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Aeolus fourth Reprocessing Campaign Data published
22 May 2024
The Aeolus mission has released its latest data update, Baseline 16, encompassing operations from June 28, 2019, to October 4, 2022.
Aeolus wind data boosts innovative new global wind comparison tool
19 Dec 2023
A new system for comparing wind data from multiple observing platforms, including ESA’s Aeolus wind satellite, puts global wind data - and the tools needed to analyse them - all in one place.
Update for the SMOS Near Real Time Sea Surface Wind Speed Processor configuration
5 Dec 2023
An updated configuration of the SMOS Near Real Time Sea Surface Wind Speed Processor was deployed at the IFREMER and ESA operational ground segment on 4th December 2023.
Aeolus data and lessons learned: what happens next for ESA’s wind mission?
2 Nov 2023
The Aeolus satellite returned to Earth on 28 July 2023, in an assisted reentry that marked the end of nearly five years in space. For scientists working with Aeolus data, however, the mission lives on.
SMOS Near Real Time Sea Surface Wind Speed products back to nominal dissemination
23 May 2023
Following a pause in the dissemination of SMOS Near Real Time Sea Surface Wind Speed data on 2 May, the processor has now been updated and nominal dissemination has resumed.
The divine keeper of the winds retires
24 Apr 2023
ESA’s fifth Earth Explorer - Aeolus - is due to retire soon, but will provide fully nominal data up to the end of operations on 30 April.
Scientists to showcase value of Earth observation data at EGU
21 Apr 2023
Remote sensing scientists are getting ready to present innovative and exciting applications of satellite data at the European Geosciences Union general assembly which will take place from 24 to 28 April in Vienna, Austria.
New Aeolus Processing Baseline 16 now activated
20 Apr 2023
The new Aeolus processing baseline 16 was activated on Tuesday 18 April 2023.
Improved Aeolus Rayleigh-cloudy winds product now available
20 Apr 2023
An improved Aeolus product is now available: Rayleigh channel winds measured in atmospheric conditions with clouds and/or dense aerosol, known as Rayleigh-cloudy winds.
Improved Aeolus wind data now available
20 Dec 2022
ESA’s Aeolus mission continues to advance weather forecasting with further data improvements, thanks to a third reprocessing campaign.
Aeolus NRT FM-A public data available after instrument switch over
30 Nov 2022
The Aeolus ALADIN FM-A instrument switch-on and its commissioning have been successfully completed.
Aeolus third Reprocessing Campaign Data published
23 Nov 2022
Data from the Aeolus 3rd reprocessing campaign, covering the sensing period from 31 August 2018 to 16 June 2019, relevant to the first period of operations of the ALADIN Flight Model A instrument is available for browsing and download.
Exploring the prevailing achievements and future directions of Aeolus
14 Apr 2022
A tight-knit community of European remote sensing experts converged on the Italian island of Sicily last month to discuss how the strong success of ESA’s Aeolus mission is shaping scientists’ understanding of the winds that sweep across the planet.
Launch of Aeolus VRE
23 Mar 2022
The Aeolus Virtual Research Environment (VRE) is a cloud service, which provides users with a web-based development environment in the form of a JupyterLab workspace.
A Guide to Aeolus Range Bin Settings
7 Sept 2020
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.
Aeolus tests new mirror thermal control setting
7 July 2020
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.
Aeolus set for Instrument Telescope Refocussing exercise
28 May 2020
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.
Mirror bias correction brings higher quality to Aeolus data
20 May 2020
The release of Aeolus data to the public was made possible by the product optimisation work performed by the Aeolus DISC.
Aeolus data now publicly available
19 May 2020
Last week marked an exciting milestone for Aeolus. On 12 May, its wind data became publicly available.
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.