New Aeolus Processing Baseline 16 now activated

We are pleased to inform Aeolus users that the new Aeolus processing baseline 16 was activated on Tuesday 18 April 2023&nbsp;and is now operational starting from orbit 26949.

The standard of data quality of the <a href="/eogateway/catalog/aeolus-scientific-l2b-rayleigh-mie-wind-product">Level-2B scientific wind products</a> is nominal again from today, 20 April 2023 at 10:30 UTC on orbit 26982.

A document describing the <a href="/eogateway/documents/d/guest/main_processor_improvements_b16_2023-04-14" target="_blank">main processor improvements for Baseline 16</a> is available.

Data disseminated by ESA’s Third Party Missions (TPM) programme are enabling archaeological investigations that could help to unravel the mysteries of past societies and cultures.

How to use space data to probe humankind’s ancient past

Even apparently stable glaciers in Antarctica are at risk of losing large quantities of ice due to warming seas. The warning comes after satellite data showed the Cadman glacier – previously stable for 50 years - retreated by 8 km between November 2018 and May 2021.

CryoSat land ice data track destabilisation of Antarctic glacier

MOS-1/1B MESSR (Multi-spectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer) and VTIR (Visible and Thermal Infrared Radiometer) level 1 data products are now available via the ESA Heritage Missions Dissemination System.

MOS-1/1B MESSR and VTIR data products now available

An updated configuration of the SMOS Near Real Time Sea Surface Wind Speed Processor was deployed at the IFREMER and ESA operational ground segment on 4th December 2023.

Update for the SMOS Near Real Time Sea Surface Wind Speed Processor configuration

The Heritage Data Visualisation tool, or HEDAVI, enables the analysis of global spatio-temporal dynamics of natural and artificial environments, covering over 40 years of ESA Earth Observation Heritage data, Third Party Missions and some Copernicus data.