ESA has started a process to improve the Earth Observation data distribution services, aiming at facilitating access to data and information for the end users, initially by shortening the access path and reviewing authentication and authorisation processes.

ESA and CNES are jointly organizing the 2018 Ocean Salinity Science Conference, which will take place at the Sorbonne University, Paris, France, from 06 to 09 November 2018.

Users interested in participating can submit an abstract until 06 July 2018.

Daily maps of sea ice thickness based on SMOS Observations, covering the winter seasons in the Arctic for the period of October-April from year 2010/2011 to year 2017/2018, are now available from the SMOS Data dissemination portal.

Due to a software maintenance scheduled on Wednesday 28 March 2018, from 09:30 to 12:30 CEST, the data collections on the ESA SMOS online dissemination tool may not be updated with new products during the indicated time frame.

Due to a scheduled software maintenance, access to the ESA SMOS online dissemination service will not be available on 20 March 2018 from 09:00 to 15:00 CET.

ESA has just released new improved SMOS level 2 soil moisture products to users.

The SMOS nominal production has resumed after the successful deployment of the new L2SM v650 processor.

Due to the operational deployment of the new L2SM v650 processor, SMOS nominal production will be delayed on 15 November 2017. Production is expected to be fully reestablished on 16 November.

A new, long-term and global dataset of soil moisture measurements from space has been released to help us better understand the water cycle and climate, monitor agriculture and manage our water resources.

Satellites such as Europe's Copernicus Sentinel missions and ESA's SMOS and the upcoming Florescence Explorer, FLEX, provide a wealth of information about growing conditions and crop health that can be used to improve agricultural efficiency.