The OneSun project (a physics-constrained,self calibrating,data-driving system with a common solar spectrum for homogeneous trace gas retrieval network) introduces an innovative approach to trace gas retrievals, addressing critical challenges in the operation of fiducial reference networks for satellite validation: ensuring homogeneity in calibration, maintaining high data quality, and enabling scalable network operations. Central to this …
The aims of the EarthCARE+ Innovation project include, to develop a solid scientific understanding of EarthCARE data in the context of different scientific, operational and applications domains beyond the EarthCARE primary mission objectives. To develop and validate novel retrieval methods and prototype products beyond the mission primary products and demonstrate their feasibility on a number …
The ENFORCE project focuses on the investigation and mitigation of an artifact in tropospheric ozone column (TrOC) data obtained by applying the limb-nadir matching (LNM) technique to a combination of limb-scatter and UV nadir-viewing instruments. This artifact is observed as a band of abnormally high values of TrOC over the northern tropical Pacific and Atlantic …
The METEOR (MEsospheric TEmperature and Ozone climate data Record) project is dedicated to producing a high-quality, long-term time series of mesospheric ozone and temperature. This will be achieved by merging data from multiple satellite instruments into climate data records. Additional objective of the project is to assess trends in mesospheric temperature and ozone, with a …
Methane (CH4) is a potent greenhouse gas contributing significantly to climate change. Due to its relatively short lifetime mitigation efforts on CH4 emissions could rapidly and efficiently pay-off to limit climate change. Targetted mitigation efforts should rely on a solid understanding of sources and sink of CH4 at all scales, from the global scale to …
Project overview AIRSENSE’s main objective is to enhance the understanding of aerosol and aerosol-cloud interactions. This activity is part of Atmosphere Science Cluster of ESA’s EO Science for Society programme, an element of the ESA FutureEO programme, which aims at boosting Europe’s excellence in EO science and its applications. One of the goals of this …
The aim of the OPEn platform for the Retrieval of Aerosol and CO2 from S5 (OPERA-S5) project is to develop a totally modular open scientific platform for the combined retrieval of CO2, CH4, aerosol and surface properties based on GRASP (Generalized Retrieval of Atmosphere and Surface Properties) code with the measurements of Sentinel-5 spectrometer UVNS …
Methane (CH4) is a significant anthropogenic greenhouse gas, second only to carbon dioxide (CO2) in contributing to global warming. It constitutes approximately 25% of the warming effect since pre-industrial times. Traditional methods for monitoring methane emissions rely on bottom-up approaches, calculating emissions by multiplying activity levels with emission factors. Satellites offer a more efficient alternative, …
The Atmosphere Science Cluster – Research Opportunities 4 – European Coordinated Global Methane (CH4) Assessment is established under the Scientific Exploitation component of the FutureEO Programme. It is intended to support innovative scientific development, which responds to research and networking opportunities in the Atmospheric research domain. This activity is part of a coordination initiative between …
The Atmosphere Science Cluster – Research Opportunities 5 – European Coordinated Study on Aerosol and Aerosol/Cloud Interactions is established under the Scientific Exploitation component of the FutureEO Programme. It is intended to support innovative scientific development, which responds to research and networking opportunities in the Atmospheric research domain. This activity is part of a coordination …
