Established in 1984, the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) coordinates civil space-borne observations of the Earth.  Participating agencies strive to enhance international coordination and data exchange and to optimize societal benefit. Currently 28 space agencies along with 20 other national and international organizations participate in CEOS planning and activities. For more information, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to update web content.


Upcoming Events!

There are many exciting upcoming meetings involving CEOS and other agencies/organizations! Please visit the Meetings page to find out more about...
  • Data Democracy Workshop on Climate Change in Thailand
  • The 2nd Workshop on Carbon from Space in the UK 
  • The 6th Atmospheric Composition Constellation (ACC) meeting, and more!
 

Recent Achievements

21 June 2010.  Germany's second Earth observation satellite, TanDEM-X ((TerraSAR-X add-on for Digital Elevation Measurement))  was launched successfully on 21 June 2010.Together with its twin satellite TerraSAR-X, in space since 2007, TanDEM-X will survey the entire land surface area of the Earth to produce in 2013 a globally standardised 3D digital elevation model of the Earth with a measuring point density of 12 metres. More details can be obtained from the DLR web site
8 April 2010. Europe's first mission dedicated to studying the Earth’s ice was launched from Kazakhstan. From its polar orbit, CryoSat-2 will send back data leading to new insights into how ice is responding to climate change and the role it plays in our 'Earth system'. For more information, please refer to the ESA Cryosat-2 web site.
A directory of space-related training sessions has been made available online by ISSAT (International Society of Science & Applied Technologies) & CNES (Centre National d'Études Spatiales). Covering many aspects of space related training, an entire section and several subsections focus on Earth observation applications and remote sensing training. This website is available in French and English. A list of training topics is available here.
GIAM International Water Management Institute (IWMI) collaborated with many other international Institutes to produce the first satellite sensor data based on Global Irrigated Area Map and Global Map of Rainfed Cropland Areas. The products include maps, national statistics, and images and are made available through a public domain data portal: http://www.iwmigiam.org. This work was led by This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (USGS).
smos_over_earth 3 November 2009
Following the launch of ESA’s SMOS satellite on 2 November, the instrument’s three antenna arms have been deployed as planned, and the instrument is in good health.  To acquire data on soil moisture and ocean salinity, each one of the 69 LICEF antenna-receivers measures radiation emitted from Earth’s surface within the ‘L-band’, around a frequency of 1.4 GHz. This frequency provides the best sensitivity to variations in moisture in the soil and changes in the salinity of the surface waters of the oceans. In addition, this frequency is not affected too much by the weather, atmosphere and vegetation cover. For more information, please refer to the European Space Agency web site.
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