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

Document - General Reference

Earth-Explorers-Satellites-to-understand-our-changing-Earth.pdf

This eight-page brochure provides an overview of the Earth Explorers currently in orbit and those under development.

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

News - General News

ESA's excellent Earth Explorer missions extended to 2025

Acting like the spinning conductor in a bicycle dynamo, it generates electrical currents and thus the continuously changing

News - Events and Proceedings

SMOS data advances space weather and ionospheric research

Title: Tracking the solar activity cycle using SMOS data Description: This graph shows the “rise” of our current solar activity

Document - General Reference

SAR Ocean Feature Catalogue

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 - Newsletter

SMOS-Newsletter-14-December-2017.pdf

This is the 14th SMOS newsletter, detailing SMOS data uses and meetings/seminars concerning this data.

Event - Training

EO Summer School 3

In line with observations it shows anti-cyclonically rotating surface currents and cyclonically rotating bottom currents.

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 - Technical Note

MIRAS-anomalies-2013.pdf

This note briefly describes the anomalies experienced so far by MIRAS in flight, and the impact they may have over data production and possible degradation of the data itself.

Document - Newsletter

SMOS-Newsletter-1-May-2012.pdf

This is the first SMOS newsletter, detailing SMOS data uses and meetings/seminars concerning this data.

Document - General Reference

New-possibilities-for-science-ESAs-operational-Sentinel-missions.pdf

This is an article extracted from the ESA Bulletin Nr. 140.