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• News - Operational News

  

  GOSAT-2 FTS-2 observations suspended from 10 to 31 May 202

  Due to an upcoming inclination control maneuver to be conducted by JAXA on the GOSAT-2 satellite, the FTS-2 sensor observations will be suspended from Friday 10 May to Friday 31 May 2024.

• 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 - How to guides

  

  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.

• 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

• 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 - Events and Proceedings

  

  Celebrating ESA’s first small satellite with science success

  Scientists and data users gathered at a special workshop to celebrate the end of PROBA-1’s CHRIS sensor and discuss the results of this overachieving mission.

• 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.

• 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 - Infographics

  

  Learn more about Envisat MERIS Full Resolution Level-1 data

  Learn more about the Envisat MERIS Level 1 products in our latest infographic.

• Document - Product Document

  

  Envisat-MERIS-Level-1-Data-Infographic

  Envisat MERIS Level 1 Data Infographic.

• News - Operational News

  

  Change of access to FTP-S for ERS and Envisat atmospheric and low-rate data

  As of 13 December 2023, access to a series of ERS and Envisat atmospheric and low rate data collections changed from simple FTP to FTP-S.

• News - Success Stories

  

  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 - Events and Proceedings

  

  Workshop celebrates end of long-running PROBA-1 satellite

  In January, ESA will mark the end of its long-running CHRIS sensor onboard the PROBA-1 satellite in a special workshop.

• Event - Workshop

  

  PROBA-1 CHRIS End of Mission Workshop

  The PROBA-1 CHRIS End of Mission Workshop will take place from 18-19 January 2024 in Ghent, Belgium.

• News - Thematic area articles

  

  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.

• News - Thematic area articles

  

  Tracking the world’s forests from space

  As human activities continue to threaten the planet’s forests, data delivered by satellites are boosting global efforts to conserve these crucial natural resources.

• News - Success Stories

  

  Commercial and international data for fire monitoring

  As climate change sparks a surge in the frequency and intensity of wildfires, satellite data disseminated through ESA’s Third Party Missions (TPM) programme are helping scientists to track and investigate these potentially damaging natural events.

• News - Infographics

  

  Focusing on Envisat MERIS Full Resolution Level-2 data

  ESA's Envisat mission continued and expanded upon the legacy of its predecessors, the ERS (European Remote Sensing) satellites. Operating between 2002 and 2012, the satellite's 10 instruments acquired a decade of data for many applications.

• News - Spotlight on EO community

  

  Meet the Quality Assurance for EO Team

  The Quality Assurance For Earth Observation (also known as QA4EO) Service began its operations on 1 November 2019, providing support to the Data Quality and Algorithms Management Office at ESRIN, within the Sensor Performance, Processing and Algorithm section.

• News - Success Stories

  

  Global remote sensing of greenhouse gases ramps up

  With growing pressure to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere, recent research studies using the carbon dioxide monitoring TanSat mission are timely.