Springtime, Floodtime?

By hammian

In our latest Kvarken Space Conversations we take a look at a familiar Spring phenomena, the flooding of the rivers. Can these be detected from the orbit and how? Why do these river floods happen? We prepared a distilled introduction to the timely topic. Read more here!

Spectral Profiling Tells Us Things Eyes Don’t See

By hammian

This month’s Mega-magazine article we explored and explained in detail the different properties of multi-spectral remote sensing with Sentinel-2 imagery. What are the spectral profiles and how they can be utilized with a simple demonstration of clusterization algorithms?  We explain the technique and go through what it tells to us about the area near Vaasa…

Is Space a Key to Growth?

By Johanna Haveri

Is Space a Key to Growth? The Space Innovation Forum 2021, organized by RIT 2021 project, deals with an actual topic also to KvarkenSpaceEco project and its stakeholders: How can space fuel regional innovation and growth? This is an important question to us working to establish a long-lasting regional economic development structure for space-based business…

A Height Map of the Ski Slopes

By Johanna Haveri

A Height Map of the Ski Slopes Kvarken Space Discussions is back with a burning topic of this cold winter. This issue of Kvarken Space Conversations discusses the basic principles behind Synthetic Aperture Radar and how interferometry can be used to measure the Lapland fjells. All based on the freely available Sentinel-1 data. Result image…

Happy Holidays!

By Johanna Haveri

Let’s enjoy the days off It is again the time to take a pause for breath, say goodbye to the present year and be ready to welcome the new year. At least here in Vaasa we are only dreaming of a white Christmas, as opposed to the picture that was taken in Koli, eastern Finland…

City lights vs. Neurons

By Johanna Haveri

City lights vs. Neurons Have you ever thought how similar night lights of a city (photographed from the space) and a neuron cell look? Now you can read more of the topic from our Kvarken Space Conversations and from Mega magazine. This is the last chapter of our Kvarken Space Converstions for this year but…