, in the first week of September in Pisa. This international meeting provided an important forum for the dissemination of new [...]
With the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite set for liftoff on 13 October at 09:27 GMT (11:27 CEST), ESA are inviting 25 social media users to apply to join them at the launch event at ESA’s European Space Research and Technology Centre in Noordwijk, ESTEC, the Netherlands. Information and [...]
The first Copernicus satellite dedicated to monitoring air pollution (Sentinel-5P) is set to launch in October. Click here to discover more about Sentinel-5P, about the preparation for launch and about the data it will provide to help us monitor air [...]
This summer the Copernicus services recognised the practical impact of the work being carried out within the AURORA project. Within the article “Still on Holiday – Discover how Copernicus can improve your summertime experience!”, they cited both the Happy Sun application [...]
AURORA partners met in Athens from 19-21 July for their 3rd project meeting. The first day was dedicated to a workshop focused on exploitation, thanks to the European Common Exploitation Booster. The following days were dedicated to exchange focusing on scientific aspects and including [...]
The Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite is almost ready for its launch. ESA has launched an invitation for the media to see the satellite on 20 July at Airbus in Stevenage, UK, before it is shipped to Russia for launch. As well as viewing this state-of-the-art Copernicus satellite in the cleanroom, [...]
AURORA will be presented at an event organised by the H2020 Project HEAT-SHIELD “Integrated inter-sector framework to increase the thermal resilience of European workers in the context of global warming”. The event will take place on 13th July 2017 and will consider the impact of climate change [...]
The European Commission (EC) has launched an initiative to develop Copernicus Data and Information Access Services (DIAS) that facilitate access to Copernicus data and information from the Copernicus services. By providing data and information access alongside processing resources, tools and other [...]
AURORA, particularly her industrial partners, watch with interest the developments of EUGENIUS, an association founded by a group of European SMEs providing Earth Observation Services. They work together to design, create and deliver services and applications for natural resource management, using [...]
AURORA project will be presented at Nordic Ozone and UV-radiation Group (NOG) meeting later this week. Annual NOG 2017 is held on April 20-21, 2017, in Helsinki, Finland and hosted by the Finnish Meteorological Institute. This meeting brings together a large number of scientists working on ozone [...]
Thanks to a satellite network and ground-based stations, it is now possible to get information about pollution in cities through an app on our mobile phones. See more about this project from the University of Bremen here, or in this article, in Italian, where you can also find information about [...]
ESA’s online Urban Thematic Exploitation Platform (U-TEP) has been launched and makes information from satellite data available for non-expert users to monitor the urban environment. The new processing tool bundles information contained in large amounts of satellite data. It is paving the way [...]
AURORA will be presented at a local workshop in Florence, bringing together different research groups work on themes related to atmospheric pollution. The aim of the workshop is to share knowledge and investigate possible collaborations between projects with complementary themes. The workshop, [...]
AURORA can benefit many different types of stakeholders. In January 2017, the AURORA innovation manager met up with a number of organisations in the Tuscany region (Italy) to explore how AURORA could benefit them. These included the civil protection agency, the center for melanoma, the Tuscana [...]