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Commercial data quality activities to receive a boost at VH-RODA 2024
17 Sept 2024
World-leading experts, New Space data providers, international space agencies and the scientific community will present the status of state-of-the-art satellite products and explore the latest developments in Calibration/Validation (Cal/Val) at ESA’s fifth VH-RODA workshop.
Dismissal of “ground” FTP account on CryoSat Cal/Val server
9 Sept 2024
The "ground" FTP account on the CryoSat Cal/Val server will be dismissed on 23 September 2024.
New version of the CryoSat User Tool (CUT) now available
2 Sept 2024
The CryoSat User Tool (CUT) is an application for displaying and downloading CryoSat products from remote FTP servers or from local directories.
CryoSat data platform cs2eo features new interface and datasets
15 Aug 2024
The latest updates to cs2eo, a high performance platform to access, compare and download datasets from CryoSat, ICESat-2, CRYO2ICE, CryoVEx, Cryo-TEMPO-EOLIS and Operation IceBridge, were released on 13 August.
New stories on change detection and ERS-2 re-entry in HEDAVI
18 July 2024
Two new stories are now available in ESA’s HEDAVI (HEritage DAta VIsualisation) tool. HEDAVI visualises Earth observation data from satellites in ESA’s Heritage and Third Party Missions programme, and includes some data from the Copernicus Sentinel satellites.
Issue with CryoTEMPO Polar Ocean Baseline C data and CryoTEMPO short downtime
4 July 2024
An issue has been found with CryoTEMPO Polar Ocean Baseline C data, which provides sea level anomaly (SLA) and dynamic ocean topography (DOT) values over some stretches of land.
New campaign dataset supports validation of upcoming FORUM mission
14 May 2024
A new dataset has been released for the FINESSE at Andøya campaign, which took place in Norway in 2023.
Cryo-TEMPO gets new Summer Sea Ice product
30 Apr 2024
CryoSat’s remarkable 14-year record of global ice and sea levels got another upgrade with the release of Cryo-TEMPO baseline C, which includes lots of new features and improvements.
New Ocean data and more boost CryoSat data platform
15 Apr 2024
Eight new datasets have been added to the CS2EO platform to support, enhance, and simplify research using CryoSat data. They include the CryoSat Ocean Product, and the Cryo-TEMPO Land Ice, Sea Ice, Polar Ocean, Coastal Ocean and Inland Water datasets.
ESA's improved Earth system data records: what is in store for the future?
8 Apr 2024
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.
FDR4ALT - ESA unveils new cutting-edge ERS/Envisat Altimeter and Microwave Radiometer Datasets
8 Mar 2024
The European Space Agency (ESA) has developed a comprehensive suite of innovative Earth system data records as part of the Fundamental Data Records for Altimetry project - FDR4ALT.
Go-to guide to Third Party Mission data offering
27 Feb 2024
ESA’s latest Third Party Missions Data Access Guide has been published, providing technical details and information on available data collections for all current or past Third Party Missions.
Celebrating ESA’s first small satellite with science success
22 Feb 2024
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.
CryoSat swath data boosted with new glacier regions and gridded products
21 Feb 2024
Additional products have been added to CryoTEMPO-EOLIS Baseline 2, increasing global coverage and adding to the range of available gridded data.
Announcement for CryoSat Quaternions Product users
15 Feb 2024
CryoSat users who use the Quaternions Products should be aware that the method to access these products is changing.
Temporary interruption to Envisat AATSR dissemination service
12 Feb 2024
A planned downtime will affect the access to the ftp dissemination server for the Envisat AATSR data during the period 13-15 February 2024.
New FLEX-related campaign datasets released
31 Jan 2024
New datasets have been released for three campaigns, covering activities supporting the upcoming FLEX mission.
ESA encourages S-band applications with NovaSAR-1 Announcement of Opportunity
23 Jan 2024
ESA is offering possibilities to develop new applications in the S-band microwave frequency range, with a new Announcement of Opportunity for NovaSAR-1 data, via ESA’s Third Party Mission programme.
Setting the standard for drone-based validation of satellite data
20 Dec 2023
The ESA-supported Surface Reflectance Intercomparison eXercise for Vegetation (SRIX4Veg) – which began in 2022 – is working to put forward good-practice procedures agreed through a series of workshops and a dedicated UAV campaign.
MOS-1/1B MESSR and VTIR data products now available
5 Dec 2023
MOS-1/1B MESSR (Multi-spectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer) and VTIR (Visible and Thermal Infrared Radiometer) level 1 data products are now available via the ESA Heritage Missions Dissemination System.