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News from EO Open Science June 2025 Highlights: the release of a new sea ice elevation dataset AMPLI, EarthCODE workshop at FOSS4G, applications open for the Big Data Foundations for EO Training course, Open Science in the Making at LPS25, the new Nighttime Light dataset, the updates of cubes
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News from EO Open Science

June 2025

Highlights: the release of a new sea ice elevation dataset AMPLI, EarthCODE workshop at FOSS4G, applications open for the Big Data Foundations for EO Training course, Open Science in the Making at LPS25, the new Nighttime Light dataset, the updates of cubes and cloud MOOC and the ESA's Ocean Training Course.

The ESA EO Open Science team

Highlights

AMPLI: A NEW OPEN DATASET FOR ICE SHEET ELEVATION

A new Altimeter data Modelling and Processing for Land Ice (AMPLI) dataset and scientific paper are now available. The AMPLI dataset was generated following a new processing chain that retrieves ice sheet topography along the Sentinel-3 track over Antarctica and Greenland. Access the dataset on EarthCODE and learn more about the ESA-funded project and the publication.

JOIN ESA EarthCODE 101 WORKSHOP AT FOSS4G

On 15 July, ESA will host a hands-on EarthCODE 101 workshop in Sarajevo, at the FOSS4G Europe Mostar 2025. During the 4-hour workshop, participants will learn how to access EO data, create reproducible experiments, and publish FAIR workflows using platforms like Pangeo and EDC. The workshop promotes Open Science practices and community collaboration in Earth System Science.

WORKSHOP

BIG DATA FOUNDATIONS FOR EO TAINING COURSE

This five-day course, taking place in Riga, Latvia from 22 to 26 September, offers a foundational exploration of the technologies, workflows and business applications shaping the Earth observation landscape. The course provides a practical springboard for participants attending the BiDS conference the following week. Applications open until 15 July 2025.

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Open Science in the Making at LPS25

Visit the ‘Open Science in the Making’ area at the upcoming Living Planet Symposium (23-27 June in Vienna, Austria), to collaborate with Earth observation researchers, open-source developers and FAIR specialists. Book one-to-one slots to publish datasets on EarthCODE, discuss reproducible workflows with OGC and APEx experts, or brainstorm with Pangeo, OSGeo, FORGE, SEN4CAP and EO-TDL communities. See the programme here and join the Open Science in the Making Agora for more ‘live’ information.

Nighttime light data is 'shedding light' on human activity patterns

Nighttime light datasets on the EO Dashboard reveals global patterns of human activity. Using data from the Suomi NPP satellite, researchers track urbanization, energy use, and socio-economic change across urban and rural areas. A recent study led by Prof. Bumpei Tojo (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) leveraged these datasets to show COVID-19’s impact on nighttime light intensity revealing variations in socio-economic activities. To support open science a reproducible Notebook was developed enabling users to visualize trend analysis in infrastructure, electrification, and disaster response.

CUBES AND CLOUDS MOOC: NEW CONTENT AVAILABLE

The new ESA Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Cubes & Clouds - Cloud Native Open Data Sciences for Earth Observation is a great resource to learn cloud-native open data science for Earth Observation (EO). The latest release complements the previous openEO content theory and hands-on exercises with new ones based on the Pangeo stack.

ENROLL

ESA's OCEAN SYNERGY TRAINING COURSE 2025

The ESA’s Ocean Synergy Training Course 2025 combines satellite data analysis and hands-on research aboard a global voyage. Students are exploring ocean dynamics through virtual labs (with open tools like the Ocean Virtual Laboratory (OVL)) and other tools, gaining deep insight into ocean-atmosphere interactions—advancing climate science, ecosystem monitoring, and training to become the next generation of ocean scientists.

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