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News - General News
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.
News - Maintenance News
ESA EO Dissemination Services - Maintenance on 25 and 26 March 2024
Scheduled software maintenance on ESA EO Dissemination Services on 25 and 26 March 2024
News - Operational News
Transition from FTP to FTPS for SMOS, Aeolus and Campaign data dissemination systems
As of 15 April 2024 access to the SMOS, Aeolus and Campaign data will be changed from simple FTP to FTPS.
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.
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.
Document - Newsletter
Earth Online Newsletter - 23 February 2024
This issue of the Earth Online Newsletter covers a selection of the latest news and events from ESA.
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 - Data Release news
Envisat AATSR 4th reprocessing data now available on new ESA Dissemination Server
The latest reprocessed Envisat AATSR Level 1B Brightness Temperature/Radiance dataset [ENV_AT_1_RBT] has now been migrated from simple FTP-S access to the new ESA (A)ATSR Online Dissemination Service.
News - Operational News
SMOS Winds Product data gap recovery
From 28 January 2024 to 9 February 2024, several Level 1 products used as an input to the SMOS winds processor were flagged with a warning.
News - Operational News
Temporary interruption to Envisat AATSR dissemination service
A planned downtime will affect the access to the ftp dissemination server for the Envisat AATSR data during the period 13-15 February 2024.
Document - Product Readme Note
QA4EO-OQC-MEM-VEG-5019_AATSR_Product_Notice_Readme_for_ENV_AT_1_RBT_v1.1
The AATSR Level 1B (ENV_AT_1_RBT) Product Notices Readme file contains the Product Notice (PN) information for the AATSR Level 1B products: ENV_AT_1_RBT.
News - Maintenance News
SMOS Data Dissemination - Maintenance on 30 January 2024
A planned software maintenance activity will affect ESA's SMOS data dissemination service on 30 January 2024, from 08:30 to 09:30 UTC.
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 - General News
Ensuring soil moisture data quality with reference measurements
ESA is taking steps to verify the accuracy of soil moisture estimation with the Fiducial Reference Measurements for Soil Moisture (FRM4SM) project and a new version of the Quality Assurance for Soil Moisture (QA4SM) service.
News - Data Release news
New version v206 of the SMOS-CryoSat level 4 sea ice thickness product is now available
The new version 206 of the merged SMOS-CryoSat level 4 sea ice thickness product is now available on the SMOS data dissemination service.
News - Data Release news
Experimental version of SMOS Antarctic Sea ice thickness product is now available
The experimental version of SMOS Antarctic Sea ice thickness product was produced using a method to derive the sea-ice thickness from 1.4 GHz brightness temperatures previously developed for the Arctic, with only modified auxiliary data. The product is available in the cold season during the freezing period, typically March to October for the Southern Hemisphere.
News - Data Release news
14 years of reprocessed SMOS Freeze/Thaw soil status products are now available
14 years of reprocessed SMOS Freeze/Thaw soil status products are now available from the SMOS dissemination service
Document - Product Document
smos-freeze-and-thaw-processing-and-dissemination-service-read-me-first-technical-note
This Read-me-first technical note introduces level 3 SMOS Soil Freeze and Thaw (F/T) product (SMOS L3FT).
Document - Product Document
smos-freeze-and-thaw-processing-and-dissemination-service-product-description-document
This document describes the Level 3 SMOS soil Freeze and Thaw (F/T) status product, referred to hereafter as SMOS L3FT.
News - Data Release news
New version of SMOS L3 Soil Freeze and Thaw product soon available
Seasonal freezing and thawing of soil play a fundamental role in shaping ecosystems and influencing a range of ecological processes.