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The Hub Talks

A seminar series hosted by the ESA Science Hub, featuring leading scientists and experts in Earth Observation, Climate Science, and Space technologies.

Past Science Talks

Probing the urban atmosphere from ground: the BAQUNIN project
Speaker: Stefano Casadio, Serco Spa, Italy
Date: 26/03/2026

The Science and Technology behind Spaceborne Doppler velocity measurements
Speaker: Pavlos Kollias, Stony Brook University, USA
Date: 26/02/2026

Tracking and attributing losses and damages from extreme weather events globally
Speaker: Emily Theokritoff

Quantifying atmospheric trace-gas emissions using broadband satellite observations
Speaker: Daniel Varon, MIT, USA
Date: 30/10/2025

Global distributions of super-emitting methane point sources as detected by satellites
Speaker: Daniel Cusworth, Carbon Mapper, USA
Date: 25/09/2025
UK Gas Leak Detected from Space: An Unexpected Discovery Leading to Large Impact
Speaker: Dr Emily Dowd, University of Leeds, UK
Date: 19/06/2025

Observing the Earth (water and) energy cycle from space to understand climate change
Speaker: Dr Meyssignac, LEGOS, France
Date: 12/06/2025

Mapping the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of marine plastic litter: The need for measuring ocean surface currents
Speaker: Erik van Sebille, Utrecht University, Netherlands, The
Date: 29/05/2025 

Advanced combined retrieval of aerosol, greenhouse gases and surface properties with the GRASP algorithm. Application to multi-angular polarimeters and SWIR spectrometers
Speaker: Dr Marcos Herreras Giralda, GRASP SAS, France
Date: 27/02/2025 

The MethaneSAT mission for the detection and quantification of anthropogenic methane emissions: overview and first results
Speaker: Dr Luis Guanter, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Date: 24/09/2024

Probing cloud and surface properties in disk-integrated Earth’s observations
Speaker: Giulia Roccetti, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Germany
Date: 02/09/2024

Ocean colour and carbon from space – some recent activities 
Speaker: Prof. Steve Groom, PML, UK
Date: 28/06/2024

Developing purely high-resolution satellite-derived precipitation estimation through a deep learning algorithm
Speaker: Hamidreza Mosaffa, University of Reading, Uk 
Date: 15/11/2023

Tracking the pulse of tropical forests using high-resolution remote sensing data
Speaker: Ovidiu Csillik, Wake Forest University, USA
Date: 08/11/2023

Land Surface Phenology and GPP
Speaker: Joshua Gray, North Caroline University, USA
Date: 08/11/2023

Retrievals of Water Vapour and their isotopologues with GOSAT and potentially Sentinel-5
Speaker: Tim Trent, University of Leicester, UK
Date: 06/11/2023

Cross-comparisons of methane retrievals from TROPOMI with Chemistry Transport Models
Speaker: Emily Dowd, University of Leeds, UK
Date: 06/11/2023

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