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Document - General Reference
WATS - Water Vapour and Temperature in the Troposphere and Stratosphere.pdf
This report describes the WATS mission, one of the candidate Earth Explorers in the second cycle in 2001.
Document - Technical Note
WALES - Water Vapour Lidar Experiment in Space
This report describes the WALES mission, one of the candidate Earth Explorers in the second cycle in 2001.
News - Thematic area articles
Transforming space data into climate action
ESA’s Earth observation activities are playing a key role in the revitalised global drive to combat climate change.
News - Success Stories
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.
Document - General Reference
The Nine Candidate Earth Explorer Missions - Earth Radiation Mission
This report for assessment addresses the Earth Radiation mission when it was selected with other nine Earth Explorer missions as a potential candidate for Phase A study.
Document - General Reference
The Nine Candidate Earth Explorer Missions - Atmospheric Dynamics MIssion
This report for assessment addresses the Atmospheric Dynamics mission when it was selected with other nine Earth Explorer missions as a potential candidate for Phase A study.
Document - General Reference
The Nine Candidate Earth Explorer Missions - Atmospheric Chemistry Mission
This report for assessment addresses the Atmospheric Chemistry mission when it was selected with other nine Earth Explorer missions as a potential candidate for Phase A study.
Document - General Reference
The four Candidate Earth Explorer Core Missions - Earth Radiation Mission
This report describes the Earth Radiation Mission, one of the four Candidate Earth Explorers in 1999.
Document - General Reference
The four Candidate Earth Explorer Core Missions - Atmospheric Dynamics Mission
This report describes the Atmospheric Dynamics Mission, one of the four Candidate Earth Explorers in 1999.
Document - General Reference
SPECTRA-Surface-Processes-and-Ecosystem-Changes-Through-Response-Analysis.pdf
This report describes the SPECTRA mission, one of the candidate Earth Explorers in the second cycle in 2001.
Document - Proceedings
Second-EPS-MetOp-RAO-Workshop.pdf
Proceedings of the 2nd EPS/MetOp RAO Workshop held from 20-22 May 2009 in Barcelona, Spain.
News - Success Stories
Satellites track the health of the ozone layer
ESA’s Earth observation activities are contributing to international efforts to monitor and preserve the layer of stratospheric ozone that blankets the planet.
Document - General Reference
PREMIER-Report-for-Mission-Selection-An-Earth-Explorer-to-observe-atmospheric-composition.pdf
The objective of the PREMIER mission is to quantify the processes controlling global atmospheric composition in the mid/upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (5-25 km height range), which is a region of particular importance for climate change.
Document - General Reference
Meteosat-Second-Generation.pdf
This flyer summarises in short the aims, applications and technology of the MSG mission.
Document - General Reference
Meteosat-Second-Generation-The-Satellite-Development.pdf
This publication provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the MSG programme, the mission objectives, the design and development of the MSG spacecraft.
Document - Technical Note
Long-Term-Monitoring-of-GOME-Diffuser-Reflectivity-and-Dark-Signal-Analysis-v2.pdf
This document provides an update on the diffuser degradation analysis of the GOME instrument aboard ERS-2, using the monthly calibration data from June 1995 and August 2001.
Event - Conference
Living Planet Symposium 2022
Learn about the 2022 edition of ESA's Living Planet Symposium.
News - Spotlight on EO community
Introducing Mirko Albani
In this short introduction, ESA's Heritage Missions Programme Manager describes what he likes most about ESA's long term archive of satellite mission data and his role in the programme.
News - Spotlight on EO community
Interviewing Mirko Albani
ESA’s Heritage Space Programme Manager describes the goals of the programme, some of the challenges involved in preserving and improving 40 years of historical Earth observation data, and his passion for curating this long-term archive.