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NEWS
Discover the latest news on the European Space Agency's Earth Observation activities. Learn all about new data availability and how ESA's missions are performing.
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
News - Events and Proceedings
2nd SMOS for Space Weather Workshop
The 2nd Workshop on SMOS for Space Weather will take place on 27th October 2023, hosted by the Space Weather Group of the University of Alcala, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid, Spain).
News - Spotlight on EO community
An overview of the SMOS mission
In this video, Klaus Scipal - Biomass and SMOS Mission Manager - talks about ESA's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission.
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 - Data Release news
CryoSat Ice Baseline D data products now available
CryoSat data users, the new Ice Baseline D processors are operational and associated products are now available on the Science Server.
News - Operational News
CryoSat Ice Baseline-D data sample and updated documentation available
Following the CryoSat Quality Working Group meet in November 2018, the upcoming CryoSat Ice Baseline-D data products have been further refined.
News - Data Release news
CryoSat magnetometer data now available to support Swarm Sciences
We are pleased to announce the new release of magnetic field data recorded by Fluxgate magnetometers, operating on-board ESA's CryoSat mission.
News - Data Release news
CryoSat Ocean Baseline C reprocessed 2015 data available
The reprocessed CryoSat Ocean Baseline C data for all of 2015 is available to download from the Science Server.
News - Data Release news
CryoSat Ocean Baseline C reprocessed data available
The first six months of the reprocessed CryoSat Ocean Baseline C data (July-December 2010) have been published and are available for download.
News - Data Release news
CryoSat Ocean Baseline C reprocessed data from 2011 available
Reprocessed CryoSat Ocean Baseline C data for all of 2011 has been published.
News - Data Release news
CryoSat Ocean Baseline C reprocessed data from 2012 available
The reprocessed CryoSat Ocean Baseline C data for all of 2012 is available for download.
News - Data Release news
CryoSat Ocean Baseline C reprocessed data from 2013 available
The reprocessed CryoSat Ocean Baseline C data for 2013 has been published on the Science Server and is available for download.
News - Success Stories
CryoSat reveals retreat of Patagonian glaciers
ESA's CryoSat surpassed its original scope by revealing exactly how mountain glaciers are succumbing to change.
News - Data Release news
Eight years of SMOS Arctic sea ice thickness level now available from SMOS Data dissemination portal
Daily maps of sea ice thickness based on SMOS Observations, covering the winter seasons in the Arctic for the period of October-April from year 2010/2011 to year 2017/2018, are now available.
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 - Events and Proceedings
ESA invites scientists to submit abstracts for EGU 2023
ESA is calling for researchers to submit abstracts for sessions at the next General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU 2023).
News - Success Stories
ESA's Earth Explorers surpassing expectations
In this video, learn how each Earth Explorer mission is contributing to Earth science, and changing the way we look at our beloved planet.
News - General News
ESA's excellent Earth Explorer missions extended to 2025
Since 2009, ESA’s Earth Explorer missions have pioneered breakthrough technologies and transformed our understanding of Earth’s system, from its core to the outer stretches of the atmosphere.
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 - Thematic area articles
Global understanding of Earth's land surfaces greatly boosted by satellite data
ESA perform land surface monitoring with a range of instruments onboard satellites acquiring optical and radar data. Collections of data from these missions are freely available for research purposes.