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• News - Events and Proceedings

  

  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.

• Document - Newsletter

  

  Earth Online Newsletter - 22 March 2024

  This issue of the Earth Online Newsletter covers a selection of the latest news and events from ESA.

• News - Operational News

  

  SMOS data distribution resumed

  SMOS data distribution to end users was resumed on 12 March 2024 after confirmation of the adequate quality of the current data.

• Document - Newsletter

  

  Earth Online Newsletter - 08 March 2024

  This issue of the Earth Online Newsletter covers a selection of the latest news and events from ESA.

• News - Success Stories

  

  Magnetic magic: 10 reasons to be excited about Swarm

  In November 2023, Swarm celebrated an impressive ten years in orbit. In that time, ESA’s magnetic mission has honed in on all sorts of mysteries - from tussling magnetic blobs to animal migration.

• News - Operational News

  

  SMOS data outage since 22 February 2024

  SMOS went into safe mode on 22 February 2024 at 05:10 UTC for reasons that are still under investigation.

• News - Data Release news

  

  New reanalysis dataset impacts SMOS Level 3 and 4 sea ice thickness

  On 24 January 2024 the JRA55 reanalysis dataset was terminated and updated with the Japanese Reanalysis for Three Quarters of a Century.

• News - Thematic area articles

  

  Space data support Earth’s ecosystems

  ESA’s Earth observation (EO) missions are making a critical contribution to monitoring transformations in our planet’s ecosystems, helping track changes in the vegetation, soil, and ocean that affect these systems.

• News - Events and Proceedings

  

  Highlighting the value of SMOS data in space weather applications

  Data from ESA’s SMOS mission are driving many space weather applications, ranging from air navigation, characterisation of solar flares, space weather modelling and ionospheric electron content mapping.

• News - Data Release news

  

  Reprocessed GRACE-FO thermosphere data available on Swarm dissemination Server

  An updated version of the GRACE Follow-On dataset for thermosphere density and crosswind data has been published on the Swarm dissemination server.

• News - General News

  

  Aeolus data and lessons learned: what happens next for ESA’s wind mission?

  The Aeolus satellite returned to Earth on 28 July 2023, in an assisted reentry that marked the end of nearly five years in space. For scientists working with Aeolus data, however, the mission lives on.

• News - Success Stories

  

  Synergy of space data helps modernise irrigation systems

  The growing demands on agriculture, coupled with the climate crisis, are pressurising Earth’s valuable freshwater resources and making assessment of water practices ever more important.

• News - General News

  

  SMOS Tools updates

  Updates for two SMOS tools have been released, offering new features and improvements.

• News - Success Stories

  

  Young scientists bid farewell to ESA's wind mission

  Students and early career researchers are saying an emotional goodbye to Aeolus ahead of its upcoming reentry.

• News - Spotlight on EO community

  

  An overview of the SMOS mission

  In this video, Klaus Scipal - Biomass and SMOS Mission Manager - talks about ESA's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission.

• News - Infographics

  

  Overview of the Aeolus Level-1B wind product

  Learn about the Aeolus Level-1B wind product, which supports applications for the weather, atmospheric processes and climate research, in our latest infographic.

• News - Success Stories

  

  SMOS data reveal ecosystems' resistance to drought

  Climate change is rapidly altering the world’s ecosystems, causing extreme weather conditions, such as droughts, to become increasingly frequent. Understanding the factors that contribute to ecosystem resilience to extreme events is vital to develop more effective strategies for climate adaptation and mitigation.

• News - Infographics

  

  Key facts about SMOS Level-1 and Level-2 science data

  Learn about data products from the SMOS mission in our latest infographic.

• News - Operational News

  

  The divine keeper of the winds retires

  ESA’s fifth Earth Explorer - Aeolus - is due to retire soon, but will provide fully nominal data up to the end of operations on 30 April.

• News - Events and Proceedings

  

  Scientists to showcase value of Earth observation data at EGU

  Remote sensing scientists are getting ready to present innovative and exciting applications of satellite data at the European Geosciences Union general assembly which will take place from 24 to 28 April in Vienna, Austria.