Water vapour is an essential greenhouse gas in the Earth climate system, acting as a natural feedback mechanism for carbon dioxide forcing. Critical to the development of cloud and precipitation, water vapour also has a significant influence and impact on surface fluxes and radiative balance. Water vapour is considered to be under natural control as …
The Earth’s upper polar atmospheric region is constantly bombarded with energy input from the interaction between the magnetosphere and the solar wind. This controls immediately visible phenomena like the aurora borealis and australis, but also results in changes to the composition and dynamics of the atmosphere itself. The total rate of electromagnetic energy per unit …
The educational materials from the First ESA-EUMETSAT-CAMS joint training course on Atmospheric Composition held online from 4-8 November 2019 can be accessed from the link on the left menu.
The educational materials from the Second Joint Training Course on Atmospheric Composition held online from 16-20 November 2020 can be accessed from the link on the left menu.
The thin ozone layer positioned in stratosphere is crucial for the survival of life on Earth. This stratospheric ozone layer shields the Earth from most of the Sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation. In the late 1970s, scientists found out that humanity was creating a hole in this protective ozone shield. In 1985, the Vienna Convention for …
Researchers at the Finnish Meteorological Institute developed a new methodology to derive source-specific NOₓ-to-CO₂ emission ratios using satellite observations. The method was applied to Matimba power station in South-Africa. The results can be used to estimate carbon dioxide emissions. Missions to observe CO2 plumes Since the Paris agreement was adopted in 2015, the role of …
Educational materials from the 8th Earth Observation Summer School 2016 (EOSS 2016), held at ESA-ESRIN in Rome, Italy, from 1st to 12th August 2016. Download specific blocks here below or access the full theory and practicals from the link on the left side window. Nektarios Chrysoulakis (FORTH) NC1 Urban Remote sensing applications (4 MB) NC2 …
The Atmosphere Virtual Lab is based on three main pillars. It adopts the concept of Exploitation Platforms and Cloud Based services. There is a strong focus on making sure that users can work with the vast amounts of satellite data without having to download all data locally. Providing analysis environments inside cloud-based environments close to …
The Aeolus Ocean Color (AOC) project aims at assessing the potential of the Aeolus mission to monitor ocean sub-surface optical and biogeochemical properties based on the measurements from the wind lidar ALADIN (Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument) at 355 nm. AOC is funded by ESA within the framework of the Aeolus + Innovation project. The retrieval …
Educational materials from the 11th ESA Training Course on Earth Observation 2021 held online from 22-26 March 2021. Download specific blocks here below or access the full theory and practicals from the link on the left side window. Recordings from some of the session are available as well (click on the icon ), and the …
