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News - Operational News
SMOS data distribution resumed
SMOS data distribution to end users was resumed on 12 March 2024 after confirmation of the adequate quality of the current
Mission - Earth Explorers
Aeolus
This is currently the only technology that can provide direct wind profile observations in clear air, inside thin clouds
News - Success Stories
Aeolus enhances volcanic ash forecasts for aviation safety
Current projects supporting PANGEA include the D-TECT ERC, the PANGEA4CalVal TWINNING and the L2A+, ACPV ESA studies.
News - Success Stories
Satellite data predicts lower wheat crop yield
Title: Current drought situation in Ebro basin Description: The SMOS soil-moisture-based drought monitor is updated monthly
Mission - Earth Explorers
Aeolus Data
Aeolus Quality Control Reports on L1B/Instrument, L2A and L2B products are currently available to Aeolus Cal/Val teams and
Mission - Earth Explorers
ALADIN
Aeolus Quality Control Reports on L1B/Instrument, L2A and L2B products are currently available to Aeolus Cal/Val teams and
Activity - Instrument characterisation and algorithm studies
ESA satellites and instruments calibration landing page
Data Outages: Information currently not available online.
Mission - Earth Explorers
SMOS product availability
+ NIR + Long LO + FTT LO + Electrical Stability LO + NIR + Long + FTT LO + Short LO + Long + Short Current
Event - Training
EO Summer School 3
In line with observations it shows anti-cyclonically rotating surface currents and cyclonically rotating bottom currents.
News - Operational News
SMOS data outage since 22 February 2024
spacecraft has been back in nominal mode since 25 February and on 27 February, the MIRAS instrument was switched on and is currently
Document - General Reference
The Nine Candidate Earth Explorer Missions - Magnetometry Mission
This report for assessment addresses the Magnetometry mission when it was selected with other nine Earth Explorer missions as a potential candidate for Phase A study.
Document - General Reference
Candidate-Earth-Explorers-in-Assessment-Phase.pdf
This flyer gives a quick overview on the candidate Earth Explorers missions in assessment phase.
Document - General Reference
New-possibilities-for-science-ESAs-operational-Sentinel-missions.pdf
This is an article extracted from the ESA Bulletin Nr. 140.
Mission - Earth Explorers
SMOS Objectives
SMOS Science The SMOS mission is a direct response to the current lack of global observations of soil moisture and ocean
Document - General Reference
Earth-Observation-Market-Development-Benefits-to-Industry.pdf
This article was published in the ESA Bulletin Nr. 125 : it describes the Earth Observation Market Development programme, an activity designed to foster the use of Earth Observation based geo-information services within various market sectors.
Document - General Reference
The-CEOS-Earth-Observation-Handbook-2008.pdf
This report presents the main capabilities of satellite Earth observations, their applications, and a systematic overview of present and planned Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) agency Earth observation satellite missions and their instruments. It also explores society's increasing need for information on our planet. This edition has a particular focus on climate change.
Document - General Reference
Towards More Efficient Use of Radar-Altimeter Data
Twenty years ago, experimental altimeters on NASA's Skylab and Geos-3 were already demonstrating the potential of such instrumentation. This led in turn to the development and launch by NASA in July 1978 of the Seasat oceanographic satellite mission. Both Geos-3 and Seasat were very successful in their pioneering missions, but were limited somewhat by poor coverage in the case of Geos-3 and an abnormally short mission duration in Seasat's case.
Document - Product Cal/Val Plan/Report
CEOS-Working-Group-Calibration-and-Validation.pdf
This document describes the Committee on Earth Observation Satellite's involvement in Calibration and Validation activities for Earth Observation satellites.
Event - Conference
2nd SMOS Science Conference
The objectives of the 2nd SMOS Science Conference were: To provide the SMOS science communities with an update on past, current
Document - General Reference
Report-on-the-Earth-Observation-User-Consultation-Meeting.pdf
This report summarises the outcome of the third Earth Observation User Consultation Meeting which was held at the Agency's European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), Noordwijk, The Netherlands, over the period 25-27 October 1994.