Context
WEkEO is the Copernicus Data and Information Access Service (DIAS) providing a single federated access point to Copernicus data, along with cloud-based processing resources and tools. Some features can be explored without signing in, but a WEkEO account unlocks the full platform: data download, processing, storage and a personal dashboard.
Good news: the account is free, and it opens the full set of WEkEO services on top of the 600+ Copernicus datasets of the Catalogue. 😄
🔍 New to WEkEO? Check first What is WEkEO? and How to create a WEkEO account?
Features available without an account
A few features are open to everyone, no sign-in required:
Browse the WEkEO Catalogue to explore the available datasets.
Visualize data on a map in the Data Viewer.
Discover tutorial notebooks in the Jupyter Catalogue.
Contact the WEkEO User Support through the chat.
💡 WEkEO Pro Tip: even though you can contact the User Support without an account, we strongly recommend logging in first. This way, your conversation history is saved and you won't lose your conversation.
Features unlocked with a free account
With your free account, you get everything above, plus:
Download data, directly from the Expert Data Viewer or programmatically with the Harmonized Data Access (HDA) API. See How to download data through WEkEO?
Run notebooks and scripts in the free WEkEO JupyterHub, with up to 20 GB of storage in your home directory.
Store and share your work with the WEkEO Drive, by sharing folders or files through a link.
Get direct access to EODATA (see How to get direct access to EODATA?).
Keep your User Support conversations: your history is saved and you can come back to it anytime (see WEkEO User Support perimeter and How to report an issue?).
Save your favourites: favourite datasets and viewer presets are gathered in your MyWEkEO dashboard (see next section).
Discover MyWEkEO, your personal dashboard
Once you are logged in, MyWEkEO is your starting point: a dashboard gathering, in one page, all the services available with your account, plus your favourite items.
💡 WEkEO Pro Tip: to open it, log in to your account then click on My WEkEO.
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The top navigation bar
The bar at the top of the page gives you a direct shortcut to each service, from any page of MyWEkEO.
(1) Data Viewer: opens the WEkEO Data Viewer.
(2) Data Catalogue: opens the WEkEO Catalogue.
(3) Jupyter Catalogue: the catalogue of tutorial notebooks.
(4) WEkEO Workspace: access to the WEkEO JupyterHub.
(5) WEkEO Drive: your file storage and sharing space.
(6) VMs: the interface to manage your tenant when you subscribe to a paid plan.
(7) Your name: gives you access to your account information.
The dashboard cards
(8) Data Viewer card: click Go to open the viewer. The list My favourite viewer presets lets you get back to a saved configuration in one click.
(9) Data Catalogue card: click Go to open the catalogue. The list My favourite datasets gathers the datasets you marked as favourites, so you can find them again without searching.
(10) WEkEO Workspace card: click Open to access your WEkEO JupyterHub with pre-installed work environments. The shortcut Or explore the Jupyter Catalogue takes you to the tutorial notebooks.
(11) WEkEO Drive card: click Open to access your WEkEO Drive, where you can share your work with colleagues (up to 8 GB).
(12) Scaling up data access banner: presents the options to upgrade your computing resources. Click View to discover the available plans.
(13) Chat bubble: reach the WEkEO User Support from any page. Since you are logged in, your conversation history is saved.
Advanced computing plans
A WEkEO account is free. But if your projects need more resources, WEkEO offers additional plans:
Innovation Lab (Free): open to eligible WEkEO users from Copernicus Member States and Participating Countries, it offers cloud computing resources at no cost for innovative, interdisciplinary projects. Projects are evaluated on innovation, relevance, feasibility and impact.
Virtual Machines (Paid): extends your capabilities with virtual machines (GPUs included), faster access to data and direct access to Copernicus Sentinel data.
HPC solutions (Paid): high performance computing resources and high speed access to the EODC storage.
🔍 See Registration and offer plans for the full comparison and How to upgrade plan?
What's next?
Additional resources can be found in our Help Center. Should you require further assistance or wish to provide feedback, feel free to contact us through a chat session available in the bottom right corner of the page.