@AlexEarthObs

Biologist by training and earth observation specialist by profession

 Canberra
blog.csiro.au/alex-held/
Joined February 2018
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#EarthCARE made it to space! I want to thank all the teams involved for their effort, dedication and passion: we have a mission!
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CSIRO
@CSIRO17 Apr 2024
Setting a trend for national water quality monitoring. 💧 Our AquaWatch Australia mission, a ‘weather service’ for water quality will be established in the UK: csiro.au/en/news/All/News/20… 📷 | European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2
Satellite image of a phytoplankton bloom in the English Channel near Plymouth.

ALT Satellite image of a phytoplankton bloom in the English Channel near Plymouth.

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Over the last 12 months, @CSIRO and @NASAJPL have been working on a joint feasibility to determine if a JPL imaging spectrometer can be used to deliver actionable information on water quality and aquatic ecosystems from space. First paper out now: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document…
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CEOS-ARD@CEOSARD6 Oct 2023
New CEOS-ARD Dataset! @CSIRO's 14 different #NovaSAR Normalised Radar Backscatter products, including ScanSAR and StripMap modes, in various polarsations, resolutions and swath widths. Congratulations to the team! Find out more: ceos.org/ard/#datasets
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CSIRO
@CSIRO15 Jun 2023
This week we’re excited about new Australian tech now in orbit on a Skykraft satellite. 🚀 The CyanoSat payload is designed to detect blue-green algae from space. During this first space-flight, we plan to test the performance of the engineering design. research.csiro.au/laboratory…

CyanoSat hyperspectral imager - CSIRO Space Optics Lab

In collaboration with Australian partners, the Space Optics team has developed a compact hyperspectral imager for low-Earth orbit designed to […]

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We have taken an important step towards closer collaboration with our UK Earth Observation and Space Science friends, with the signing of a Letter of Intent with the @UKSTFC at  AVALON2023 Many thanks also to @CSIRO for our fabulous booth and facilitating so many new connections.
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CEOS@CEOSdotORG30 Nov 2022
CEOS Plenary 2022 is underway! – at Biarritz, France
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CEOS@CEOSdotORG27 Sep 2022
New video! Summarising the support of CEOS for the #SDGs. @EO4SDG @SDGoals youtu.be/3d26ml3jxHA
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Just one month left to apply for this exciting postdoc oppurtunity at @CSIRO. Come join us in Perth to advance the application of #SAR in #bushfire #risk #monitoring, and use #TLS #ULS #LiDAR for #calval jobs.csiro.au/job-invite/799…
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CEOS@CEOSdotORG29 Jul 2022
#FunFactFriday #SAR #Radar Image: @ESA_EO @CopernicusEU
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Passionate about improving the #resilience of countries in #SouthEastAsia to #climatechange? The Australia – South East Asia Climate Smart Innovation Hackathon 2022 will offer technical training in using #EarthObservation technologies. Learn more at frontiersi.com.au/climate-in…
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At the #SpaceSymposium in Colorado Springs with @CSIRO US and Team Australia. Looking forward to catching up with many colleagues and friends we haven’t seen in person for two years, and developing new partnerships.
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CEOS@CEOSdotORG14 Feb 2022
The final part of our series of articles on Open Data is now live, following up on the 2021 NASA CEOS Chair theme. This article explores the future of open data: ceos.org/news/open-data-part… #OpenData #earthobservation Part 1: ceos.org/news/open-data-part… Part 2: ceos.org/news/open-data-part…
CEOS@CEOSdotORG31 Jan 2022
The second part of our Open Data Article Series is live! Focusing on outcomes of open data policies and how we at CEOS use this in our projects 🛰️ceos.org/news/open-data-part… #earthobservation #OpenData
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Honoured to have been invited by @AusSpaceAgency to join the technical advisory group that developed this key doc for Australia. industry.gov.au/news/austral…. @CEOSdotORG
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Earth observation data is hugely valuable to Australia – both economically and to our everyday lives. Our EO Roadmap outlines a 10-year plan to grow this area of the space sector even further. To read the Roadmap, visit: bit.ly/3cZNtbI

Earth Observation from Space Roadmap 2021-2030

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⬇️🚨 Schedule update: New speakers and panels including, U.S. Charge D'Affairs Mike Goldman; His Excellency Mr Shingo Yamagami, Ambassador of Japan to Australia; The Hon Ed Husic, Shadow Minister for Industry and Innovation. @USAembassyinOZ, @YamagamiShingo 🚀🛰️
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CEOS@CEOSdotORG8 Nov 2021
What if satellite data users could access data already processed to a minimum set of requirements and formated to allow immediate analysis, w/minimal additional effort, and major interoperability w/other datasets? That's CEOS Analysis Ready Data. ceos.org/news/ceos-analysis-…
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This is incredibly important and will be officially launched today at @COP26 @UNFCCC #EarthInformationDay: “GHG Monitoring from Space: A mapping of capabilities across public, private and hybrid satellite missions” earthobservations.org/geo_bl… via @GEOSEC2025
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Congratulations!
European Space Agency
@esa21 Oct 2021
ESA has appointed three new Directors - for Commercialisation, Industry and Procurement, for Earth Observation Programmes and for Navigation 👉 esa.int/About_Us/Careers_at_…
Water is precious, and keeping it fresh and healthy is critical. The latetst #UNSWCBR study Bit.ly/2UGbnDB into EO satellite technology for our @CSIRO AquaWatch Australia Mission with @SmartsatCRC is the first step in buildinga case to make this happen. #AquaWatchAUS
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