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Data preservation takes centre stage at Living Planet Symposium
26 May 2022
Against the backdrop of the famed Rhine River, world-class scientists and Earth observation data-users are gathered this week in the historical city of Bonn, at the Living Planet Symposium (LPS).
Eight years of SMOS Arctic sea ice thickness level now available from SMOS Data dissemination portal
16 May 2018
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.
Envisat-ERS (A)SAR - Enhanced Dissemination Service
4 Jan 2019
ESA is pleased to announce the release of several new features as part of the ESA On-The-Fly data processing and dissemination service.
ERS ATSR fourth Reprocessing datasets available to users
24 May 2024
The fourth Reprocessing of the ATSR L1B datasets derived from the ERS-1 and ERS-2 satellites have now been released to users by the European Space Agency (ESA).
ERS-1 Scatterometer L2 dataset processed with ASPS v10.04 is available online
13 June 2019
The reprocessed dataset together with corresponding ERS-2 data is now available.
ESA invites scientists to submit abstracts for EGU 2023
14 Dec 2022
ESA is calling for researchers to submit abstracts for sessions at the next General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU 2023).
ESA's excellent Earth Explorer missions extended to 2025
21 Mar 2023
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.
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.
FDR4ATMOS - New ESA FDR for Atmospheric composition dataset from ERS-2 GOME and Envisat SCIAMACHY
13 Sept 2024
In addition to releasing new datasets for Envisat SCIAMACHY, the European Space Agency (ESA) has advanced the earth observation capabilities by developing an experimental product under the ESA FDR4ATMOS project (Fundamental Data Records in the domain of satellite Atmospheric Composition).
GLOC 2023: Democratising data access key to climate action
1 June 2023
The need for easy access to remote sensing data and making them more digestible to the local user community, were take home messages from the first Global Space Conference on Climate Change (GLOC), held in Oslo, Norway, last week.
GOME TCWV Climate product available online
6 Dec 2018
GOME Total Column Water Vapour (TCWV) Climate product developed within the ESA GOME-Evolution project is now accessible from the ESA data archives together with the ERS-2 GOME data.
Highlighting the value of SMOS data in space weather applications
17 Jan 2024
Data from ESA’s SMOS mission are driving many space weather applications, ranging from air navigation, characterisation of solar flares, space weather modelling and ionospheric electron content mapping.
Highlights from Living Planet Symposium
13 June 2022
As remote sensing scientists and data-users from around the world converged at the Living Planet Symposium (LPS) in Bonn recently, a common thread was evident in many scientific sessions and meetings – the right environmental data can accelerate our understanding of the rapid changes in Earth’s system.
New ERS-2 GOME Level 1 v5.1 dataset available online
20 June 2018
A new GOME Level 1b dataset has been generated for the 16-year mission period bringing relevant quality improvements for the revised calibration approach, compensating aging and instrument degradation, and provide enhanced accessibility.
New reanalysis dataset impacts SMOS Level 3 and 4 sea ice thickness
19 Feb 2024
On 24 January 2024 the JRA55 reanalysis dataset was terminated and updated with the Japanese Reanalysis for Three Quarters of a Century.
New reprocessing of datasets celebrates 30 years of ERS
22 July 2021
The ERS programme celebrated its 30th anniversary on 17 July. Today, we are still exploiting ERS data and experts continue to work on improving the altimeter, radiometer and SAR data the programme acquired.
New SMOS sea surface wind speed products now available
17 Apr 2020
The SMOS Wind Data Service provides, in near real time (NRT), surface wind speed over the ocean derived from the brightness temperature measurements of SMOS.
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.
New version of the SMOS-CryoSat level 4 sea ice thickness product is now available
30 Jan 2023
The new version 205 of the merged SMOS-CryoSat level 4 sea ice thickness product is now available on the SMOS dissemination service