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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
Go-to guide to Third Party Mission data offering
Data Access Guide has been published, providing technical details and information on available data collections for all current
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 - Thematic area articles
How satellite data help to shape society
Title: Current drought situation in Ebro basin Description: The SMOS soil-moisture-based drought monitor is updated monthly
News - Infographics
What are the next Earth Explorers?
Four more missions are currently planned - EarthCARE, Biomass, FLEX, and FORUM - which will further our understanding of
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 - Operational News
Aeolus activates new range bin setting
stratosphere coupled with an overlying westerly jet moving gradually upwards, countering the expected downward propagation of the current
News - Thematic area articles
Space data help to unravel the complexities of Earth’s atmosphere
mission delivered unprecedented insight into the global distributions of methane and carbon dioxide, helping to underpin current
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 - Events and Proceedings
National missions in the spotlight at the Living Planet Symposium
two sessions tomorrow, Thursday 26 May, to introduce attendees to the profusion of national Earth observation missions currently
News - Success Stories
Drone-based Laser Scanning of Tropical Forests for Biomass Cal/Val
Additionally, the current GEDI mission on the International Space Station (LiDAR), the SAOCOM, NISAR, ALOS-4, and Tandem-L
News - Success Stories
Young scientists bid farewell to ESA's wind mission
He recently published research focusing on the validation of Aeolus data and is currently working on a paper investigating
News - Data Release news
Aeolus data now publicly available
Following the introduction in June 2019 of a correction of biases related to spectrometer pixels showing elevated dark current
News - Operational News
A Guide to Aeolus Range Bin Settings
Current Range Bin Settings Multiple Aeolus Range Bin Settings are active at the same time.
News - General News
Quality Reports Advanced Search Portal takes off
The system by default will show the reports for the current month, but the user can easily choose a different type of visualisation
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
ESA’s wind mission could help to forecast tropical storms
delivered by weather balloons, satellites, and aircraft has been shown to improve its projections; however, the wind data currently
News - Thematic area articles
How space data are transforming the global food system
ICEYE, for example, is a constellation currently consisting of 11 X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites – with seven
News - Thematic area articles
Space data support Earth’s ecosystems
Currently, it is not possible to measure photosynthetic activity from space, but the forthcoming FLuorescence EXplorer (FLEX
News - Success Stories
Drones join the campaign to validate Aeolus data
The heading is symbolic: Askos is the Greek name of the legendary bag that contains all the storm-currents for Aeolus—the
News - Thematic area articles
Space helps monitor Earth’s changing biosphere
Ocean chlorophyll concentrations can change when ocean currents shift, or sea temperature rises - all impacts of climate