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  • Document - Product Document

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    GOCE impact of re-processed Level 1b data on gravity field products

    This technical note summarizes the status of the GOCE Level 2 products obtained at the end of the nominal operational phase of GOCE.

  • Document - Product Document

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    GOCE Level 2 Product Report

    This technical note summarises the status of the GOCE Level 2 products obtained at the end of the nominal operational phase of GOCE.

  • Event - Workshop

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    1st International GOCE User Workshop

    The workshop provided a forum for presentations and discussions on the development, use and exploitation of GOCE Level 2 (global and regional) geoid products and Level 3 (science and application) data products.

  • Event - Conference

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    Living Planet Symposium 2022

    Learn about the 2022 edition of ESA's Living Planet Symposium.

  • News - Events and Proceedings

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    Data preservation takes centre stage at Living Planet Symposium

    Against the backdrop of the famed Rhine River, world-class scientists and Earth observation data-users are gathered this week in the historical city of Bonn, at the Living Planet Symposium (LPS).

  • News - Thematic area articles

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    How ESA uses space data to explore deep Earth

    As anthropogenic activities continue to unbalance our environment, scientists strive to fully understand the intricate interactions within Earth’s system.

  • Event - Workshop

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    2nd International GOCE User Workshop

    This workshop provided a forum for presenting progress on the development of the GOCE mission's payload, ground segment and data products.

  • Event - Workshop

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    3rd International GOCE User Workshop

    This workshop focussed on the oceanographic applications, such as absolute dynamic topography, of GOCE data in conjunction with other space-borne data, such as radar altimetry, and in-situ data and models.

  • Tools - Apps

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    Heritage Missions app for Android

    Download the Heritage Missions application to discover what the missions were about, how it worked and what the elements of the space and ground segment that make these missions unique.

  • Document - General Reference

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    GOCE-Facts-and-Figures.pdf

    This fact sheet gives a quick and complete overview of the GOCEmission.

  • Document - Proceedings

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    2nd-International-GOCE-User-Workshop.pdf

    This document describes the proceedings of the 2nd International GOCE User workshop held at the ESA-ESRIN Site, Frascati, Italy, 8-10 March 2004.

  • News - Infographics

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    GOCE – An overview of ESA’s gravity satellite mission

    Learn more about ESA's first Earth Explorer - the Gravity field and Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) mission - in our latest infographic.

  • News - Data Release news

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    New product baseline for the GOCE Gravity solution Grids available

    A second product baseline of the GOCE Gridded Gravity gradients and anomalies at Ground Level and at Satellite Height has been generated and released to users.

  • Document - User Guide

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    GOCE-thermospheric-dataset-user-manual.pdf

    This manual is intended for users interested in the thermosphere density and wind data derived from the GOCE mission.

  • Data - EO Sign In Authentication (Open)

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    VT GOCE Data

    This collection contains the VT GOCE software and associated data set needed to run the software that is used for GOCE data visualisation.

  • Data - EO Sign In Authentication (Open)

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    GOCE Telemetry

    This collection contains all GOCE platform and instruments telemetry. For details see the Packets Description file.

  • Data - EO Sign In Authentication (Open)

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    GOCE Thermosphere Data

    Thermospheric density and crosswind data products derived from GOCE data. Latest baseline _0200. The GOCE+ Air Density and Wind Retrieval using GOCE Data project produced a dataset of thermospheric density and crosswind data products which were derived from ion thruster activation data from GOCE telemetry. The data was combined with the mission's accelerometer and star camera data products. The products provide data continuty and extend the accelerometer-derived thermosphere density data sets from the CHAMP and GRACE missions. The resulting density and wind observations are made available in the form of time series and grids. These data can be applied in investigations of solar-terrestrial physics, as well as for the improvement and validation of models used in space operations. Funded by ESA through the Support To Science Element (STSE) of ESA's Earth Observation Envelope Programme, supporting the science applications of ESA's Living Planet programme, the project was a partnership between TU Delft, CNES and Hypersonic Technology Göttingen. Dataset history Date Change Reason 18/04/2019 - Time series data v2.0, covering the whole mission - Updated data set user manual - New satellite geometry and aerodynamic model - New vertical wind field - New data for the deorbit phase, (GPS+ACC and GPS-only versions) Updated satellite models and additional data 14/07/2016 - Time series data v1.5, covering the whole mission - Updated data set user manual Removal of noisy data 31/07/2014 - Time series data v1.4, covering the whole mission - Gridded data, now including error estimates - Updated data set user manual; Updated validation report; Updated ATBD Full GOCE dataset available 28/09/2013 Version 1.3 density/winds timeseries and gridded data released. User manual updated to v1.3 Bug fix and other changes 04/09/2013 Version 1.2 density/winds timeseries and gridded data released, with user manual First public data release of thermospheric density/winds data

  • Data - EO Sign In Authentication (Open)

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    GOCE TEC and ROTI

    GOCE total electron content (TEC) and rate of TEC index (ROTI) data.

