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Sentinel-3 Primary Production over Land (TerrA-P)

Prime company: VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK VITO (BE)

Gross primary production (GPP) and terrestrial net primary production (NPP) are fundamental quantities in the global carbon cycle, and for the production of food, fibre and biomass for human use. This project aims at exploiting Sentinel-3 data to develop and validate a productive model, consistent across different regions and ecosystems.The objective of the TerrA-P project …

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Sentinel-1 for Surface Soil Moisture

Prime company: CNR – INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT (IREA) (IT)

Develop, implement and test soil moisture retrieval methods using Sentinel-1 dataThe C-band Sentinel-1 (S-1) European Radar Observatory, with its two satellites (S-1A & B), is the only operating SAR mission with monitoring capabilities, frequent revisit and large geographical coverage that will guarantee data continuity over the next decades. S-1 with its advanced observational capabilities opens …

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ConsIstent Retrieval of Cloud Aerosol Surface

Prime company: RAYFERENCE SPRL (BE)

CIRCAS aims at providing a set of atmospheric (cloud and aerosol) and surface (albedo) products derived from S3A/SLSTR observations retrieved using the same radiative transfer physics and assumptions.The retrieval is based on the CISAR (Combined Inversion of Surface and Atmosphere pRoperties) algorithm. CISAR is an advanced mathematical method developed by Rayference for the joint retrieval …

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Improved Atmospheric Spectroscopy Databases

Prime company: DLR – GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER (DE)

Enable better exploitation of ESA atmospheric satellite missions by the measurement/provision of improved spectroscopic reference data sets.This project includes two main activities: one on the generation of improved spectroscopy in the SWIR (water vapour, methane and carbon dioxide) and in the UV band (sulfur dioxide) in preparation for the Sentinel 5 Precursor mission and one …

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Scientists

Antarctica hikes up sea level

In a major collaborative effort, scientists from around the world have used information from satellites to reveal that ice melting in Antarctica has not only raised sea levels by 7.6 mm since 1992, but, critically, almost half of this rise has occurred in the last five years. Read the full story.  

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11th Coastal Altimetry Workshop

June 12, 2018 - June 15, 2018
ESA-ESRIN, Largo Galileo Galilei, 1
Frascati, RM 00044 Italy

The Coastal Altimetry Community (http://www.coastalt.eu/community), that is the international community of scientists working on development and applications of altimetry in the coastal zone, invites you to the European Space Agency establishment in Frascati (Italy), ESRIN, for the 11th Edition of the Coastal Altimetry Workshop (CAW-11) on 12-15 June 2018, including a Coastal Altimetry Training for …

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Cryosat reveals retreat of Patagonian glaciers

While ESA’s CryoSat continues to provide clear insight into how much sea ice is being lost and how the Antarctic and Greenlandic ice sheets are changing, the mission has again surpassed its original scope by revealing exactly how mountain glaciers are also succumbing to change. Read the full story.  

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Projects and Results

Swarm tracks elusive ocean magnetism

The magnetic field is arguably one of the most mysterious features of our planet. ESA’s Swarm mission is continually yielding more insight into how our protective shield is generated, how it behaves and how it is changing. Adding yet another string to its bow, Swarm is now tracking changes in the magnetic field produced in …

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Six years of Sea Surface Salinity in the Mediterranean from SMOS

Data from Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission can help to gain a better understanding of the Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) dynamics in the Mediterranean Sea, a hotspot for climate change. Unfortunately, this critical area is strongly affected by Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) and systematic biases due to the coast contamination (also called Land-Sea …

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Virtual Labs

A virtual laboratory for our oceans

An online environment has been developed in the last few years for oceanographers to discover the existence of all available and co-located EO and related model/in-situ datasets and to handle them jointly in a convenient, flexible and intuitive way. The current version includes more than 350 datasets and is mostly focused on the Agulhas region. …

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