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  • 5 reasons to be excited about Cryo2ice

    We are living in a golden age of satellite altimetry. ESA’s CryoSat mission, with its unbroken 14-year (and counting) radar altimeter record of global ice and water, is right at the heart of it.

  • FDR4ATMOS - New ESA FDR for Atmospheric composition dataset from ERS-2 GOME and Envisat SCIAMACHY

    In addition to releasing new datasets for Envisat SCIAMACHY, the European Space Agency (ESA) has advanced the earth observation capabilities by developing an experimental product under the ESA FDR4ATMOS project (Fundamental Data Records in the domain of satellite Atmospheric Composition).

  • New query history and Time Series Processing features for cs2eo

    New features have been added to the CryoSat data and information services platform cs2eo.

  • Showcasing ESA's HEDAVI Earth observation tool

    ESA's HEDAVI (HEritage DAta VIsualiation) is a platform that allows users to freely access over 40 years of ESA Earth observation Heritage, Third Party Missions and some Copernicus data.

  • New Sea Ice and Snow Depth datasets, plus new geospatial coverage features on cs2eo

    New features have been added to the CryoSat data platform cs2eo.

  • Feedback wanted on CryoSat data platform cs2eo

    The data services platform cs2eo makes it easy to access, compare and download satellite altimetry data.

  • CryoSat data platform cs2eo features new interface and datasets

    The latest updates to cs2eo, a high performance platform to access, compare and download datasets from CryoSat, ICESat-2, CRYO2ICE, CryoVEx, Cryo-TEMPO-EOLIS and Operation IceBridge, were released on 13 August.

  • Showcasing success stories from ESA's CryoSat mission

    ESA's ice mission, CryoSat, was launched in 2010 and carried an advanced radar altimeter to measure Earth's cryosphere.

  • How to find data collection in EO CAT?

    A short guide to EO-CAT Earth Observation Catalogue application with examples.

  • Issue with CryoTEMPO Polar Ocean Baseline C data and CryoTEMPO short downtime

    An issue has been found with CryoTEMPO Polar Ocean Baseline C data, which provides sea level anomaly (SLA) and dynamic ocean topography (DOT) values over some stretches of land.

  • Interview with Mirko Albani

    ESA’s Heritage Space Programme Manager discusses the programme's objectives and challenges.

  • Meet the Aeolus and Cryosat Mission Manager

    Tommaso Parrinello talks about his role as a Mission Manager for Aeolus and Cryosat.

  • Oil Spill In Wales (UK), February 1996

    Explore the impact of the 1996 Sea Empress oil spill through satellite images captured by Radasat, ERS-1, and ERS-2

  • ERS ATSR L1B Brightness Temperature/Radiance [ER1_AT_1_RBT / ER2_AT_1_RBT]

    Band measurements with associated uncertainty estimates. The ERS-1/2 ATSR Level 1B Brightness Temperature/Radiance products (RBT) contain top of atmosphere (TOA) brightness temperature (BT) values for the infra-red channels and radiance values for the visible channels, when available, on a 1-km pixel grid. The visible channels are only available for the ATSR-2 instrument. Values for each channel and for the nadir and oblique views occupy separate NetCDF files within the Sentinel-SAFE format, along with associated uncertainty estimates. Additional files contain cloud flags, land and water masks, and confidence flags for each image pixel, as well as instrument and ancillary meteorological information. The ATSR-1 and ATSR-2 products [ER1_AT_1_RBT and ER2_AT_1_RBT], in NetCDF format stemming from the 4th ATSR reprocessing, are precursors of Envisat AATSR and Sentinel-3 SLSTR data. They have replaced the former L1B products [AT1_TOA_1P and AT2_TOA_1P] in Envisat format from the 3rd reprocessing. Users with Envisat-format products are recommended to move to the new Sentinel-SAFE like/NetCDF format products, and consult the ERS ATSR Product Notice Readme document. The processing updates that have been put in place and the expected scientific improvements for the ERS ATSR 4th reprocessing data have been outlined in full in the User Documentation for (A)ATSR 4th Reprocessing Products

  • Showcasing Fundamental Data Records for Altimetry

    ESA has developed a comprehensive suite of Earth system data records as part of the Fundamental Data Records for Altimetry (FDR4ALT) project.

  • Cryo-TEMPO gets new Summer Sea Ice product

    CryoSat’s remarkable 14-year record of global ice and sea levels got another upgrade with the release of Cryo-TEMPO baseline C, which includes lots of new features and improvements.

  • TerraSAR-X Sample Data

    Download free TerraSAR-X sample datasets to preview products available for this mission.

  • New Ocean data and more boost CryoSat data platform

    Eight new datasets have been added to the CS2EO platform to support, enhance, and simplify research using CryoSat data. They include the CryoSat Ocean Product, and the Cryo-TEMPO Land Ice, Sea Ice, Polar Ocean, Coastal Ocean and Inland Water datasets.

  • Featuring the power of Earth observation data at EGU

    The European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2024 brings together geoscientists from all over the world, aiming to provide a forum where scientists and early career researchers can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts, in all fields of geoscience.

  • ESA's improved Earth system data records: what is in store for the future?

    Fundamental Data Records (FDRs) are instrumental in advancing our understanding of Earth systems and for addressing societal challenges effectively. These long-term records contain uncertainty-quantified, calibrated and geo-located multi-instrument/multi-platform satellite sensor data spanning several decades to support climate-related applications.