  • Data - EO Sign In Authentication (Open)

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    GOCE Global Gravity Field Models and Grids

    This collection contains gravity gradient and gravity anomalies grids at ground level and at satellite height. In addition it contains the GOCE gravity field models (EGM_GOC_2, EGM_GCF_2) and their covariance matrices (EGM_GVC_2): GOCE Gravity solution GRIDS Gridded Gravity gradients and anomalies at ground level: GO_CONS_GRC_SPW_2__20091101T000000_20111231T235959_0001.TGZ GO_CONS_GRC_SPW_2__20091101T055147_20120731T222822_0001.TGZ GO_CONS_GRC_SPW_2__20091101T055226_20131020T033415_0002.TGZ GO_CONS_GRC_SPW_2__20091009T000000_20131021T000000_0201.TGZ. Latest baseline is: GO_CONS_GRC_SPW_2__20091009T000000_20131021T000000_0201.TGZ. Gridded Gravity gradients and anomalies at satellite height: GO_CONS_GRD_SPW_2__20091101T055147_20100630T180254_0001.TGZ GO_CONS_GRD_SPW_2__20091101T055147_20120731T222822_0001.TGZ GO_CONS_GRD_SPW_2__20091101T055226_20131020T033415_0002.TGZ GO_CONS_GRD_SPW_2__20091009T000000_20131021T000000_0201.TGZ. Latest baseline is: GO_CONS_GRD_SPW_2__20091009T000000_20131021T000000_0201.TGZ. As output from the ESA-funded GOCE+ GeoExplore project, GOCE gravity gradients were combined with heterogeneous other satellite gravity information to derive a combined set of gravity gradients complementing (near)-surface data sets spanning all together scales from global down to 5 km. The data is useful for various geophysical applications and demonstrate their utility to complement additional data sources (e.g., magnetic, seismic) to enhance geophysical modelling and exploration. The GOCE+ GeoExplore project is funded by ESA through the Support To Science Element (STSE) and was undertaken as a collaboration of the Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut (DGFI), Munich, DE, the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, the Geological Survey of Norway (NGU), Trondheim, Norway, TNO, the Netherlands and the University of West Bohemia, Plzen, CZ. Read more about gravity gradients and how GOCE delivered them in this Nature article: Satellite gravity gradient grids for geophysics. View images of the GOCE original gravity gradients and gradients with topographic reduction grids. Available data GRIDS File Type Gridded data: full Gravity Gradients, at 225 km and 255 km with and without topographic correction GGG_225 Computed from GOCE/GRACE gradients lower orbit phase February 2010 - October 2013 GGG_255 Computed from GOCE/GRACE gradients nominal orbit phase February 2010 - October 2013 TGG_225 Gravity gradient grids from topography at fixed height of 225/255 km above ellipsoid given in LNOF (Local North Oriented Frame) TGG_225 Gravity gradient grids from topography at fixed height of 225/255 km above ellipsoid given in LNOF (Local North Oriented Frame) MAPS File Type Maps of Gravity Gradients with and without topographic corrections Vij_225km_Patch_n.jpg Maps of grids from lower orbit phase with and without topographic correction from ETOPO1 Along-orbit File Type Full Gravity Gradients, along-orbit, in GRF and TRF reference frames. A detailed description is provided in the data set user manual GGC_GRF Combined gradients from GRACE (long wavelengths) & GOCE (measurement band) in the GRF (Gradiometer Reference Frame) GGC_TRF Combined gradients from GRACE (long wavelengths) & GOCE (measurement band) rotated from GRF to TRF (Terrestrial Reference Frame: North, West, Up) Direct solution First Generation Product: