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The COVID-19 pandemic has had substantial impacts on the Earth system and socioeconomic activities. Restrictions aimed at reducing the spread of COVID-19 by limiting human interaction have led to significant reductions in air pollution and CO2 emissions, improvement in water quality, changes in agricultural output, and changes in economic activity for certain industries such as airlines and shipping, among others [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. Those economic impact assessment related information are made available on the trilateral COVID-19 Earth Observing Dashboard (https://eodashboard.org) [6]. The presented use cases in economic activities make full use of the combined satellites fleet of NASA, ESA and JAXA as well as the expertise of the Earth Observation community. © 2021 IEEE.
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The measures to contain the Covid-19 pandemic have had worldwide impacts on our environment, societies and economies. The 'COVID-19 Earth Observation Dashboard' (https://eodashboard.org) jointly developed by ESA, NASA and JAXA, combines a wealth of data from the tri-agencies' Earth-observing satellites to monitor the worldwide impacts of COVID-19. Developed in an Open Science framework, the dashboard is openly available to users worldwide and allows to track changes in air and water quality, climate, economic activity and agriculture. © 2021 IEEE.
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The COVID-19 pandemic caused authorities to limit or lockdown cities resulting in changes in human behaviors that impacted the Earth system. Studying such impacts on the Earth system requires an integrated study of relevant parameters using remotely sensed data. This paper discusses a unique dashboard that brings Earth observation datasets together to visualize, explore, and communicate the environmental effect of human behavior due to COVID-19. © 2021 IEEE.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought difficulties to daily lives and caused various changes in socio-economic activities and the social environment. Since the satellite-based Earth observation allows us to monitor the Earth's surface globally and periodically with various physical parameters, as space agencies, it is our responsibility to monitor the changes of the Earth from space, share the observation results with the public, and record them for future generations. Aiming to fulfill this obligation, JAXA has cooperated with NASA and ESA to develop the Earth Observing Dashboard, which provides information on the changes of the Earth environment before/after COVID-19 pandemic. This paper discusses the overview of the three agency's cooperation on COVID-19 dashboard. © 2021 IEEE