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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).
Official signature launches ESA-NASA Joint EO Mission Quality Assessment Framework
6 Aug 2024
In June 2024, within the context of an ESA-NASA collaboration in Earth Observation, the official signature of the "ESA-NASA Joint EO Mission Quality Assessment Framework – SAR Guidelines" took place—enriching their ongoing cooperation even further.
Release of new Envisat SCIAMACHY reprocessed data
25 July 2024
ESA's Envisat SCIAMACHY mission, which ended operations in 2012, continues to yield valuable scientific insights through ongoing data reprocessing efforts.
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.
Easy visualisation of Earth observation data with new HEDAVI tool modes
25 June 2024
The Discover mode in HEDAVI showcases the usefulness of Earth Observation (EO) data in a variety of applications through a list of case-studies—so-called “stories”. The first new feature allows users to share links to the stories in HEDAVI. The second new feature allows them to export any image of a case-study from the Discover mode to the Explorer mode.
HM-ATMOS scheduled maintenance on 04 June 2024
3 June 2024
A software maintenance activity has been scheduled for HM-ATMOS OADS instance on Tuesday 04 June 2024 from 07:30 to 08:30 UTC.
New campaign dataset for tomographic sensing experiment
22 May 2024
A new dataset has been released for the TomoSense campaign, which took place in Germany between 2019 and 2021.
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.
HEDAVI Discover: a step-by-step guide
27 Mar 2024
The Heritage Data Visualisation tool (HEDAVI) is a platform developed by the French Science Consulting for Earth Observation group, VisioTerra, which allows users to freely access over 40 years of ESA Earth Observation Heritage data, Third Party Missions and some Copernicus data.
ICEYE Dwell mode now available to users
22 Mar 2024
ICEYE Dwell mode products are now available through ESA’s Third Party Missions programme.
Announcement of Opportunity for SAOCOM – deadline extended
18 Mar 2024
The submission deadline for the ESA/CONAE Announcement of Opportunity for SAOCOM mission data has been extended until 31 December 2024.
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.
Change of access to FTP-S for ERS and Envisat atmospheric and low-rate data
13 Dec 2023
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.
Very High Resolution data to take centre stage
28 Sept 2022
In the last few years, European New Space providers have helped strengthen the offering of very high resolution remote sensing data products—a designated workshop this November aims to focus on the latest developments in this arena.
New CryoVEx campaign datasets released
8 Sept 2022
Two new datasets have been released for the CryoVEx campaign, covering activities in Spring and Summer 2019.
Spot Extended Area mode added to ICEYE on-demand portfolio
28 July 2022
As an evolution of Spot mode, Spot Extended Area products are now available with the same resolution of Spot data (ground resolution of 1 m) but enabling to cover the area of 225 km2 (15 x 15 km) in a single SAR image.
VHR Data Quality in the limelight
8 June 2022
In recent years, the satellite landscape has steadily expanded with a variety of very high resolution (VHR) commercial satellites, also emerging from new space providers. A result of this growth is an increased need to address data quality assurance.
The SRIX4VEG project
1 June 2022
The Very High-resolution Radar & Optical Data Assessment (VH-RODA) 2022 Workshop was held at ESA/ESRIN in Frascati (Italy) from 7 November to 10 of November, 2022.
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).
New imaging modes added to PAZ collection
18 Jan 2022
Two new imaging modes, Wide ScanSAR and Staring Spotlight, have been added to the PAZ offering and are now available to users for research and application development following submission of a project proposal subject to evaluation and acceptance by ESA and the data owner.