SCO France: 2024 Edition
The fifth call for projects of SCO France resulted in the approval of 11 projects covering several areas of climate change impacts. With water management still at the heart of our concerns, this year saw an increase in the number of digital twins and a clear focus on the African continent.
Learn more ➔Cities: Sat4BDNB operationalizes albedo production on a national scale
Modifying the albedo of urban environments is an interesting way of reducing the urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon. However, albedo is easy to measure from space. Thanks to the SCO Sat4BDNB project, this measurement is now automatically calculated from Sentinel-2 data and freely available on Theia.
Learn more ➔Coping with natural disasters
Fires, cyclones, mud, rain, snow, wind... Whatever their form, nature's wrath is intensifying. On Thursday 14 March 2023, at the twelfth " SCO France Quarterly Meeting ", three projects presented their SCOlutions, using satellite data to anticipate the impacts of some of them.
Learn more ➔Pléiades 4 Urban Flood: start-up in situ
P4UF is exploring the potential of Pleiades monoscopic imagery to assess the susceptibility of an urban environment to flooding and report on this via risk maps. The first step is to go out into the field and talk to future users.
Learn more ➔Transition for Cartovege
Dedicated to the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, the Cartovege project has produced the very first description of the habitats of the Crozet Islands and is now successfully completing the corresponding mapping. So much so that the SCO is extending its label to cover the Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands, thereby consolidating the tool for the long term.
Learn more ➔XtremQuality, space technology for detecting water quality
In order to take a comprehensive and effective approach to water, we need to consider both the quantity and quality of the resources available. As only the main reservoirs are instrumented for this purpose, the XtremQuality project is developing a method for satellite monitoring of the thousands of small bodies of water in France for which no information is available.
Learn more ➔SCO Portfolio: the 2024 edition is here!
To all SCO projects and team spirit aficionados, the new SCO Portfolio is now available. It compiles all the projects accredited from 2020 to 2023 and has a new section: services that are operational and available! Download or order.
Learn more ➔GreenSpace: choose carefully trees species
Dedicated to (re)greening cities to reduce urban heat islands and urban pollution, the GreenSpace project offers two major innovations. Welcome behind the scenes of this particularly instructive project on the close links between global warming and air pollution.
Learn more ➔10th SCO France meeting
Emblematic of the satellite data at the heart of the SCO's activities, the Toulouse Space Centre hosted the 10th Committee meeting of the SCO France on 24 January 2024. After a morning of exchanges, the members present were able to visit three major space programmes, a remarkable opportunity to get a close-up view of uncommon activities.
Learn more ➔Littosat: 2 demonstrators online
How can we assess the impact of climate change and human activities on coastal habitats? And how can we assess public policies aimed at protecting biodiversity in these areas? With the Littosat dashboards, the two demonstrators of which are already online.
Learn more ➔-
SCO France: 2024 Edition
SCO France: 2024 Edition
The fifth call for projects of SCO France resulted in the approval of 11 projects covering several areas of climate change impacts. With water management still at the heart of our concerns, this year saw an increase in the number of digital twins and a clear focus on the African continent.
Learn more ➔Sat4BDNB, French National AlbedoCities: Sat4BDNB operationalizes albedo production on a national scale
Modifying the albedo of urban environments is an interesting way of reducing the urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon. However, albedo is easy to measure from space. Thanks to the SCO Sat4BDNB project, this measurement is now automatically calculated from Sentinel-2 data and freely available on Theia.
Learn more ➔Coping with natural disastersCoping with natural disasters
Fires, cyclones, mud, rain, snow, wind... Whatever their form, nature's wrath is intensifying. On Thursday 14 March 2023, at the twelfth " SCO France Quarterly Meeting ", three projects presented their SCOlutions, using satellite data to anticipate the impacts of some of them.
Learn more ➔Pléiades 4 Urban FloodPléiades 4 Urban Flood: start-up in situ
P4UF is exploring the potential of Pleiades monoscopic imagery to assess the susceptibility of an urban environment to flooding and report on this via risk maps. The first step is to go out into the field and talk to future users.
Learn more ➔CartovegeTransition for Cartovege
Dedicated to the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, the Cartovege project has produced the very first description of the habitats of the Crozet Islands and is now successfully completing the corresponding mapping. So much so that the SCO is extending its label to cover the Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands, thereby consolidating the tool for the long term.
Learn more ➔XtremQualityXtremQuality, space technology for detecting water quality
In order to take a comprehensive and effective approach to water, we need to consider both the quantity and quality of the resources available. As only the main reservoirs are instrumented for this purpose, the XtremQuality project is developing a method for satellite monitoring of the thousands of small bodies of water in France for which no information is available.
Learn more ➔SCO Portfolio 2024SCO Portfolio: the 2024 edition is here!
To all SCO projects and team spirit aficionados, the new SCO Portfolio is now available. It compiles all the projects accredited from 2020 to 2023 and has a new section: services that are operational and available! Download or order.
Learn more ➔GreenSpaceGreenSpace: choose carefully trees species
Dedicated to (re)greening cities to reduce urban heat islands and urban pollution, the GreenSpace project offers two major innovations. Welcome behind the scenes of this particularly instructive project on the close links between global warming and air pollution.
Learn more ➔10th SCO France meeting10th SCO France meeting
Emblematic of the satellite data at the heart of the SCO's activities, the Toulouse Space Centre hosted the 10th Committee meeting of the SCO France on 24 January 2024. After a morning of exchanges, the members present were able to visit three major space programmes, a remarkable opportunity to get a close-up view of uncommon activities.
Learn more ➔LittosatLittosat: 2 demonstrators online
How can we assess the impact of climate change and human activities on coastal habitats? And how can we assess public policies aimed at protecting biodiversity in these areas? With the Littosat dashboards, the two demonstrators of which are already online.
Learn more ➔