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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 - Success Stories
In the clean room with Aeolus
In this edition of Earth from Space, ESA's Aeolus Project Manager talks about the challenges in developing the pioneering laser technology.
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 - Success Stories
COVID-19: Aeolus and weather forecasts
The drop in commercial flights has led to fewer measurements for weather forecasts, but fortunately, ESA’s Aeolus satellite mission is helping to fill the gap.
News - Success Stories
Earth Day: taking the pulse of our planet
While news of COVID-19 dominates headlines and many of us practice social distancing, there still remains the need for action on climate change - and satellites are vital in providing the key facts on this global issue.
News - Data Release news
Aeolus data now publicly available
Last week marked an exciting milestone for Aeolus. On 12 May, its wind data became publicly available.
News - General News
Mirror bias correction brings higher quality to Aeolus data
The release of Aeolus data to the public was made possible by the product optimisation work performed by the Aeolus DISC.
News - Success Stories
Around the world in eight balloons with Strateole-2
Strateole-2 is a French-US project supported by ESA that uses CNES superpressure balloons drifting around the globe to study the climate processes in the Tropical Tropopause Layer (TTL) and the lower stratosphere, helping Aeolus validation activities along the way.
News - Operational News
Aeolus set for Instrument Telescope Refocussing exercise
Aeolus's telescope requires periodic collimation and refocussing. To this end, the Instrument Telescope Refocussing activity aims to improve the radiometric performance of the Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument's telescope, ALADIN.
News - Operational News
Aeolus activates new range bin setting
On 17 June 2020, Aeolus will activate a new range bin setting, QBO2020 that will support the investigation of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (QBO) over the Tropical belt.
News - Operational News
Aeolus tests new mirror thermal control setting
This week, a new setting for the Aeolus thermal control of the primary mirror will be tested to investigate further potential improvements at satellite level.
News - Operational News
A Guide to Aeolus Range Bin Settings
After almost two years in space, Aeolus' near-real time observations have been assimilated into the Numerical Weather Prediction models of several European meteorological services, and have proven crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to a sharp decrease in meteorological observations.
News - General News
ESA’s Earth Observation Catalogue and its services
EO-CAT is the EO Catalogue tool allowing users to search ESA and Third Party Mission collections.
News - Success Stories
Aeolus Data Now in Use by Four of Europe’s Biggest Meteorological Services
European meteorological services are now benefiting from the use of operational Aeolus data in their forecasts.
News - General News
Quality Reports Advanced Search Portal takes off
The Quality Reports Advanced Search (QRAS) Portal is a system that provides a set of functionalities for searching, filtering, visualising and downloading of Earth Observation reports data, from multiple missions.
News - Infographics
Aeolus - ESA's mission dedicated to winds, aerosols and clouds
Learn more about ESA's youngest Earth Explorer - the Aeolus mission - in our latest infographic
News - Operational News
Drift of the Aeolus satellite orbit
The reference orbit of Aeolus began a planned change on 17 June 2021, from ANX 4.5 to ANX 2.0, in order to facilitate ground-based Aeolus campaign activities.
News - General News
Full version of QRAS Portal released
The new, full version, of the Quality Reports Advanced Search (QRAS) Portal launched today, adding new features to support users looking for Quality Control Reports on ESA and Third Party Missions.
News - Events and Proceedings
Living Planet Symposium 2022: Call for proposals
ESA is now accepting proposals for sessions at the next Living Planet Symposium – set to take place on 23–27 May 2022 at the World Conference Centre in Bonn, Germany.
News - Success Stories
Askos campaign validates Aeolus data
From July to September 2021, the European Space Agency (ESA) organised the Joint Aeolus Tropical Atlantic Campaign (JATAC) in Cape Verde.
News - Success Stories
Wind measurement campaign validates Aeolus data
Aeolus VAlidation Through Airborne LidaRs in the Tropics (AVATART) was one of the two scientific campaigns carried out on Sal Island, Cape Verde during the month of September 2021.