Engaging with the Earth observation community
The CSIRO Earth observation team in attendance at the Advancing Earth Observation Forum.
Last week, CSIRO was represented at the Advancing Earth Observation (AEO) Forum in Adelaide by a team of leading scientists in remote sensing and data.
The event was a chance to promote some of our key capabilities and partnership opportunities, from our work on monitoring water quality for AquaWatch to our satellite calibration and validation work to the opportunities to leverage environmental management using NovaSAR-1 data.
Our very own Dr Courtney Bright received the Earth Observation Australia (EOA) Early Career Award to recognise her contribution to the development of the Australian Earth observation community and its capabilities.
EOA made special mention of Courtney’s leadership in the development of a conceptual Earth observation satellite design project between CSIRO, NASA JPL, and Australian university experts.
Dr Courtney Bright was recognised with the Earth Observation Australia (EOA) Early Career Award.
Meanwhile in the Netherlands, Dr Arnold Dekker, a Senior Scientific Advisor for AquaWatch Australia and one of Australia’s leading experts in aquatic Earth observation applications, represented CSIRO at a meeting of the European Space Agency (ESA) Sentinel-3 Next Generation Optical Mission Advisory Group.
The Mission Advisory Group brings together a range of experts to define mission requirements for the next generation of sophisticated Sentinel-3 NGO satellites.
Arnold’s input to the group is important for Australia’s future use of satellite Earth observations for monitoring our oceans, coasts, inland waters and land in the longer term.
Dr Arnold Dekker was recently at the European Space Agency to provide input into the mission requirements for next generation Sentinel-3 satellites.
“The purpose is to inform the requirements for advanced future water quality monitoring,” said Arnold.
“This will support projects like CSIRO’s AquaWatch Australia into the future.”
It’s not only water monitoring that could benefit from Australian input.
Another area of Australian expertise, together with the Australian National University, is to provide impactual advice for fuel prediction for bushfires to allow better management of fire risk.
Arnold said there’s a large and highly-skilled team from Europe making up the ESA Mission Advisory Group.
“It’s a reflection of the internal capability CSIRO has developed in Earth observation for aquatic ecosystems to be invited by our European colleagues to have a seat at the table,” he said.