3DCTRL project aims to evaluate cloud correction methodologies in Copernicus Sentinel-4, Sentinel-5 and Sentinel-5p trace gas retrieval schemes and to explore ways to improve handling of realistic clouds in the retrievals of atmospheric species. Cloud shadow fraction, cloud top height, cloud optical depth, solar zenith and viewing angles, were identified as the metrics being the …
Apply now, before 7 December 2022, for 5 new Internal Research Fellow in Earth Observation for Earth System Science positions. Scientific activities to be carried out in these positions will focus on the following thematic priorities: Hydrology and the water cycle Terrestrial carbon cycle Biodiversity Ocean science Polar science and cryosphere research Atmosphere research. Applicants …
ESA has recently opened a new scientific facility, the Science Hub, which offers new opportunities for collaborative research to further boost the Agency’s and its Member States scientific output. Focusing on Earth system science, it fosters open science, maximises the scientific impacts of the family of Earth Explorers and the Copernicus Sentinel missions, enhances the …
The ESA Ocean Science Cluster is an emerging concept whose objective is to promote collaborative research among the different projects and scientific activities ESA has been investing in the recent years, with the objective to enhance our observing capability and scientific understanding of the oceans and coastal regions. This new concept is to be supported …
Contributions from the World Ocean Circulation User Consultation Meeting 2022 held on 10-12 October 2022 in a hybrid format (both online and in presence at ESA-ESRIN, Italy) Day 1 – 10th October 2022 Session1: Introduction ESA opening (Giuseppe Ottavianelli, ESA) UCM context and objectives (Marie-Hélène RIO, ESA) Keynote 1: Ocean currents in support of the …
The European Space Agency, in collaboration with NASA, is organizing the 2022 Open Innovation for EO Programmes Workshop, between 2-4 November 2022. The workshop will be hosted in ESRIN, Frascati, and will welcome representatives of the community of practice from industry, academia and institutions. The workshop will discuss aspects related to the implementation of Open …
Background Over the 5 years since the 3rd Carbon from Space workshop in Exeter in 2016, the efforts to implement the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) Carbon Strategy[1] have led to detailed plans for new satellite launches including, among others, Copernicus CO2M, BIOMASS, NISAR, FLEX, OCO-2, OCO-3, GEOCARB, GEDI and IceSat-2, all with potential …
Atmospheric aerosol is one of the main drivers of climate changes. Importance of accurate global aerosol characterization for climate studies and air pollution monitoring is a well recognized problem (e.g., see IPCC AR5 by Boucher et al.2013). In addition to the traditional spectral Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) such characterization should also include such extended aerosol …
ESA, together with OceanDataLab, Ifremer and NERSC is organizing a World Ocean Circulation User Consultation Meeting (UCM), to be held from 10 to 12 October 2022 in ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy. It aims at presenting the main outcomes of the ESA World Ocean Circulation (WOC) project and at preparing a roadmap for new initiatives on ocean circulation …
4DMED-Hydrology aims at developing an advanced, high-resolution, and consistent reconstruction of the Mediterranean terrestrial water cycle by using the latest developments of Earth Observation (EO) data as those derived from the ESA-Copernicus missions. In particular, by exploiting previous ESA initiatives, 4DMED-Hydrology intends: to demonstrate how this EO capacity can help to describe the interactions between …
