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The effects of the coronavirus lockdown on air quality: a comparative analysis of satellite data

March 2019

March 2020

Several images have been processed on the ONDA platform with the aim to compare the presence of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in the atmosphere before and during the current lockdown in Europe.
Satellite data
For this purpose, data from the Sentinel-5P TROPOMI instrument have been used: the spectrometer maps a multitude of trace gases, such as nitrogen dioxide, ozone, formaldehyde, sulphur dioxide, methane, carbon monoxide and aerosols.
NO2 and lockdown
NO2 emissions are a major air pollutant, and are closely linked to [...]

30 April 2020Read more...

ONDA 4 Education free webinar: Monitoring Pollution using Sentinel-5P data on ONDA

In the context of the EU Space response to Coronavirus, ONDA is providing support to entities interested in developing analyses that can help public authorities and citizens to tackle the COVID-19 emergency.
In order to strengthen our contribution and provide a thorough assistance to our users, we are offering, through our ONDA 4 Education service, a free online webinar, available for a maximum number of 500 participants, on how to access the ONDA platform and how to process Copernicus Sentinel-5P data for [...]

21 April 2020Read more...

Use case: ARESYS new time-domain SAR processor developed on ONDA

ARESYS, Advanced Remote Sensing Systems, is a Politecnico di Milano spin-off company, operating since 2003 in the field of digital signal processing with particular focus on remote sensing and geophysics.
ARESYS has a long experience in the field of generic SAR end-to-end simulations with a large variety of applications, such as space-borne imaging, altimetry, automotive, air-borne and ground-borne imaging.
ARESYS now provides a general purpose time-domain SAR processor.
Time-domain algorithms are notoriously computationally heavy and ARESYS is exploiting the ONDA DIAS services [...]

21 April 2020Read more...

ONDA supports users monitoring COVID-19 impact

In the context of the EU Space response to Coronavirus, ONDA and its Partners are pleased to support organizations interested in developing analyses that can help public authorities and citizens to tackle the COVID-19 emergency we are all facing.
To this end, ONDA and its market leading Cloud provider OVHcloud will make available additional free computing resources to empower the existing Free Trial Access programme, which includes free access to cloud resources equipped with a graphical Remote Desktop interface and [...]

15 April 2020Read more...

OpenStack API Update postponed

With reference to our recent operational news on the planned OpenStack API Update, we wish to inform our users that, due to the current exceptional circumstances and in order to ensure that every user is in the best situation to handle the change, it has been decided to postpone the end of life of the Keystone version 2.0 API.
What do users have to do?
There is no impact on those users already using Keystone version 3.0 API.
For those users currently using [...]

25 March 2020Read more...

ONDA in support of the MAFIS project by GMATICS

GMATICS is a Rome based start-up that develops and operates systematic geospatial application services exploiting Earth observation data, integrated with other types of information, and using Artificial Intelligence and cloud services.
Within the MAFIS (Multiple Actor Forest Information Service) project – funded by ESA (European Space Agency) through the EOEP-5 initiative –, GMATICS is developing an integrated methodology that combines multi-temporal Earth observation satellite data as well as weather satellite data within a forest growth model.
MAFIS’ aim is to provide [...]

27 February 2020Read more...

OpenStack API Update

In order to offer the very latest features of our Public Cloud solution, we will need to update the ONDA OpenStack API used to order a key component: Keystone.
Keystone is the authentication and authorisation API that manages the ONDA Public Cloud infrastructure.
Please note that this only applies to users having direct access to the ONDA OpenStack API for the management of Virtual Resources and storage solutions.
When will the update take place?
On 24 March 2020 (postponed), we will disable version [...]

26 February 2020Read more...

New partnership with Maxar Technologies

In the framework of our Data Relay Service, and with the objective to constantly expand the ONDA platform, we are delighted to announce our new partnership with Maxar Technologies,  a trusted partner and innovator in Earth intelligence and space infrastructure, for the provision of the highest resolution, electro-optical satellite imagery commercially available (up to 30 cm).
Maxar is a leading global provider of advanced space-based technology solutions including Earth imagery, machine learning and analytics, satellites and spacecraft infrastructure.
Thanks to this [...]

25 February 2020Read more...

ONDA users: ARESYS

ARESYS, Advanced Remote Sensing Systems, is a Politecnico di Milano spin-off company, operating since 2003 in the field of digital signal processing with particular focus on remote sensing and geophysics.
ARESYS offers ad-hoc innovative solutions to space-borne, air-borne and ground-based remote sensing problems, exploiting the state of the art technologies and the last academic research achievements in the field.
In particular, one core expertise of the company is the processing of Earth observation SAR data, and the development of value-added solutions.
In [...]

21 February 2020Read more...

Planned update on ONDA Cloud Archive

In our constant effort to increase the volume of ONDA datasets stored on our infrastructure, we regularly review user access to data products.
As a result of our analysis, we wish to inform you that, in addition to the datasets currently stored on the ONDA Cloud Archive (Sentinel-1 / -2 / -3 products older than 3 months, except for Sentinel-1 SLC data), starting from 20 February 2020 we will be moving a subset of the Sentinel-1 SLC products into the Cloud [...]

14 February 2020Read more...