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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 - General News
New Swarm Field Aligned Current web tool available
We are pleased to announce that a new Field Aligned Currents (FAC) web tool is available
News - Operational News
Update on Swarm Field-Aligned Current Dual (FAC_AC) data issue
published on 23 November 2021 and on 16 December 2021, we want to update Swarm users about the issue affecting Field-Aligned Current
News - Operational News
Swarm Field-Aligned Current Dual (FAC_AC) data unavailable from 4 May 2022
the recent orbit raise manoeuvres which changed the orbital configuration of Swarm Alpha and Charlie, no Field-Aligned Current
News - Success Stories
Long-term satellite data show wind farms can affect local air currents
Long-term measurements allow before and after comparison Data from the heritage Envisat satellite currently maintained accessible
News - Operational News
Update on Swarm Field-Aligned Current Dual (FAC_AC) data missing from 7 November 2021
As a follow-up of the news published on 23 November 2021, we want to update Swarm users about the missing Field-Aligned Current
News - Success Stories
Ten years of Swarm data help reveal processes in Earth’s core
Title: Earth’s shielding magnetic field Description: The magnetic field and electric currents in and around Earth generate
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 - Data Release news
New Swarm Langmuir probe Ion Drift, density and effective Mass (SLIDEM) dataset released
The measurements make use of Electric Field Instrument faceplate current measurements, and are thus available only when the
News - Thematic area articles
Satellite data central to ocean monitoring
microwave monitoring instruments, optical imagers, and infrared radiometers, which can map ocean variables related to ocean currents
News - Spotlight on EO community
Meet a young researcher who studies the behaviour of volcanoes worldwide
to apply for a scholarship offered by the Chilean government to pursue PhD studies abroad, and eventually, led me to the current
News - Operational News
Swarm Alpha and Charlie orbit raise campaign starting on 3 May 2022 - Potential impact on data quality
According to the current planning, this first orbit raise campaign will be completed on 8 July 2022.
News - Success Stories
Magnetic magic: 10 reasons to be excited about Swarm
Electric currents in the magnetosphere and ionosphere induce secondary currents in the ground, themselves producing magnetic
News - Success Stories
Trailblazing ERS-2 mission enables climate change applications
Varied elevations of Bachu in western China InSAR is currently one of the most accurate methods to generate digital elevation
News - General News
Big ambitions as Swarm mission soars on
For example, whilst strong electric currents in the upper atmosphere were already known to vary by season, Swarm detected
News - Thematic area articles
Tracking the world’s forests from space
Deforestation in Brazil Scientist’s understanding of the health of the world’s forests is being further improved through current
News - Success Stories
Swarm data help estimate the impact of space weather
flux - defined as the energy transfer rate between the magnetosphere and the ionosphere-thermosphere, via field aligned currents
News - Thematic area articles
How ESA uses space data to explore deep Earth
Swarm maps core dynamics The swirling, conducting iron in Earth’s liquid outer core create powerful electric currents, which
News - Thematic area articles
How scientists use space data to help advance the energy transition
To build on the current project, the research team plans to use data from ESA’s Third Party Missions programme, which are
News - Success Stories
Earth Observation data to improve navigation risk modelling and shipping routes
improve the detection of unreported features in the maritime AIS system and the statistical evaluation of the accuracy of current