GO_CONS_EGM_GOC_2__20091101T000000_20100110T235959_0002.TGZ Variance/Covariance matrix: GO_CONS_EGM_GVC_2__20091101T000000_20100110T235959_0002.TGZ Second Generation Product: GO_CONS_EGM_GOC_2__20091101T000000_20100630T235959_0002.TGZ Variance/Covariance matrix: GO_CONS_EGM_GVC_2__20091101T000000_20100630T235959_0001.TGZ Third Generation Product: GO_CONS_EGM_GOC_2__20091101T000000_20110419T235959_0001.TGZ Variance/Covariance matrix: GO_CONS_EGM_GVC_2__20091101T000000_20110419T235959_0001.TGZ Coefficients (ICGEM format): GO_CONS_EGM_GCF_2__20091101T000000_20110419T235959_0001.IDF Fourth Generation Product: GO_CONS_EGM_GOC_2__20091101T000000_20120801T060000_0001.TGZ Variance/Covariance matrix: GO_CONS_EGM_GVC_2__20091101T000000_20120801T060000_0002.TGZ Fifth Generation Product: GO_CONS_EGM_GOC_2__20091101T000000_20131020T235959_0002.TG Variance/Covariance matrix: GO_CONS_EGM_GVC_2__20091101T000000_20131020T235959_0001.TGZ Coefficients (ICGEM format): GO_CONS_EGM_GOC_2__20091101T000000_20131020T235959_0001.IDF Sixth Generation Product: GO_CONS_EGM_GOC_2__20091009T000000_20131020T235959_0201.TGZ Variance/Covariance matrix: GO_CONS_EGM_GVC_2__20091009T000000_20131020T235959_0201.TGZ Coefficients (ICGEM format): GO_CONS_EGM_GOC_2__20091009T000000_20131020T235959_0201.IDF Release 6 gravity model validation report. Time-Wise solution First Generation Product: GO_CONS_EGM_GOC_2__20091101T000000_20100111T000000_0002.TGZ Variance/Covariance matrix: GO_CONS_EGM_GVC_2__20091101T000000_20100111T000000_0002.TGZ Second Generation Product: GO_CONS_EGM_GOC_2__20091101T000000_20100705T235500_0002.TGZ Variance/Covariance matrix: GO_CONS_EGM_GVC_2__20091101T000000_20100705T235500_0001.TGZ Third Generation Product: GO_CONS_EGM_GOC_2__20091101T000000_20110430T235959_0001.TGZ Variance/Covariance matrix: GO_CONS_EGM_GVC_2__20091101T000000_20110430T235959_0001.TGZ Coefficients (ICGEM format): GO_CONS_EGM_GCF_2__20091101T000000_20110430T235959_0001.IDF Fourth Generation Product: GO_CONS_EGM_GOC_2__20091101T000000_20120618T235959_0002.TGZ Variance/Covariance matrix: GO_CONS_EGM_GVC_2__20091101T000000_20120618T235959_0001.TGZ Fifth Generation Product: GO_CONS_EGM_GOC_2__20091101T000000_20131021T000000_0002.TGZ Variance/Covariance matrix: GO_CONS_EGM_GVC_2__20091101T000000_20131021T000000_0001.TGZ Coefficients (ICGEM format): GO_CONS_EGM_GOC_2__20091101T000000_20131021T000000_0001.IDF Sixth Generation Product: GO_CONS_EGM_GOC_2__20091009T000000_20131021T000000_0201.TGZ Variance/Covariance matrix: GO_CONS_EGM_GVC_2__20091009T000000_20131021T000000_0202.TGZ Coefficients (ICGEM format): GO_CONS_EGM_GOC_2__20091009T000000_20131021T000000_0201.IDF Combined gravity field GOCE model plus Antarctic and Arctic data (ICGEM format): GO_CONS_EGM_GOC_2__20091009T000000_20160119T235959_0201.IDF Download release 6 gravity model validation report.

  • Data - EO Sign In Authentication (Open)

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    GOCE Level 2

    This collection contains GOCE level 2 data: Gravity Gradients in the gradiometer reference frame (EGG_NOM_2), in the terrestrial reference frame (EGG_TRF_2), GPS receiver derived precise science orbits (SST_PSO_2) and the non-tidal time variable gravity field potential with respect to a mean value in terms of a spherical harmonic series determined from atmospheric and oceanic mass variations as well as from a GRACE monthly gravity field time series (SST_AUX_2). EGG_NOM_2_: latest baseline: _0203 EGG_TRF_2_: latest baseline _0101 SST_AUX_2_: latest baseline _0001 SST_PSO_2_: latest baseline _0201.