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  • News - How to guides

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    HEDAVI Discover: a step-by-step guide

    The Heritage Data Visualisation tool (HEDAVI) is a platform developed by the French Science Consulting for Earth Observation group, VisioTerra, which allows users to freely access over 40 years of ESA Earth Observation Heritage data, Third Party Missions and some Copernicus data.

  • Tools - Catalogues

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    CS2EO

    CS2EO is a data catalogue that allows users to easily and quickly combine and download airborne and spaceborne altimetry data from CryoSat-2, ICESat-2, CryoVEx, IceBridge and CryoTEMPO-EOLIS.

  • Data - Sample Data (Open)

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    CryoSat Data Samples

    Download CryoSat data samples from Baseline-B, C, and D products.

  • News - Data Release news

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    CryoSat swath data boosted with new glacier regions and gridded products

    Additional products have been added to CryoTEMPO-EOLIS Baseline 2, increasing global coverage and adding to the range of available gridded data.

  • News - Maintenance News

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    CryoSat CalVal server downtime on 27 February 2024

    Due to routine maintenance activities on 27 February 2024, between 08:00-10:00 UTC, the distribution of CryoSat L0 products and AUX files may be impacted.

  • News - Operational News

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    Announcement for CryoSat Quaternions Product users

    CryoSat users who use the Quaternions Products should be aware that the method to access these products is changing.

  • News - Success Stories

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    Trailblazing ERS-2 mission enables climate change applications

    As ESA’s ERS-2 satellite approaches Earth’s atmosphere for reentry, it’s time to reflect on the mission’s great achievements in powering climate-related applications.

  • News - Operational News

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    Delay in the Availability of CryoSat Products - Issue Resolved

    The CryoSat operational team have successfully resolved a technical issue at the CryoSat Payload Data Ground Segment.

  • News - Operational News

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    Delay in the availability of CryoSat Products

    A technical issue occurred at the CryoSat Payload Data Ground Segment (PDGS).

  • Document - Newsletter

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    Earth Online Newsletter - 12 January 2024

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

  • Tools - Apps

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    Earth Online Visuals

    The Earth Online Visuals app displays interactive 3D models of ESA’s Earth Explorers and the Envisat and GOCE Heritage satellites. The models detail the mission payloads and where the instruments are placed on the satellites.

  • Document - Newsletter

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    Earth Online Newsletter 15 December 2023

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

  • News - Success Stories

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    CryoSat land ice data track destabilisation of Antarctic glacier

    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.

  • Document - Newsletter

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    Earth Online Newsletter 01 December 2023

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

  • News - Success Stories

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    Discover Earth like never before: the HEDAVI tool

    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.

  • News - Success Stories

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    CryoSat safe and sound

    A fuel leak aboard the CryoSat satellite threatened to bring the mission to an end in 2025 however operators at ESOC initiated a swap to a back-up system thus saving the satellite for years to come.

  • News - General News

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    3D Earth Online Visuals application takes off

    A new app has just been launched, enabling you to explore ESA’s satellite missions in 3D and providing a new perspective on how satellite data contribute to our understanding of Earth systems, the climate, and their interactions.

  • News - Data Release news

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    Global glacier mass change data now available from CryoSat

    Measuring glacier mass changes from space is more accurate and comprehensive thanks to the CryoTEMPO-EOLIS CryoSat swath data products, which now cover glaciers worldwide.

  • News - Data Release news

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    CryoSat Ice Baseline-E Reprocessed Data - Update

    Previously, quality checks of the Ice Baseline-E reprocessing products observed a discrepancy in the metadata of products with incremented version numbers (E002, E003).

  • News - Thematic area articles

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    Cloud-free collections key for land monitoring

    Satellite imagery is a crucially important tool for monitoring the land, but cloud cover can often block parts of Earth’s surface from view, limiting subsequent analyses.